Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC
NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,303,676 to it, the largest being SURDNA FOUNDATION INC ($312,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $783k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $521k
What National Network for Youth Inc does
Mission
The mission of the national network is to mobilize the collective power and expertise of our national community to influence public policy and strengthen effective responses to youth homelessness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community program - training and technical assistance to communities and organizations related to serve runaway, homeless and trafficked youth. This work in communities centers youth with lived experience and implements a cross system and intersectional approach to preventing and ending youth and young adult homelessness.
$323,298 spent$30,573 earned by the program34% of program spendingNational summit - the national network for youth's annual event that focuses on how government agencies, policymakers, young leaders, service providers and other experts can partner together to prevent and respond to youth homelessness.
$223,901 spent$136,120 earned by the program24% of program spendingPolicy/advocacy - we partner with our members and young leaders to: educate the public and policymakers about the needs of young people experiencing homelessness; and advocate for effective policies. This work centers youth with lived experience and advances cross system and intersectional solutions to preventing and ending youth and young adult homelessness and human trafficking.
$197,907 spent21% of program spendingYouth engagement - through our national youth advisory council, the national network for youth partners with young leaders who previously experienced homelessness. These young people educate the public, policymakers, service providers and community officials about the issues that young people face when experiencing homelessness. This work also assists communities, government agencies, organizations, and initiatives in creating, improving, or sustaining youth action boards (yab) for the purpose of preventing and ending youth, young adult and young family homelessness.
$196,498 spent21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $941,604.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $879k to $1.8M (+101%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 16% · 2023 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Darla Bardine
Executive director
Board chair
Brennon Graham
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $35k → $216k.
5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
28% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 100% · 2019 43% · 2020 44% · 2021 35% · 2022 36% · 2023 51% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $356k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2k on record.
- NJ$2k
- FL$80
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC?
- NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,303,676 to it, the largest being SURDNA FOUNDATION INC ($312,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,303,676 in grants to NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC?
- SURDNA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $312,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL NETWORK FOR YOUTH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing