Oklahoma · Nonprofit
SISU YOUTH INC
SISU YOUTH INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,954,979 to it, the largest being OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($917,228). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What Sisu Youth Inc does
Mission
Sisu is a low-barrier, identity-affirming space in oklahoma city where unhoused transition-age youth find the shelter and support they need to pursue the life they want. We offer an emergency shelter, a drop-in resource center, case management services, and housing opportunities for young people between the ages of 15-24.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Shelter - drop-center: in 2024, sisu youth services shelter and drop-in center provided critical safety, stability, and resources for youth experiencing homelessness. Across all programs, we served 548 unique young people. At the shelter and drop-in center, youth accessed 14,502 meals (an average of 40 meals per day), completed 4,055 loads of laundry, and took 5,977 showersmeeting basic needs that are essential for dignity and health. Our clothing closet supported 1,214 appointments, ensuring youth had weather-appropriate clothing for life and work. We also distributed bus passes, enabling young people to access schools, employment, and health care appointments. Beyond meeting immediate needs, these services serve as the entry point into more comprehensive case management and housing programs that help youth transition from crisis to long-term stability.
Housing programs: in 2024, sisu youth services provided housing for 71 young people and 11 babies of parenting youth, creating safe and stable homes that form the foundation for long-term success. Nearly 40% of our clients self-identified a mental health disorder, physical disability, developmental disability, chronic health condition, or substance use disorder, and most entered sisu without health insurance, income, or non- cash benefits. Forty percent were survivors of domestic abuse, and 41% came directly from street homelessness or emergency shelters. To address these layered barriers, sisu operates a continuum of housing options: rapid rehousing provides up to 18 months of rental support to help youth build credit, rental history, and financial stability; transitional housing places youth in sisu-leased apartments where they gain independence with staff support; and host homes connect youth with trusted community members for safe housing while planning next steps. These programs move young people beyond crisis into stability, independence, and opportunity.
Supportive services: in 2024, sisu youth services provided individualized case management to help youth experiencing homelessness set goals, access resources, and navigate education, employment, health care, and housing pathways. Our staff conducted 2,292 case management appointments, offering personalized guidance and connection to essential supports. Forty young people were assisted in pursuing education goals, including high school completion, ged enrollment, and postsecondary training. These services are grounded in trauma-informed, youth-centered practices that empower young people to build stability and independence at their own pace.
Sisu is a low-barrier, identity-affirming space in oklahoma city where unhoused transition-age youth find the shelter and support they need to pursue the life they want. We offer an emergency shelter, a drop-in resource center, case management services, and housing opportunities for young people between the ages of 15-24.
$2,036,446 spent100% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,036,446.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.2M to $3.8M (+73%).
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: 2020 51% · 2021 34% · 2022 35% · 2023 75% · 2024 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SISU YOUTH INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 17 funders, grant income rose $2k → $535k.
9 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 SISU YOUTH INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 funders by total. 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
SISU YOUTH INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% 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
58% 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 SISU YOUTH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 68% · 2020 35% · 2021 22% · 2022 43% · 2023 60% — 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
20% of SISU YOUTH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
93% of SISU YOUTH INC's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
SISU YOUTH INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SISU YOUTH INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $750k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$750k
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 SISU 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 Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SISU YOUTH INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SISU YOUTH INC?
- SISU YOUTH INC (Oklahoma) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,954,979 to it, the largest being OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($917,228). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SISU YOUTH INC have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $2,954,979 in grants to SISU YOUTH INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SISU YOUTH INC?
- OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $917,228 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SISU YOUTH INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 48 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing