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SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC

SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,616 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($78,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$217k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$82k
Net assets
$9k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 22%
01What it does

What Society of Young Inklings Inc does

Mission

Society of Young Inklings is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering youth writers, ages 8-18. We offer Membership, 1:1 Mentorship, and Youth Publishing Programs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Program Service

    $66,128 spent$86,108 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $66,128.

02The organization over time

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($209k) Expenses 100 ($207k) Net assets -33 ($-3686)2018 Revenue 80 ($167k) Expenses 85 ($175k) Net assets -117 ($-13121)2019 Revenue 58 ($122k) Expenses 53 ($110k) Net assets -14 ($-1541)2020 Revenue 47 ($99k) Expenses 42 ($86k) Net assets 100 ($11k)2021 Revenue 85 ($178k) Expenses 90 ($186k) Net assets 33 ($4k)2022 Revenue 88 ($183k) Expenses 93 ($192k) Net assets -45 ($-5054)2023 Revenue 93 ($193k) Expenses 107 ($220k) Net assets -287 ($-32083)2024 Revenue 76 ($159k) Expenses 98 ($202k) Net assets -671 ($-74916)2025 Revenue 104 ($217k) Expenses 67 ($138k) Net assets 80 ($9k)
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Revenue (104)Expenses (67)Net assets (80)Peer revenue range

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 $27k to $7k (−75%).

$17k
$5k
$10k
$22k
$16k
$27k
$7k
$3k
$9k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

59% of SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$2k
’17
−$7k
’18
$12k
’19
$12k
’20
−$7k
’21
−$9k
’22
−$27k
’23
−$43k
’24
$79k
’25
0.4
months of
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

Naomi Kinsman Downing

Board Member and Executive Director

Board chair

Ravi Kalkunte

Board Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

201720182025
Listed666
Joined·+2·
No longer listed·2·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $26k → $71.

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS 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

SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

96% 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 SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC.

96%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 55% · 2021 69% · 2022 75% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

96% of SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $3k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $78k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin36% · top quartile
Months of reserve0.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC

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In California

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

48% of spending goes to programs.

Program 48%Management 45%Fundraising 7%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

67%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC?
SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,616 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($78,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $81,616 in grants to SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $78,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOCIETY OF YOUNG INKLINGS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 4 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