Missouri · Nonprofit
THE WYMAN CENTER
THE WYMAN CENTER (Missouri) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,301,771 to it, the largest being The Skip Viragh Foundation Inc ($7,202,322). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.6M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $10M
What The Wyman Center does
Mission
Wyman's engaging, empowering and experiential programs and servicesh help teens build skills, develop a sense of self, and connections to their world. As a result, teens achieve educational success, develop healthy behaviors and relationships, and exhibit life and leadership skills. From thousands of teens in st. Louis - to tens of thousands nationally wyman's programs and services make a difference in the lives of today's teens and tomorrow's leaders.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Wyman's teen outreach program (top)delivered in st. Louis by wyman and across the country by our network of partners, the teen outreach program (top) is a nationally recognized, evidence-based program that provides 6th through 12th graders with the tools and opportunities to build life and leadership skills, strengthen relationships, learn about themselves, engage with their communities through community service learning, and avoid risky behaviors. Using interactive lessons facilitated by trained, caring adults over a 9-month period, top teens become prepared to navigate life's challenges and make a difference in their communities. In the 2023-2024 school year, wyman directly served over 800 middle school students in the st. Louis area. Through our national network partners, top reached approximately 23,000 teens across the country.
$1,459,828 spent$471,591 earned by the program30% of program spendingWyman leaderswyman leaders supports young people in st. Louis to develop life and leadership skills, enter and complete college and career education programs, and create strong community connections. Young people participate in intensive peer group experiences each summer, as well as consistent group and individualized coaching and enrichment activities throughout the school year. This long-term, engaging, and holistic program produces outstanding outcomes with teens and young adults. In the 2023-2024 school year, more than 200 young people participated in wyman leaders. A current study of graduates has demonstrated strong long-term results. Learnings from this 20-year program as well as feedback from teens are being used to redesign wyman leaders to ensure it continues to be impactful and responsive to the needs of teens.
$2,239,293 spent$342,422 earned by the program47% of program spendingTeen connection project (tcp)our ability to build strong social connections and relationships with others is a prerequisite to developmental and mental health outcomes yet many young people lack healthy, positive, and affirming connections with others, feeling isolated and alone. The teen connection project (tcp) is a nationally recognized, evidence-based, highly interactive program that builds strong connections. During this 12-14 week program, teens meet in small groups and participate in lessons that focus on communication, trust, vulnerability, giving and getting support, and exploring personal strengths. Teens create and maintain social connections, build important life and leadership skills, and focus on and improve their overall well-being. They then share what they have learned within their schools, homes, and communities. In the 2023-2024 school year, wyman directly served more than 150 teens in st. Louis and through our partners, more than 300 teens nationally participate in tcp each year. Given the current teen mental health crisis and tcp's aligned outcomes, wyman is prioritizing expansion of the program in st. Louis and through national partners.
$140,672 spentof which $106,750 as grants3% of program spendingOther program servicescamp wyman experiences - wyman's camp wyman experiences operations serve as a social entrepreneurial arm of the organization. Based at our camp in eureka, mo, we host outdoor education camps that incorporate science, environmental education, and team-building activities, adult and youth retreats, business meetings, weddings and more. Wyman's staff tailor experiences to help groups of all kinds learn to embrace challenges, go beyond the expected, and realize their potential. All net proceeds generated from camp wyman experiences directly support wyman's mission services to enable teens to lead successful lives and build strong communities. Wyman's national network - provides program replication and positive youth development training services across the united states to positively impact teens and increase the skills of the adults who work with them.
$972,645 spent$870,217 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,812,438.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $8.8M to $11M (+28%).
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 19% · 2022 13% · 2023 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of THE WYMAN CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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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
Allison M Williams
President/CEO
Board chair
Jaylen Bledsoe
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 23 funders, grant income fell $2.2M → $733k.
9 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $6.7M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Greater St Louis Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE WYMAN CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of THE WYMAN CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 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
THE WYMAN CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 69% · 2019 62% · 2020 71% · 2021 53% · 2022 30% · 2023 21% — 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
41% of THE WYMAN CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
THE WYMAN CENTER draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
THE WYMAN CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,732 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,732 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE WYMAN CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $191k on record.
- NJ$112k
- MA$73k
- FL$6k
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 THE WYMAN CENTER
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WYMAN CENTER?
- THE WYMAN CENTER (Missouri) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,301,771 to it, the largest being The Skip Viragh Foundation Inc ($7,202,322). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WYMAN CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $12,301,771 in grants to THE WYMAN CENTER, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WYMAN CENTER?
- The Skip Viragh Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $7,202,322 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WYMAN CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 57 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