Illinois · Nonprofit
THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS
THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS (Illinois) receives grants from 202 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,977,984 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,035,880). 95 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 202
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $14M
What The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights does
Mission
The organization protects and advances the rights and best interests of immigrant children according to the convention on the rights of the child and state and federal law. The organization is a champion for the best interest of children who arrive in the united states on their own, from all corners of the world and children who have been separated from their parents upon arrival in the united states. We serve as trusted allies for these children while they are in deportation proceedings, advocating for their best interests, and standing for the creation of a dedicated children's immigrant justice system that ensures the safety and well being of every child. The organization's goal is to change the immigration system so that children in immigration proceedings are recognized as children, and the best interests are made a part of the decision making process.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Organization is appointed under federal law as the independent Child Advocate by the Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The role of the Child Advocate is to accompany unaccompanied and separated immigrant children and advocate for their best interests as determined by their wishes, their safety, and their rights to family, liberty, development, and identity. The Organization is appointed as Child Advocate to the most vulnerable children in federal custody and removal cases, including infants and toddlers, children with physical or mental health needs, children with disabilities, pregnant and parenting teens, children at risk of turning 18 while in custody, children at risk of trafficking, and children eligible for protection under immigration law. Child Advocates submit best interests determinations (BIDs) to federal agencies, state courts, and other stakeholders.
$12,734,547 spent87% of program spendingPolicy Advocacy-The Organizations policy goal is to change the immigration system so that children in immigration proceedings are recognized as children, and each childs wishes and best interests are considered in every decision. The Organization conducts policy advocacy at the national level with Congress and federal agencies - to incorporate the best interests of the child standard into practice, policy and immigration law. Areas of focus include childrens right to be with family; childrens safety in and release from government custody; childrens access to fair proceedings and to permanency through immigration benefits; and the centering of childrens voices in public narratives.
$1,043,215 spent7% of program spendingTechnical Assistance- The Organizations Technical Assistance Program advances the rights and best interests of immigrant children involved in child welfare and other state court systems by offering intersectional expertise and critical resources to childrens advocates and services providers. The Organization does this through case consultations on issues ranging from kinship placement to international family reunifications; training for child welfare stakeholders; and through legal partnerships that include amicus curiae briefs, identifying expert witnesses, and identifying representation for children and families.
$634,782 spent4% of program spendingThe Litigation Program engages in impact litigation to advance systemic change through policies that promote the safety, well-being, and best interests of immigrant children. We litigate cases, file amicus briefs, and participate in cases through declarations or as experts, to ensure that courts consider the experiences and perspectives of immigrant children in decisions that directly affect them.
$216,373 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,628,917.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.7M to $7.5M (+357%).
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: 2017 54% · 2018 30% · 2019 34% · 2020 39% · 2021 48% · 2022 69% · 2023 61% · 2024 69% · 2025 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Frances de Pontes Peebles
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 68 funders, grant income rose $656k → $3.2M.
30 of 202 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 202 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 YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
64% 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 THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 18% · 2019 43% · 2020 40% · 2021 21% · 2022 11% · 2023 11% — 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
28% of THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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 YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 28 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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 YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $67.9M on record.
- Department of the Interior$41.1M
- Department of Health and Human Services$26.8M
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 YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 25 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: 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 THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS?
- THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS (Illinois) receives grants from 202 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,977,984 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,035,880). 95 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS have?
- IRS filings report 202 organizations giving $21,977,984 in grants to THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS, 95 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $4,035,880 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 202 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