California · Nonprofit
Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change
Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,088,583 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($1,167,050). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $419k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $184k
What Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change does
Mission
The mission of TYM4Change is to empower youth to achieve their full potential and become agents of change in their communities through learning, research, and action.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sierra Health Foundation - The Kern Equity Youth (KEY) Project:The Sierra Health Foundation provided a three-year grant under Elevate Youth California (marijuana tax) funding. Grant activities are focused on researching the underlying social, health, and economic factors that contribute toward youth substance use. TYM4Change will be filming a documentary examining, from the perspectives of those living in three targeted zip codes (93301, 93304, 93307) the local policy changes needed to support increasing youth access to education, health, and jobs. KEY Documentary. We are in the process of developing the KEY Documentary deliverable. The storyline follows the journey of our youth becoming agents of change in their community, with a geographical focus being Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Park and how our youth are able to help support additional policy changes before and during the park renovations, in addition to conducting interviews of our youth, members of the community, park officials, and more. Were very excited to see how the development with the policy around the sharps containers turns out. Were aiming to make that one of the climaxes of the documentary.
$173,466 spent47% of program spendingSierra Health Foundation - Equity Rise: the Heart of southeast Project:The organization produces and distributes media content, including the Voices 4 Kern Podcast and the documentary Equity Rise: The Heart of Southeast, to elevate community voices and promote dialogue around equity, youth empowerment, and community-driven change. As part of this initiative, the organization presented the documentary to students participating in Project BEST, facilitating discussion and engagement on issues impacting youth and underserved communities. These activities are designed to foster awareness, encourage civic participation, and strengthen partnerships that support and amplify youth perspectives.The staff and youth continue to present monthly podcasts that vary in subject matter.
$145,597 spent39% of program spendingEVENTS AND PROJECTS:Beginning in June 2025, the organization will launch a comprehensive Staff and Volunteer Training Program designed to strengthen the capacity of its workforce in supporting the communities it serves. The program will provide instruction in non-therapeutic support group facilitation, effective focus group engagement, and diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. These trainings are intended to enhance participant skills, promote inclusive community engagement, and improve the overall quality of services delivered. Following the initial training series, the organization will develop peer-led professional development workshops tailored for youth volunteers. In addition, staff will complete mentorship training in preparation for the formal launch of the organizations Mentorship Program in June 2025, with the goal of fostering leadership development, skill-building, and sustained support for youth participants.May 12; INSPIRE Assemblies and Focus Group (Mira Monte)The organization introduced its INSPIRE program to students at Mira Monte through two school assemblies featuring guest speakers and interactive educational activities. Following the assemblies, the…
$48,591 spent13% of program spendingTobacco Use Prevention Education:TYM4Change has officially adopted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park for the length of a year! We are going to be involved in their summer program under the TUPE curriculum/funding, hosting community park clean ups, in addition to building our KEY Documentary around the geographic center of the park, and ideally directly impacting policy changes as the park undergoes construction updates, in addition to conducting interviews with members of the community, park officials, and more.Feb 11; the organization partnered with Sunset Middle School through the T.U.P.E. program to deliver a Film Workshop three times per week in collaboration with the Arvin Union School District. Through this program, students receive instruction in the fundamentals of filmmaking while developing youth-led, anti-tobacco public service announcements. The program emphasizes creative expression, media literacy, and prevention education, while maintaining a consistent on-campus presence to support student engagement and positive health outcomes.May 15; MLK Jr. Park Year 2 Celebration. The organization celebrated two years of its park adoption at MLK Jr. Park in partnership with…
$5,097 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $372,751.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $446k to $43k (−90%).
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: 2019 97% · 2020 85% · 2021 4% · 2022 1% · 2023 7% · 2024 3% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $100k → $5k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change’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
Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 62% · 2021 60% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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
57% of Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change'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 $899k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2.1M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change: 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 Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change?
- Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,088,583 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($1,167,050). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,088,583 in grants to Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change?
- TIDES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,167,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 7 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