Louisiana · Nonprofit
Young Audiences Charter Association
Young Audiences Charter Association (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $357,274 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FOR NEW ORLEANS INC ($173,754). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $37M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $357k
- Net assets
- $9.0M
What Young Audiences Charter Association does
Mission
To educate the whole child through arts integration and equip our creative learners to flourish as leaders in life and learning.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To accomplish its mission, young audiences charter school faculty and staff will deliver a completely arts-integrated curriculum supported by project-based teaching and learning authentic assessments, individualized instruction and regular opportunities for both teacher and student collaboration. Arts integration combines the arts with the learning of core academic subjects. It supports educational achievement and improved student behavior by giving children both a "springboard and a "safety net" for learning. The arts allow students to be more engaged in education-focusing on each child's abilities and interests to provide support in academic achievement. The arts also provide increased opportunities for parental involvement in school, a key component to education.young audiences charter school will provide a rigorous academic program with a strong focus on the louisiana comprehensive curriculum and common core state standards. These academic requirements will be integrated with the five art disciplines (literary arts, music, dance/movement, drama and visual art) to provide students with additional learning opportunities and multiple ways to understand academic content.
$25,079,168 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $25,079,168.
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 2018 to 2019, from $2.1M to $27M (+1214%).
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 93% · 2018 93% · 2019 93% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 96% · 2023 94% · 2024 22% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of Young Audiences Charter Association’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Rickie Nutik
CEO
Board chair
Saundra Levy
Finance Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $18k → $20k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $46k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Young Audiences of Louisiana Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Young Audiences Charter Association raised.
From the IRS filings of Young Audiences Charter Association’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
Young Audiences Charter Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 Young Audiences Charter Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2019 75% · 2020 51% · 2021 85% · 2022 81% · 2023 51% — 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.
Where its funders are
85% of Young Audiences Charter Association's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Young Audiences Charter Association has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Young Audiences Charter Association
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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Young Audiences of Louisiana · exempt
- Friends of Young Audiences Charter Assoc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Young Audiences Charter Association: 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 Young Audiences Charter Association?
- Young Audiences Charter Association (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $357,274 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FOR NEW ORLEANS INC ($173,754). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Young Audiences Charter Association have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $357,274 in grants to Young Audiences Charter Association, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Young Audiences Charter Association?
- NEW SCHOOLS FOR NEW ORLEANS INC is the largest funder on record, with $173,754 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Young Audiences Charter Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 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