Maryland · Nonprofit
YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE
YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,775 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $55k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $38k
What Young Black & Giving Back Institute does
Mission
The Young Black & Giving Back Institute YBGB serves nonprofits and its leaders who have historically had barriers to capital access. Our mission is to provide capacity building convenings and funding that uniquely meets their social impact needs. By focusing on the leadership of these organizations YBGB aims to empower them with the tools resources and support necessary to strengthen their impact within their communities. Through tailored training mentorship programs and access to funding opportunities we equip marginalized organizations with the skills and knowledge to navigate complex organizational challenges and maximize their potential for meaningful social change.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Give 828 began in 2018 with a vision from YBGB Institute founder Ebonie Johnson Cooper to have a giving day dedicated to Black grassroots nonprofits. As with many ideas started on a shoestring budget year one of Give 828 yielded results comparable to its guerilla approach. Yet there was energy from the 114 participants and hope etched into the $12,700 the organizations collectively raised. In year two Give 828 partnered with the crowdfunding platform Mightycause to provide an invaluable infrastructure to the day. Now in its 8th year Give 8 28 has united over 7,000 donors and supported more than 1,300 Black-led nonprofits raising over $1 million to address critical social impact needs.
$74,093 spentof which $55,169 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $74,093.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $57k to $40k (−30%).
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.
86% of YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Ebonie Johnson Cooper
Founder & Executive Director
Board chair
Anthony V Stevens
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $21 → $24.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% 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 YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE’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 BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
87% of YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE'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 $9k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE's revenue fell 20% between 2021 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE: 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 BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE?
- YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,775 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $71,775 in grants to YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG BLACK & GIVING BACK INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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