West Virginia · Nonprofit
Young West Virginia Forward Inc
Young West Virginia Forward Inc (West Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,015 to it, the largest being For West Virginia's Future Inc ($65,015). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $91k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $100k
- Net assets
- $2k
What Young West Virginia Forward Inc does
Mission
Young West Virginia Forward is a youth-led movement aiming to improve the lives of all community members through civil actions. Young West Virginia Forward is a grassroots organization educating community members on the electoral process to achieve justice for us all.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Young WV Forward uplifted the voices of community members of all backgrounds in support of the For the People Act - voting rights legislation making to ensure our is democracy fair and accessible to all. Collectively we helped over 1,200 constituents make calls write emails and sign petitions ins support of voting rights.
$49,896 spent56% of program spendingThrough events door knocking tabling at high volume events such as Pride or cultural festivals in our state - we collectively educated approximately 4,000 West Virginians on the role that out electoral process has in our daily lives and why voting rights legislation is necessary to combat voter suppression. Young WV Forward distributed literature utilized social media and hosted virtual meetings to educate West Virginians about the impact of voting rights legislation that is inclusive equitable and modernized.
$24,948 spent28% of program spendingStudents and young people were given leadership opportunities throughout programming with Young West Virginia Forward. Student organizers were given trainings participated in workshops and assignments to be informed community leaders who could responsibly share messaging and instruction to the communities we served.
$14,453 spent16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $89,297.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Takeiya Smith
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $90k → $10k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 West Virginia Forward Inc’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 West Virginia Forward Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 West Virginia Forward Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 72% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 West Virginia Forward Inc's grant income comes from West Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like Young West Virginia Forward Inc
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 West Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Young West Virginia Forward Inc: 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 West Virginia Forward Inc?
- Young West Virginia Forward Inc (West Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,015 to it, the largest being For West Virginia's Future Inc ($65,015). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Young West Virginia Forward Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $100,015 in grants to Young West Virginia Forward Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Young West Virginia Forward Inc?
- For West Virginia's Future Inc is the largest funder on record, with $65,015 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Young West Virginia Forward Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), and the filings of 3 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