Maryland · Nonprofit
YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT
YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT (Maryland) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $691,170 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($125,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $286k
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $691k
- Net assets
- $31k
What Youth Activism Project does
Mission
The Youth Activism Project teaches teens movement-building skills to make policy impact at all levels of government. We envision a world in which youth activism is the norm, not the exception. We know that even though many young people are not old enough to vote, they still wield real influence with elected officials and other decision-makers. Our organization promotes youth-organized campaigns in the US and abroad that diagnose problems and propose solutions to their local decision makers and officials (like school board members), community elders, and elected officials.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
YAP's core program is a school meals campaign that empowers youth to advocate for equitable access to healthy, inclusive, and sustainable meals, addressing systemic inequities to improve student health and policies.
$114,170 spent$93,687 earned by the program25% of program spendingOur second core program in 2023 is the Baltimore Soda Tax Campaign, empowering youth to advocate for a soda tax to promote healthier beverage choices, reduce sugary drink consumption, and invest in community health initiatives.
$114,170 spent$93,687 earned by the program25% of program spendingOur third core program in 2023 is the Summer Activism Accelerator, equipping youth with advocacy skills, mentorship, and resources to lead impactful campaigns on social justice and health equity and environmental justice issues.
$114,170 spent$93,687 earned by the program25% of program spendingOur other programming included eliminating the asset testing requirement for SNAP in Michigan, targeting Big Dairy's influence on child nutrition standards, and lobbying on Capitol Hill for the farm bill
$114,171 spent$93,687 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $456,681.
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 2021 to 2022, from $185k to $62k (−66%).
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.
91% of YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT’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. 2 of the last 4 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
Anika Manzoor
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $7k → $278k.
6 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT’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
YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
50% 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 YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 57% · 2021 65% · 2022 34% · 2023 31% — 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
33% of YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $127k 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
YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $105 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $105
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 YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT
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.
Where the money goes
100% 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 5 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT: 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 YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT?
- YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT (Maryland) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $691,170 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($125,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $691,170 in grants to YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT?
- Annie E Casey Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 25 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