Texas · Nonprofit
YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE
YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE (Texas) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,789,607 to it, the largest being ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION ($16,399,962). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 64
- Grants received
- $28M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Youth and Family Alliance does
Mission
Youth and Family Alliance (dba lifeworks) is a fearless advocate for youth and young adults pursuing a life they love and a stable future for themselves and their families. We strive to break cycles of instability by providing support and services to youth experiencing homelessness. Finding solutions to youth homelessness means that we have built a community system that ensures that youth homelessness is rare, brief and non-recurring.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing and homeless programs:homelessness prevention services provide flexible financial assistance and light-touch case management for youth who are at risk of experiencing homelessness. These services and supports are made available to eligible youth served by other providers across the community. Total served equals 88.street outreach provides outreach and support services to youth experiencing homelessness. Street outreach operates a youth resource drop-in center where youth can access basic needs assistance, meals, clothing, hygiene supplies, showers, educational/support groups, bus passes, and referrals to other services such as counseling, peer support, workforce, and psychiatric care. The street outreach team also conducts regular outreach to locate and connect with youth experiencing literal homelessness. Total served equals 571. After care transition services (acts) works in collaboration with texas department of family and protective services to provide services to youth and young adults transitioning out of the foster care system across a 30-county area. Acts provides case management services, resource referrals, and benefits assistance/navigation. A subset of these…
$9,547,474 spentof which $2,605,507 as grants60% of program spendingCounseling programs:youth and adult counseling provides short-term counseling to individuals, families, and couples. The program utilizes a range of evidence-based service modalities, with a focus on helping clients build coping skills to more effectively handle the stress of day-to-day life. Total served equals 560.resolution counseling is dedicated to creating a safe community by ending domestic violence and advocating for relationships based on equality and respect. It offers psycho-educational groups for adults (male/female) who have been abusive toward their partners. Group goals include taking responsibility for violent and abusive behavior, understanding power and control, learning adaptive communication and conflict resolution skills, and managing emotions. Total served equals 431.community-based counseling serves youth ages 16 to 26 who have experienced traumatic life events, frequently exacerbated by homelessness episodes and/or involvement in the foster care or criminal justice systems. Services are provided at convenient locations to remove barriers to service, including clients' homes, coffee shops, libraries, parks, or whatever location the client prefers. Total…
$3,097,285 spentof which $52,797 as grants$1,989,169 earned by the program19% of program spendingEducation & workforce development programs:this program serves youth ages 16 to 26 who have not completed their high school education, with the goal of helping youth prepare for and pass the ged/high school equivalency exam. Total served equals 129.the goal of the workforce program is to help youth and young adults obtain meaningful employment. The program provides supported employment and supported education to youth ages 16 to 26, partnering with local employers, schools, and vocational training programs to ensure youth are able to pursue their self-defined employment goals. Total served equals 325.lifeworks' young parents program focuses on increasing parenting skills, healthy child development practices, independent living skills, and knowledge of sexual/reproductive health. The program predominantly serves pregnant or parenting youth (up to age 21), although other youth are also able to access the program's sexual health education services. The program provides a subset of its clients with a safe and stable living environment through fully subsidized apartment-based housing. Total served equals 118. Life skills training (preparation for adult living) is a hands-on course…
$2,892,943 spentof which $211,809 as grants18% of program spendingCentral intake & evaluation:the centralized intake team (cit) at lifeworks provides intake services for most lifeworks services. Centralized intake provides a comprehensive assessment for new lifeworks clients as well as clients currently served by lifeworks and requesting assistance from another lifeworks program.
$403,317 spentof which $9,223 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,941,019.
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 2024 to 2025, from $16M to $19M (+16%).
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 80% · 2018 68% · 2019 81% · 2020 75% · 2021 74% · 2022 73% · 2023 80% · 2024 75% · 2025 77%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $2.2M → $4.8M.
15 of 64 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 AND FAMILY ALLIANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 64 funders by total. 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 AND FAMILY ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 AND FAMILY ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 47% · 2019 42% · 2020 69% · 2021 61% · 2022 65% · 2023 65% — 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
50% of YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
94% of YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 AND FAMILY ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $37.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$19.0M
- Department of Health and Human Services$18.0M
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 AND FAMILY ALLIANCE
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- The Works III at Tillery LLC · disregarded
- Lifeworks Affordable Housing Corporation · exempt
- Lifeworks Enterprises LLC · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE?
- YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE (Texas) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,789,607 to it, the largest being ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION ($16,399,962). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 64 organizations giving $27,789,607 in grants to YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE?
- ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $16,399,962 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 64 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