Texas · Nonprofit
YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE
YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,102,009 to it, the largest being Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation ($575,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $431k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $242k
What YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE does
Mission
The mission of youth choirs inc (dba youthcue) is to equip, enable and empower student choir directors with the tools and resources they need to develop healthy, vibrant, christ-centered student choirs in the communities they serve. Recognizing and affirming the strong educational and developmental value of choral training, youthcue's vision is for every student in north america to have the opportunity to participate in a healthy, vibrant, christ-centered student choir program during their adolescence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Youthcue is the premier student choir resource in north america. Over the past 30 years, youthcue has provided innovative programming and resources to foster and promote the development of student choirs in churches and schools across the continent.established in 1990 by randy edwards, youthcue has consistently grown in size and influence. Youthcue currently has 30,000 students in network, and since its inception, has impacted the lives of approximately 250,000 students through its various programs. For the year ended july 31, 2021 the organization served about 400 individuals directly and 1,000 individuals indirectly.the main curriculum can be divided as follows:youth choir festivals - this includes musical performance with a professional orchestra. The music is designed specifically for young people and it is published by national music publishers under the "youthcue" brand.publications - this includes anthems designed specifically for the young choir, as well as a book related to youth choirs written by the organization's president. Compact disc recordings - this is intended to provide examples of repertoires and styles of youth choirs, as well as to provide an incentive for…
$394,038 spentof which $5,000 as grants$88,593 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $394,038.
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 2019 to 2020, from $703k to $544k (−23%).
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: 2023 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Board chair
George Cowden Iii
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $20k → $120k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE’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 CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 50% · 2019 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 91% · 2022 83% · 2023 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.
How long its funders stay
20% of YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
70% of YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $149 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.
Against its field
YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE?
- YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,102,009 to it, the largest being Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation ($575,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,102,009 in grants to YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE?
- Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $575,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUTH CHOIRS INC DBA YouthCUE 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 9 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