Maryland · Nonprofit
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,314 to it, the largest being OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ($25,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $75k
- Net assets
- $156k
What Youth Empowerment Source Inc does
Mission
Yes engages underserved young people through community-based education, mentoring and employment readiness programs to help them develop skills and strengthen ties to family and community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Drug free cecil youth coalition- more than 35 student leaders received monthly training from yes and used that leadership to direct their school based clubs in all 5 public high schools. More than 5,000 youth opted into prevention activities run by the drug free cecil youth. More than 1,500 community members attended our trunk or treat/drug take back in october of 2024. More than 170 students also participated in the annual youth leadership summit in november of 2024, where they received leadership and prevention training over several days. In the spring of 2024, a youth prevention rally was held and more than 40 youth took to the stage to share presentations and show their commitment to building a healthier community.
$485,080 spent43% of program spendingDisconnected youth (the legacy program) - assists youth between the age of 16 and 24 years old who have not graduated high school or graduated and are struggling to find and sustain employment. Program participants are provided ged assistance, transitional life skills lessons, soft job skills, conflict resolution and various opportunities to improve their future. In fy25, 89 referrals were made to the legacy programs. Financial literacy classes were offered and completed through a collaboration with apgfcu. Ged seminar classes were conducted on wednesdays/thursdays each week in-person and transportation is provided. Highlights: 24 students received thanksgiving baskets and 16 received angel tree gifts for christmas. 20 clients completed the prepare u mental health curriculum.
$289,805 spent26% of program spendingChildren of incarcerated parents (coip) - coip is designed to provide support to children 5-17 who are experiencing the effects of parental incarceration and uses case management, life skills training, and mediation to strengthen families dealing with the impacts of incarceration. During fy25, 30 coip clients were referred, over 200 lifeskills lessons administered throughout the year, 970 contacts made with students/families, 98% of cecil county detention center participants rate the nurturing parenting program as excellent. 84% of parents/guardians report improved family stability in the home, as measured by the year-end survey. Highlights include: 8 clients received turkey baskets, several clients reunited with their parents after being released from incarceration, 7 clients received gifts from angel tree, 7 clients received free backpacks and school supplies.
$100,594 spent9% of program spendingIn fy25, the stride program received 33 referrals. The most common reason for referral was "truancy/school issues" followed by "family issues/conflict". Life skills lessons were administered to stride participants and 89% showed improvement in overall knowledge with a substantial increase in drug resistance skills.my family matters parenting workshops were held at local schools and served 74 families. The evidence based nurturing parenting curriculum was also provided to 159 detainees at the cecil county detention center, in an ongoing effort to reduce child maltreatment rates in cecil county.camp activate provided 5 weeks for free summer camp to almost 200 at risk students at 3 locations. Nutrition, science and substance prevention lessons were provided to students.
$241,570 spent22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,117,049.
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 2021 to 2022, from $111k to $193k (+74%).
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 90% · 2018 83% · 2019 86% · 2020 80% · 2021 76% · 2022 72% · 2023 70% · 2024 77% · 2025 76%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $34k → $5k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 EMPOWERMENT SOURCE 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
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% 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 EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 66% · 2021 96% · 2022 96% · 2023 96% — 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
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record — $990k federal, $129k state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$990k
- Grant$129k
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 EMPOWERMENT SOURCE 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE 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 YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC?
- YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,314 to it, the largest being OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ($25,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $75,314 in grants to YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC?
- OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOURCE INC 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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