Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC
YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,583,827 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,050,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $575k
What Youth Enrichment Services Inc does
Mission
Youth enrichment services, inc. Was founded in 1994 for the purpose of providing at-risk teens and low-income families residing in allegheny county a comprehensive in-home peer mentoring program, juvenile alternative to detention, afterschool p.a.s.s. Program, summer enrichment, job training, and computer training programs to enhance their academic and life skills. Youth enrichment services is located at 6031 broad street suite 202 pittsburgh, pennsylvania 15206. For more than a decade, youth enrichment services, inc. Has been making a positive lasting impact on the lives of young people and on the communities in which they live. Youth enrichment services, inc. Focuses on programs that help children and teens from socially and economically disadvantaged families become responsible and contributing members to society. Youth enrichment services, inc. Encourages academic development, cultural enrichment, and improved self-image while building a stronger sense of family and community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Peer mentor program - academic preparation- all about me (aam) is primarily a mentoring, tutorial, and employability program, with specific academic and cultural activities tailored to address issues of truancy, social adaptation, and academic performance in hopes of preparing students to be pittsburgh promise eligible. To meet these goals, the aam program closely monitors students grades and attendance and conducts home and school visits to support students holistically toward promise readiness and post-secondary success. College prep (cp) is designed for 11th and 12th grade students who are interested in receiving admission testing support, one-on-one mentorship and college guidance, exposure to collegiate contexts, and assistance in completing college and scholarship application materials. What sets yes college prep apart from others is the level of staff commitment in providing students with individualized support and service tailoring. Whether its past program hours or on the weekend, staff support students throughout their pre- college and college journeys. Yes recognizes the need to provide additional, or alternative, forms of support for youth who may struggle to succeed…
$675,272 spent33% of program spendingDiversionary services - developed in collaboration with the allegheny county juvenile court, diversion 2000 (d2000) is a 24/7 monitoring and mentoring program offering juvenile offenders an alternative to detention. Intervention specialists conduct school and home visits, monitor school attendance, make daily curfew calls, and arrange academic support. The family action plans are designed to protect the child and the well-being of their community, decrease truancy, reduce recidivism and ensure that the familys rules will be adhered to throughout the duration of the program. D2000 youth are transferred to the extended diversion services (eds) program offered by youth enrichment services, inc. If stakeholders determine youth will benefit from continued probationary services. Eds youth continue to receive home and school visits and nightly curfew calls; however, their services are expanded to include weekly sessions facilitated by youth enrichment services, inc. Staff, social and cultural outings, one-on-one mentoring, and employability preparation. Staff select the service provision that align and address challenges the present youth are facing to individualize services. Diversion…
$354,723 spent18% of program spendingLearn and earn- the learn and earn summer youth employment program is a summer opportunity that provides youth, ages 14 - 21, with employment around the city of pittsburgh. Learn and earn students work in diverse jobs and occupational areas to gain professional experience, technical skills, and knowledge of employer expectations, as well as exposure to possible career paths. In addition to developing valuable work experience, youth also earn wages and contribute to pittsburgh's tax base and economic growth. The goals of learn and earn are to prepare youth to understand appropriate workplace behaviors, the rigors of the workplace, job survival skills, and to challenge youth to explore career interests and opportunities. As a learn and earn service provider, youth enrichment services (yes) has developed a comprehensive summer program model that offers youth more than an employment opportunity. Youth enrichment services, inc.'s summer program model amalgamates leadership development, employability preparation, and academic enrichment to not only prepare youth for future employment, but to also stimulate their academic acumen, and to deepen their commitment to their peers and…
$424,623 spent21% of program spendingViolence prevention programming-yes violence prevention program includes a number of projects. Overall, yes creates opportunities for youth and stakeholders to engage in programs and planning that limit youth engagement in violence, specifically gun violence. This includes our teen council who strategically plan for methods to reduce gun violence. It also includes our parent council that convenes family members to gain their insight. Our fitness and fun involving sport and health (ffish) program engages younger youth to provide positive social engagement and mental health resources for youth and families involved in yes programs. Finally, our hub programming creates large violence prevention events to bring community members together under this topic.
$570,475 spent28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,025,093.
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 $534k to $962k (+80%).
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 71% · 2018 97% · 2019 76% · 2020 63% · 2021 45% · 2022 38% · 2023 54% · 2024 53% · 2025 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $179k → $123k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 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 ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
41% 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 ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 100% · 2019 95% · 2020 74% · 2021 50% · 2022 57% · 2023 61% — 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 ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
86% of YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $952k 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 ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC is better cushioned than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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 ENRICHMENT SERVICES 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 ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC?
- YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,583,827 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,050,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $2,583,827 in grants to YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC?
- RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,050,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 13 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