Tennessee · Nonprofit
YOUTH INCORPORATED
YOUTH INCORPORATED (Tennessee) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,178,795 to it, the largest being ALLEN DOBSON TRUST PTS ($1,047,998). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $750k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $464k
What Youth Incorporated does
Mission
Our mission is to advance the mental, moral, and physical development of boys and girls, as well as families and others, through a variety of camping, sports, and recreational activities with the goal of "building leaders for tomorrow".
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Discontinuance of hockey program services: as described in part iii, line 4b, Youth Incorporated discontinued its youth hockey programs after the spring season of 2025 due to competitive pressures from other hockey programs in the area and declining participation. The primary program services consist of the camp program services, which are described in part iii, line 4a.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Camp - program services: since 1945, Youth Incorporated has operated a traditional overnight summer camp for boys and girls on 175 acres of land adjacent to percy priest lake, rutherford county, tennessee. The land was donated by mr. Allen dobson, a middle tennessee business executive and a principal founder of the organization, who also bequeathed a separate trust fund that provides continuing annual financial support for the organization.campers participate in a variety of activities, such as arts and crafts, canoeing, climbing tower, horseback riding, ropes courses, swimming, water skiing, outdoor living skills, and night time activities. Campers have the opportunity to learn new skills, meet new friends, rekindle prior friendships, enjoy the outdoors, and exist in a community atmosphere unplugged from their normal routines.over the years, the camp has expanded its program services to offer single and multi-day camp activities, as well as various group sports and recreational activities. These programs assist campers to develop interpersonal communication and team leadership skills through interacting with other campers of diverse backgrounds, while increasing individual self…
$381,028 spent$220,870 earned by the program98% of program spendingHockey - program services: historically, Youth Incorporated has offered young persons the opportunity to participate in a usa inline hockey league that skates at the hockey rink it maintains in the city of bellevue, tennessee. The spring season runs from march to may, and the fall season runs from september to november.due to competitive pressures from other hockey programs in the local area and declining participation, the board of Youth Incorporated elected to discontinue its hockey program after the spring season in 2025. The hockey rink and related assets were sold to a private k through 12 educational institution in the area, which plans to continue a hockey program for its students.a similar hockey program that was operated in the city of lavergne, tennessee was discontinued in 2019.
$9,559 spent$6,667 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $390,587.
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 $219k to $479k (+119%).
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: 2021 14% · 2022 6% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
31% of YOUTH INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
Andy Lyon
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $151k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 INCORPORATED’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 INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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: 2017 68% · 2018 57% · 2020 94% · 2021 90% · 2022 95% · 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
60% of YOUTH INCORPORATED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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 INCORPORATED draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k 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 INCORPORATED runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like YOUTH INCORPORATED
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for YOUTH INCORPORATED: 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 INCORPORATED?
- YOUTH INCORPORATED (Tennessee) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,178,795 to it, the largest being ALLEN DOBSON TRUST PTS ($1,047,998). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUTH INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,178,795 in grants to YOUTH INCORPORATED, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUTH INCORPORATED?
- ALLEN DOBSON TRUST PTS is the largest funder on record, with $1,047,998 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUTH INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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