Illinois · Nonprofit
YOUTH JOB CENTER INC
YOUTH JOB CENTER INC (Illinois) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,591,688 to it, the largest being CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP ($2,758,668). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $8.6M
- Net assets
- $669k
What Youth Job Center Inc does
Mission
Youth job center connects youth ages 14-25 to meaningful careers through early exposure, workforce training, individualized coaching, and strong employer partnerships. We meet young people where they are and guide them toward living-wage jobs by equipping them with a plan, a path, and a job placement to prepare them for success in the workplace and in life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Career pathways program - this funder supported program helps job seekers, ages 16-25, who face significant barriers gain the support, skills and education necessary to obtain and retain employment. Qualified candidates may receive up to two years of funding to receive training, attend colleges and technical programs, or enter jobs with ongoing support. This program provides subsidized internships and paid work experiences, including apprenticeships through it's career pathways program, which provide opportunities for clients to earn specialized certifications or credentials in their chosen career path.
$582,433 spentof which $60,840 as grants37% of program spendingJob training programs centered around healthcare, it and other industries are provided free of charge to yjc clients. The health care program lasts 18 to 20 weeks and designed to jumpstart particpant's healthcare career. The it program is a 16-week training program is designed to help participants transition from classroom into an I.t. Career. Training includes a combination of classroom instruction and online course work.
$164,270 spentof which $87,569 as grants10% of program spendingThrough its involvment with the american job center, the organization collaborates with chicagoland area businesses and organizations to provide work readiness training to eligible out-of-school youth, ages 16-24 and in-school youth, ages-16-21. There are a wide variety of programs designed to prepare youth to be productive in the workforce. The programs range from summer internships to year-round support for youth.
$369,794 spentof which $70,073 as grants23% of program spendingHigh school program: youth job center works with local high schools toprovide workshops and training during the school day through seminarsand career and technical education (cte) classes, augmented byadditional support after school. Students receive assistance with jobsearches, resume development, interviewing techniques, and jobcounseling.
$10,847 spent1% of program spendingThis way onward program is a partnership with the gap and old navy. Theprogram provides training and summer internships throughout thechicagoland area. This program is for high school students ages 16-18who are recruited from many high schools in chicago.
$36,758 spent2% of program spendingOther various programs providing career exploration, personalizedcareer coaching, skills training, job placement, and follow-up support,helping youth develop a strong foundation for future employmentsuccess.
$411,343 spentof which $42,231 as grants26% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,575,445.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $1.6M to $1.2M (−26%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 11% · 2022 0% · 2023 49% · 2024 61% · 2025 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Lucretzia Jamison
Executive director
Board chair
Mary Dolan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $735k → $1.2M.
11 of 57 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 JOB CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 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 JOB CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
69% 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 JOB CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 54% · 2019 62% · 2020 33% · 2021 22% · 2022 28% · 2023 25% — 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
74% of YOUTH JOB CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
76% of YOUTH JOB CENTER INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Organizations like YOUTH JOB CENTER 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUTH JOB CENTER INC?
- YOUTH JOB CENTER INC (Illinois) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,591,688 to it, the largest being CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP ($2,758,668). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUTH JOB CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $8,591,688 in grants to YOUTH JOB CENTER INC, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUTH JOB CENTER INC?
- CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP is the largest funder on record, with $2,758,668 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUTH JOB CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 57 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing