Oregon · Nonprofit
YOUTH LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY
YOUTH LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY (Oregon) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $80,778 to it, the largest being PORTLAND OPPORTUNITIES INDUST CENTER ($79,528). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $174k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $81k
- Net assets
- $118k
What Youth Life Skills Academy does
Mission
Youth Life Skills Academy (ylsa) is dedicated to meeting youth in their circumstances and educate, inspire, and empower them to move in the direction of their dreams. Our mission is to create a positive structured learning environment with an emphasis on improving life skills through sports and basketball. We provide positive and measurable life skills through experiencing our structured events that occur during breaks throughout the k-12 school calendar.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Youth Life Skills Academy general programming supports a wednesday basketball outreach program in the aloha area. This event is ongoing and teaches teamwork and interdependence in a competitive environment. The capacity building component of our grants is allowing us to develop pilot programs. One example of our "pilot" programs is our after school program at templeton elementary school, where we teach a "growth mindset" program. This program teaches students to address challenges and barriers with confidence. In 2023, approximately 170 children participated in these events.
$83,183 spent79% of program spendingThe community violence intervention grant is to provide pro social activities for at risk and marginalized communities. We provide sponsorships for these out of school events 4 times a year, when the school calendar has breaks. These academy experiences are 3 day events that provide life skill training, fitness and wellness education. Additionally, we provide food and etiquette training. This grant also supports 2 "business of sport" field trips to the moda center. 22,686 of the grant money received was spent for these purposes in 2023, and the remaining 102,314 is restricted for health, wellness, and violence prevention uses. In 2023, approximately 260 children participated in these events.
$22,686 spent21% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $105,869.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $50k to $118k (+137%).
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.
100% of YOUTH LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of YOUTH LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY’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 LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY.
“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
100% of YOUTH LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,457 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,457 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Government funding YOUTH LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $125k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$125k
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 LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY: 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 LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY?
- YOUTH LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY (Oregon) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $80,778 to it, the largest being PORTLAND OPPORTUNITIES INDUST CENTER ($79,528). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUTH LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $80,778 in grants to YOUTH LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUTH LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY?
- PORTLAND OPPORTUNITIES INDUST CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $79,528 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUTH LIFE SKILLS ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 2 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