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YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA

YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,825,743 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($1,943,260). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$568k
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$3.8M
Net assets
$0
15/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 78%
01What it does

What Youth Policy Institute of Iowa does

Mission

The Institute works to improve policies and enhance services and supports for youth transitioning from adolescence to adulthood, particularly those who have been involved in child welfare or juvenile justice systems

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Jim casey initiative: a comprehensive approach to improving outcomes among youth transitioning from foster care to adulthood. This results- based initiative focuses on policies and programs related to permanency, housing stability, employment, education, and parenting. A component of this initiative is opportunity passport- a package of resources that assists youth and young adults who have experienced foster care gain financial capability skills, open a special savings account, and receive matching funds for the purchase of approved assets they need as they

    $34,191 spent$34,191 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

  2. Iowa aftercare services: aftercare, which includes administration of the state-funded preparation for adult living program, is implemented by a statewide network of agencies that provide services and supports to more than 750 young adults (ages 18-21) in iowa who have aged out of foster care or juvenile justice placements. The youth policy institute provided consultation on coordination, data analysis and evaluation of the program

    $20,000 spent$20,000 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

  3. The youth transition funders group (ytfg) is a network of national, regional, and community funders that work together to support the well-being and economic success of vulnerable young people age 14 to 25. Ytfg provides a forum for participatng organizations to learn from each other and experts in the field, stay abreast of new research and key policy developments, and inform and influence policy and practice. Ypii engages national consultants, and provides fiscal and consultative services, to support the mission and activities of ytfg. Ypii transferred its ytfg responsibilities and assets to new 501 (c) (3) organization in january of 2023. (see shedule n for details).

    $513,665 spent$513,665 earned by the program
    56% of program spending

  4. When the Institute decided to close, it allocated unrestricted net revenue to other 501(c)(3) organizations to carry-on similar program services. (See Schedule N for details).

    $345,000 spent
    38% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $912,856.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($527k)2018 Revenue 114 ($1.4M) Expenses 116 ($1.4M) Net assets 101 ($531k)2019 Revenue 111 ($1.4M) Expenses 109 ($1.3M) Net assets 109 ($576k)2020 Revenue 143 ($1.8M) Expenses 115 ($1.4M) Net assets 176 ($927k)2021 Revenue 112 ($1.4M) Expenses 102 ($1.2M) Net assets 203 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 88 ($1.1M) Expenses 95 ($1.2M) Net assets 156 ($821k)2023 Revenue 46 ($568k) Expenses 79 ($968k) Net assets 0 ($0)
2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue (46)Expenses (79)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $874k to $0 (−100%).

$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$874k
$0
2017201820192020202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$19k
’17
$4k
’18
$45k
’19
$371k
’20
$144k
’21
−$65k
’22
−$400k
’23
8.0
months of
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

Carol Behrer

Executive director

As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.

2017201820192020202120222023
Listed6666666
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·000000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 8 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $238k → $538k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
total
funders
8
10
12
11
11
6

2 of 20 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 POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA’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 POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

51%
largest funder
75%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 27% · 2019 65% · 2020 69% · 2021 42% · 2022 47% — 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

44% of YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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 FY2022, 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 POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 12 states in all.

MI
NY
MA
IA
CT
CA
NE
MD
KS
DC
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
Iowa out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA

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 Iowa

Youth for Christ of Central Iowa Inc77%Foundation for Children and Families of Iowa76%Harvesting Opportunity76%Iowa 4-H Foundation76%Project Iowa76%Iowa Forward75%Children and Families of Iowa75%Center for Alcohol & Drug Services Inc74%

Nationally

Indiana Youth Institute Inc78%Juvenile Services Program Inc77%Youth for Christ of Central Iowa Inc77%Young Invincibles77%Center for Global Policy77%Foundation for Children and Families of Iowa76%Harvesting Opportunity76%The Campaign Finance Institute76%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 6%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA?
YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,825,743 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($1,943,260). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $3,825,743 in grants to YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA?
Annie E Casey Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,943,260 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF IOWA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 20 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