California · Nonprofit
YOUTH UPRISING
YOUTH UPRISING (California) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,082,018 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($850,025). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $159k
What Youth Uprising does
Mission
Transform east oakland into a healthy and economically robust community by developing the leadership of youth and young adults and improving the systems that impact them.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Career & educationYouth Uprising delivers a full range of educational support, job training, and job placement services in a comprehensive career & education program. Services are delivered in a 3,600-square-foot career & education center.c&e provides individual & group case management services to all members, we conduct a comprehensive intake assessment, provide mentorship and one-on-one counseling, and identify 3 personal goals (educational/ individual) to achieve while in programming. Career & ed. ~ the mission: our goal is to offer youth pre-employment training, job counseling, vocational instruction, and hands-on work experience to navigate through different career pathways in hopes of obtaining permanent employment in a variety of high demand local industries. Objective:provide financial literacy education and soft skills training to help youth acquire skills that will make them competitive in the marketplace (job-search strategies, interview prep., professional attire, resume writing, office etiquette, networking, workplace communication, and work-ethic ideals).provide real-world employment experience through job placements onsite in yu's social enterprises, through…
$833,964 spentof which $5,000 as grants51% of program spendingHealth & wellness health and wellness programs provide holistic accessible care in a community setting. Primary health and mental health services are offered onsite. Peer group sessionsyu offers a variety of group sessions that give youth the opportunity to build positive relationships, and grow alongside their peers. These sessions include: wellness wednesday - session for all youthhealthy relationships - session for all youth healing circle - session for all youthupcoming groups: young men's group young women's groupcounseling for healing and healthyu is on the forefront of mental health care for transitional age youth and is helping create new policies and best practices to serve traumatized and violence-exposed youth statewide. We offer youth:individual, group and family therapyclinical consultationoutreach and advocacymedication referralscase managementyu's team of case managers (cms) works with members to set and meet educational, career, and life goals. Cms serve as mentors, life coaches, and advocates and guide and track ongoing member involvement. They coordinate with other systems (foster care, juvenile justice, law enforcement) to interrupt cycles of recidivism. The…
$253,711 spent15% of program spendingArts and expressionsthe 3,600-square-foot media arts center features three vocal/engineering set-ups, a live music room, four video finishing rooms, and a fully equipped computer lab and the center is a regional venue, hosting public events that regularly attract attendees from all over the bay area.the arts and expressions department is embarking to enhance the artistic education and support for yu members.our mission is to empower and inspire every yu student to unleash their creative potential by providing personalized artistic expressions support services and fostering a vibrant artistic community.we aim to create a warm and nurturing environment where students can explore and excel in their chosen artistic disciplines through individualized mentorship, engaging workshops, and access to top-notch resources.with support, we can ensure that our students have the best tools and opportunities to thrive. Funding will go towards acquiring state-of-the-art equipment, securing talented instructors, and providing scholarships for art students in need.mission: our mission is to guide and empower yu members on their journey towards college, helping them discover their unique artistic…
$85,107 spent5% of program spendingCommunity transformationcommunity transformation consists of two primary activities, which are leadership development and civic engagement, and social enterprise.leadership development & civic engagementyouth leadership development & civic engagement activities and programs involve youth leaders in improving their community while developing their capacity to become agents of change. Activities range from round-table discussions and participation on public boards and commissions, to community organizing and public-awareness campaigns. Youth build their understanding of the social and political issues that affect us all and disadvantage some. This knowledge is then used to affect systems change and transform communities.
$472,073 spent$31,108 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,644,855.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.1M to $679k (−67%).
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 66% · 2018 84% · 2019 76% · 2020 81% · 2021 81% · 2022 88% · 2023 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of YOUTH UPRISING’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Meredith Brown
President and board chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 7 funders, grant income fell $1.0M → $19k.
7 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 UPRISING’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 UPRISING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% 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 UPRISING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 49% · 2019 63% · 2020 61% · 2021 47% · 2022 34% · 2023 52% — 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
21% of YOUTH UPRISING's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
94% of YOUTH UPRISING's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $406k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 UPRISING's revenue fell 25% between 2017 and 2023.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,813 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Organizations like YOUTH UPRISING
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 UPRISING: 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 UPRISING?
- YOUTH UPRISING (California) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,082,018 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($850,025). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUTH UPRISING have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $2,082,018 in grants to YOUTH UPRISING, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUTH UPRISING?
- THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $850,025 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUTH UPRISING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2023), and the filings of 30 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