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YOUTH WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA

YOUTH WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $402,324 to it, the largest being THE PHAMSQUAD FOUNDATION ($125,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2018
$451k
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$402k
Net assets
$2.2M
4/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Youth Work Foundation of the Union League of Philadelphia does

Mission

To recognize outstanding high achieving high school students and to educate them on the roles and responsibilities of good citizenship.

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.

Program

Good citizen day: good citizen day was held with 296 high schooljuniors attending and nearly 100 adult volunteers. The program isa day-long educational program to teach the students about therights and responsibilities of being a good citizen. The dayculminates in a celebratory awards banquet in the evening witharound 430 in attendance.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $40k → $140k.

6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA’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 WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

64% 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 WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA.

31%
largest funder
66%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 76% · 2020 56% · 2021 75% · 2022 79% — 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

0% of YOUTH WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

92% of YOUTH WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA
CT
DE
NC

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $143k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA

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 Pennsylvania

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 21%Fundraising 8%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

70%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • The Union League of Philadelphia · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds YOUTH WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA?
YOUTH WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $402,324 to it, the largest being THE PHAMSQUAD FOUNDATION ($125,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does YOUTH WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $402,324 in grants to YOUTH WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of YOUTH WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA?
THE PHAMSQUAD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like YOUTH WORK FOUNDATION OF THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), and the filings of 13 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