Alabama · Nonprofit
YOUTHSERVE INC
YOUTHSERVE INC (Alabama) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,237,000 to it, the largest being MIKE AND GILLIAN GOODRICH FOUNDATION ($271,500). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $314k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $244k
What Youthserve Inc does
Mission
To empower youth leadership through community service
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Leadership councilslast academic year, nearly 100 students from more than 60 schools stepped into leadership through youth action council and youth philanthropy council. These students did more than meet. They identified real community challenges and built practical responses. Participants strengthened skills in: project management budgeting conflict resolution team communication public leadershipyouth action council, open to ages 13 to 15, completed a direct service project designed and led by students. Youth philanthropy council, for grades 10 to 12, managed a competitive, youth led grant process. Students reviewed proposals, debated funding priorities, and awarded 20,000 dollars to five local nonprofits.summer ambassadors extended this leadership into the summer months, with youth leading multiple service events across the community. Our in school changemakers programs partnered directly with schools to host regular leadership meetings and service projects during the academic day.together, these programs moved students from participation to ownership.
$140,647 spent50% of program spendingCommunity engagementin 2025, more than 600 youth from 60 schools served through youthserve. They contributed over 3,000 service hours across 42 events. Students supported organizations such as the salvation army, east lake farmers market senior basket program, and cool green trees. Service opportunities occurred at least monthly, often more frequently. Programs remained open year round to any student ages 13 to 18, whether or not they were enrolled in a leadership council. Youth also launched independent service projects and donation drives, expanding impact beyond structured events. The result is consistent engagement, not one time volunteering.
$112,517 spent40% of program spendingEducation and outreachyouthserve brings civic education directly into schools through workshops for grades 7 to 12. Students learn how local systems work, how to identify community needs, and how to take action. Through youth in service awards, students across the state submit service projects for recognition. Nominations open in the fall. Finalists are honored at a spring awards ceremony. Youthserve also partners with education and youth development organizations to host workshops and seminars focused on leadership development, civic responsibility, and practical skill building. The focus remains simple. Equip young people with the tools to lead. Then give them real opportunities to do it.
$28,129 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $281,293.
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 2017 to 2018, from $107k to $200k (+87%).
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.
98% of YOUTHSERVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Crystal Jones
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $137k → $145k.
4 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 YOUTHSERVE INC’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
YOUTHSERVE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 25% · 2019 24% · 2020 20% · 2021 22% · 2022 26% · 2023 17% — 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
50% of YOUTHSERVE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
100% of YOUTHSERVE INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $177k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
YOUTHSERVE INC is better cushioned than half of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like YOUTHSERVE 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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 YOUTHSERVE INC: 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 YOUTHSERVE INC?
- YOUTHSERVE INC (Alabama) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,237,000 to it, the largest being MIKE AND GILLIAN GOODRICH FOUNDATION ($271,500). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUTHSERVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,237,000 in grants to YOUTHSERVE INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUTHSERVE INC?
- MIKE AND GILLIAN GOODRICH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $271,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUTHSERVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 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