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Funders to approach for Youth Speaks Inc

San Francisco, California$2.5M revenue70 funders on file

Youth Speaks creates safe spaces to empower the next generation of leaders, self-defined artists, and visionary activists through written and oral literacies. We challenge youth to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change. Ultimately, we hope to shift the perceptions of youth by combating illiteracy, alienation, and silence, creating a global movement of brave new voices bringing the noise from the margins to the core. Since 1996, Youth Speaks has championed a localized, national, and increasingly global movement of young people boldly declaring themselves…

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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$22k, your typical grant1 in 401 in 201 in 10$3k$10k$30k$100k$300kChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$210k–$930kover two years, from 6–12 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$340kfrom 4 new funders

Half the value is in your top 12 funders, of 156

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FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
  1. 1The Andrew W Mellon FoundationSimilar grantees: Betti Ono Foundation ($1.1M/yr), Arts for Healing and Justice Network ($500k/yr), Company One Inc ($260k/yr)1 in 18$410k
  2. 2National Basketball Association FoundationSimilar grantees: Get Lit - Words Ignite Inc ($350k/yr), Insideout Literary Arts Project ($150k/yr), Black Youth Leadership Project ($200k/yr)1 in 24$160k
  3. 3Gates FoundationSimilar grantees: Black Youth Leadership Project ($50k/yr), New Profit Inc ($5.8M/yr), New York City Outward Bound Center Inc Dba NYC Outward Bound Schools ($100k/yr)1 in 26$170k

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