Grants for youth development organizations

Name: Top 10 Grants for youth development organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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7,017 youth development organizations received at least $526.7 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 10,225 grants made from 5,129 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 5,129 foundations, 74% made just a single grant to youth support orgs, and 5% made grants to four or more youth support orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$526,718,653

Total grant dollars given to youth development organizations

10,225

Number of grants made annually to youth development organizations

5,129

Number of grantmakers funding youth development organizations

$1,500

Median grant size to youth development organizations

Foundations that support youth development organizations

Out of all grants made to youth development organizations, 80% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 72% of the dollar-value of grants to youth support orgs. Foundations funding youth support orgs also made grants to youth development programs, boys and girls clubs, educational service providers, multiservice human service organizations, and youth service organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	4,124
Medium	601
Large	400

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	107
Private	4,196
Corporate	219
Other	607

Grants made

Grants made to youth support orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	3,815
2-3	1,027
4-10	222
11+	65

Top 10 foundations supporting youth development organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to youth support orgs	Number of grants made to youth support orgs	Median grant size
Rutgers University Foundation	NJ	Metro	100.0%	1	$141,721,294
Big Twelve Conference	TX	National	9.6%	2	$36,973,835
Big Ten Conference (B1G)	IL	Regional	3.1%	3	$11,394,108
WVU Medicine	WV	Metro	72.3%	1	$22,707,599
James E West Foundation	NE	Metro	91.6%	1	$21,331,274
Project Management Institute (PMI)	PA	Metro	100.0%	3	$6,165,500
Young Life	CO	National	97.0%	2	$8,554,469
University of Massachusetts Foundation	MA	Metro	100.0%	1	$16,623,686
West Virginia University Foundation	WV	Metro	100.0%	1	$14,797,177
Aggbgc Great Futures	AL	Metro	94.7%	2	$6,091,200

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Youth development organizations grantees

Youth development organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 68% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 24% of all youth support orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	10,178
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	47

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,500
$100k-$500k	$1,587
$500k-$1M	$2,000
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	1,098
New York	689
Florida	587
Texas	579
Other	7,272

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	639
Los Angeles	398
Chicago	377
Boston	351
Other	7,747

Top 25 grants made to youth development organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Rutgers the State University of NJ	$141,721,294	Education-Related/ Athletics	Rutgers University Foundation
Nicholas County Ceos	$36,973,835	Annual Distribution	Big Twelve Conference
Nicholas County Ceos	$36,973,835	Cash	Big Twelve Conference
Nicholas County Ceos	$22,707,599	Support	WVU Medicine
Mid-America Council	$21,331,274	Nyse	James E West Foundation
Rutgers the State University of NJ	$18,000,000	Cash	Big Ten Conference (B1G)
University of Massachusetts	$16,623,686	See Part Iv	University of Massachusetts Foundation
Nicholas County Ceos	$14,797,177	To Support Students of West Virginia University	West Virginia University Foundation
Rutgers the State University of NJ	$11,394,108	Cash	Big Ten Conference (B1G)
Rutgers the State University of NJ	$11,394,108	To Support the Missions of Member Institutions	Big Ten Conference (B1G)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami Institute	$9,950,320	FMV	Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami Foundation
Future Farmers of America / National Ffa Organization	$8,565,083	General Support	National FFA Foundation
Young Life Foundation	$8,554,519	Payment Accounts	Young Life
Young Life Foundation	$8,554,419	Invest With Support Organization	Young Life
Duluth Heritage Sports Center	$8,236,668	Outstanding at Year End	Duluth Heritage Sports Center Foundation
Nicholas County Ceos	$6,282,620	Expenditures on Grants Awarded To Wvurc on Behalf of Wvu for Acquisition of Capital Assets Or Expenditures on Grants Awarded To Wvurc on Behalf of Wvu for Acquisition of Capital Assets Or Construction Where the Asset Was Transferred To Wvu As A Beneficiary of the Asset.	West Virginia University Research
Project Management Institute Educational Foundation	$6,165,500	Educational	Project Management Institute (PMI)
Project Management Institute Educational Foundation	$6,165,500	Cash	Project Management Institute (PMI)
Project Management Institute Educational Foundation	$6,165,500		Project Management Institute (PMI)
A G Gaston Boys and Girls Club	$6,091,200	FMV	Aggbgc Great Futures
A G Gaston Boys and Girls Club	$6,091,200	FMV	Aggbgc Great Futures
Arrow WV	$5,687,320	Interest Expense Incurred By Arrow Through the Construction of the Summit Bechtel Reserve, Which If Constructed By the Boy Scouts of America Would Also Be Exempt.	Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
City Year	$5,636,100	Community & Human Services	Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund (GSPF)
Fellowship of Christian Athletes 8701 Leeds Road	$5,153,829	Growth	National Christian Foundation / Natl Christian Charitable FDN Inc
Boys and Girls Clubs of America	$4,500,000	Program Support	Comic Relief US (AGB)

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Youth development organizations" category for this page is determined by the "O00: Youth Development: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.