Grants for youth development organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to youth development organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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6,518 youth development organizations received at least $386.4 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 10,051 grants made from 5,049 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 5,049 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.

$386,379,870

Total grant dollars given to youth development organizations

10,051

Number of grants made annually to youth development organizations

5,049

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 83% of the dollar-value of grants to youth support orgs. Foundations funding youth support orgs also made grants to youth development programs, homeless shelters, boys and girls clubs, food banks, and multiservice human service organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	4,060
Medium	595
Large	390

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	4,155
Corporate	219
Other	568

Grants made

Grants made to youth support orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	3,745
2-3	1,021
4-10	221
11+	62

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
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	7.1%	197	$1,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.1%	172	$478
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.3%	153	$25
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	2.5%	148	$955
NRA Foundation	VA	National	0.3%	144	$1,496
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.2%	126	$130
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.3%	102	$1,000
Baird Foundation	WI	National	1.9%	94	$250
Dollar General Literacy Foundation	TN	National	1.8%	86	$2,000
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.2%	85	$1,800

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Youth development organizations grantees

Youth development organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 64% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 24% of all youth support orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	10,022
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	29

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,500
$100k-$500k	$1,550
$500k-$1M	$2,000
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	1,084
New York	677
Florida	576
Texas	557
Other	7,157

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	626
Los Angeles	391
Chicago	370
Boston	346
Other	7,614

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
Rutgers the State University of NJ	$18,000,000	Cash	Big Ten Conference (B1G)
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
Young Life Foundation	$8,554,519	Payment Accounts	Young Life
Young Life Foundation	$8,554,419	Invest With Support Organization	Young Life
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)
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)
Boys and Girls Clubs of America	$4,500,000	Program Support	Comic Relief US (AGB)
City Year	$4,390,059	Sub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award	Massachusetts Service Alliance
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana	$4,002,000	Operating	John W. Anderson Foundation
Youth Guidance	$4,000,000	To Support Implementation of Its Fy17-Fy20 Business Plan	The Edna Mcconnell Clark Foundation
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa	$3,698,912	Grant Distribution	Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Alfond Youth Center	$3,672,384	Wellness Project	Harold Alfond Foundation
Genesee Area Focus Fund	$3,663,645	To Provide A Research-Based, High-Quality Afterschool Program Model To Students With the Greatest Needs in Flint and Genesee County.	Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Peoplefirst Partnership	$3,225,000	To Support Economic Mobility	Blue Meridian Partners
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life	$3,000,000	Growth and Capacity Building (2015-2020)	Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation
Hillel International	$2,997,802	Charitable	Beacon Foundation
Boys and Girls Clubs of America	$2,861,172	Mission Support	Inspire Brands Foundation

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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.