Grants for youth development programs

3,395 youth development programs received at least $318.9 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 4,440 grants made from 2,665 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,750. Of these 2,665 foundations, 81% made just a single grant to youth service orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more youth service orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$318,920,330
Total grant dollars given to youth development programs
4,440
Number of grants made annually to youth development programs
2,665
Number of grantmakers funding youth development programs
$1,750
Median grant size to youth development programs

Foundations that support youth development programs

Out of all grants made to youth development programs, 77% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 93% of the dollar-value of grants to youth service orgs. Foundations funding youth service orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, educational service providers, scholarship organizations, boys and girls clubs, and youth service organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size Number of grantmakers
Small
 
2,058
Medium
 
332
Large
 
272
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
 
74
Private
 
2,149
Corporate
 
138
Other
 
304

Grants made

Grants made to youth service orgs Number of grantmakers
1
 
2,165
2-3
 
394
4-10
 
74
11+
 
32

Top 10 foundations supporting youth development programs

Grantmaker State Geographic focus Percent of grant dollars to youth service orgs Number of grants made to youth service orgs Median grant size
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines IA State 0.2% 110 $1,000
NRA Foundation VA National 0.1% 77 $1,120
JP Morgan Chase Foundation NY National 0.0% 59 $800
Carmax Foundation VA National 0.9% 57 $1,000
Seattle Foundation WA State 0.1% 54 $2,000
Abbvie Foundation IL National 0.1% 52 $165
NFL Foundation NY National 0.4% 51 $5,000
Arkansas Community Foundation AR State 0.1% 34 $1,000
Baird Foundation WI National 0.8% 34 $250
Chubb Charitable Foundation PA National 0.3% 34 $250

Youth development programs grantees

Youth development programs with more than $5 million in total revenues received 59% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 17% of all youth service orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant Number of grants
<$10k
 
4,422
$10k-$25k
 
0
$25k-$100k
 
0
$100k+
 
18

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue Median grant size
<$100k
 
$2,000
$100k-$500k
 
$1,536
$500k-$1M
 
$2,000
$1M-$5M
 
$1,500
>$5M
 
$1,750

Grantee states

State of grantee Number of grants
California
 
491
New York
 
364
Illinois
 
246
Florida
 
238
Other
 
3,101

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee Number of grants
New York City
 
357
Chicago
 
221
Los Angeles
 
182
Washington DC
 
174
Other
 
3,207

Top 25 grants made to youth development programs

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)
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
City Year $4,390,059 Sub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award Massachusetts Service Alliance
Youth Guidance $4,000,000 To Support Implementation of Its Fy17-Fy20 Business Plan The Edna Mcconnell Clark 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
Detroit PAL $2,770,309 Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy
Emerald Youth Foundation $2,551,500 Develop Christian Leaders The Haslam 3 Foundation
University of Massachusetts $2,515,000 11. Primary Purpose of the Academic Investment Funds Is To Support the University of Massachusetts Medical School Programs.-$2,515,000 UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC)
Kids Enjoy Exercise Now $5,000 Operating Support Bay Area Youth Sports Foundation
Junior Achievement of Arizona $5,000 Charitable Contribution Vantage West Credit Union
Coaching Corps $5,000 Provide General Operating Support Annie E Casey Foundation (AECF)
Rocking the Boat $5,000 Youth Development Leatherwood Foundation-Ima
Teen Kitchen Project $5,000 Public Benefit Sharanam Foundation
StreetSquash $5,000 General Purpose The Kotler Family Foundation Hoffman Mulligan LLP
Baton Rouge Youth Coalition $5,000 General The Nanette Noland Foundation
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 programs" category for this page is determined by the "O50: Youth Development Programs, Other" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.