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Youth Foundation Inc

New York, NY · EIN 13-6093036. Reported 273 grants totalling $1,620,243 to 130 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,620,243granted, 2021-2024
130organizations funded
68%of grantees funded again the next year
$16.0Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Youth Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $37,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
21 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
215 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
34 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Brigham Young University - ProvoNew York, NY$57,500332023
Texas A&m UniversityNew York, NY$55,000332023
University of Southern CaliforniaNew York, NY$50,000332023
University of GeorgiaNew York, NY$40,000332023
Emory UniversityNew York, NY$32,388332023
University of Notre DameNew York, NY$30,000332023
Johns Hopkins UniversityNew York, NY$28,739332023
Boston CollegeNew York, NY$25,000332023
Dartmouth CollegeNew York, NY$25,000222022
Columbia UniversityNew York, NY$24,490332023
University of Michiganann ArborNew York, NY$22,500332023
Bible Literacy ProjectNew York, NY$20,000332024
Blanton-Peale InstituteNew York, NY$20,000442024
Cornell UniversityNew York, NY$20,000332023
Fort TiconderogaNew York, NY$20,000442024
Go ProjectNew York, NY$20,000442024
Harlem Children's ZoneNew York, NY$20,000442024
Pennsylvania State UniversityNew York, NY$20,000332023
Police Athletic LeagueNew York, NY$20,000442024
University of Alabama at BirminghamNew York, NY$20,000332023
University of KentuckyNew York, NY$20,000222023
University of MiamiNew York, NY$20,000222023
University of Texas at AustinNew York, NY$20,000332023
Windward SchoolNew York, NY$20,000442024
University of Maryland - College ParkNew York, NY$18,400332023
Stanford UniversityNew York, NY$17,000322022
University of California at BerkeleyNew York, NY$16,920222022
Hampton UniversityNew York, NY$15,918332023
American UniversityNew York, NY$15,000332023
Franciscan UniversityNew York, NY$15,000332023
George Mason UniversityNew York, NY$15,000332023
Georgetown UniversityNew York, NY$15,000332023
Georgia Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY$15,000332023
Hope CollegeNew York, NY$15,000332023
Horizons at FooteNew York, NY$15,000332023
Montana State UniversityNew York, NY$15,000332023
National Society of Colonial Dames in NyNew York, NY$15,000332023
St Jean Baptiste High SchoolNew York, NY$15,000332023
Texas Tech UniversityNew York, NY$15,000332023
Tulane UniversityNew York, NY$15,000332023
Union UniversityNew York, NY$15,000332023
University of ChicagoNew York, NY$15,000332023
University of IowaNew York, NY$15,000332023
University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesNew York, NY$15,000332023
University of MissouriNew York, NY$15,000332023
University of Missouri at Kansas CityNew York, NY$15,000332023
University of WashingtonNew York, NY$15,000332023
University of WyomingNew York, NY$15,000332023
Vanderbilt UniversityNew York, NY$15,000332023
University of ArizonaNew York, NY$14,605332023
Ball State UniversityNew York, NY$13,889332023
University of California at Los Angeles (ucla)New York, NY$13,150222023
North Carolina A&t UniversityNew York, NY$12,647332023
Yale UniversityNew York, NY$12,400332023
Boise State UniversityNew York, NY$10,000222022
Clemson UniversityNew York, NY$10,000222023
Colonial Dames of AmericaNew York, NY$10,000222024
Concordia University ChicagoNew York, NY$10,000222022
Hillsdale CollegeNew York, NY$10,000222023
Iowa State UniversityNew York, NY$10,000222023
Liu PostNew York, NY$10,000222023
New York UniversityNew York, NY$10,000222023
North Carolina State UniversityNew York, NY$10,000222023
Oklahoma State UniversityNew York, NY$10,000222023
Oregon State UniversityNew York, NY$10,000222023
Saint John's UniversityNew York, NY$10,000222022
Southwestern UniversityNew York, NY$10,000222023
The Posse Foundation IncNew York, NY$10,000222022
University of AlabamaNew York, NY$10,000222023
University of California at San DiegoNew York, NY$10,000222023
University of Hawaii at ManoaNew York, NY$10,000222023
University of HoustonNew York, NY$10,000112023
University of Nevada-RenoNew York, NY$10,000222022
University of OregonNew York, NY$10,000222023
University of San FranciscoNew York, NY$10,000222022
University of South CarolinaNew York, NY$10,000222022
University of Texas at DallasNew York, NY$10,000222023
University of Virginia (uva)New York, NY$10,000222023
Villanova UniversityNew York, NY$10,000222023
Washington University in St LouisNew York, NY$10,000222022
Western Carolina UniversityNew York, NY$10,000222022
Brown UniversityNew York, NY$9,280332023
Harvard CollegeNew York, NY$8,600222022
Boston UniversityNew York, NY$8,500222023
Princeton UniversityNew York, NY$7,440332023
Belmont UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
Brigham Young University - IdahoNew York, NY$5,000112021
Butler UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112023
Carnegie Mellon UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
Case Western Reserve UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112023
Cedarville UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
Colorado State UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
Furman UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
Gonzaga UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
Grove City CollegeNew York, NY$5,000112023
Hofstra UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112023
Horizons at FooteNew Haven, CT$5,000112024
Howard UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
Iowa State UnversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
Iowa State Unversity (deleted)New York, NY$5,000112023
Louisiana State UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
Loyola University ChicagoNew York, NY$5,000112021
Michigan Technological UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112023
National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New YorkNew York, NY$5,000112024
North Carolina StateNew York, NY$5,000112021
Occidental CollegeNew York, NY$5,000112021
Ohio State UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112023
Rochester Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY$5,000112023
Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY$5,000112021
Saint Jean Baptiste High SchoolNew York, NY$5,000112024
Samford UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112023
Savannah College of Art and DesignNew York, NY$5,000112021
St Olaf CollegeNew York, NY$5,000112021
SUNY CortlandNew York, NY$5,000112023
Texas Christian UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
University of DelawareNew York, NY$5,000112021
University of IdahoNew York, NY$5,000112023
University of KansasNew York, NY$5,000112021
University of NebraskaNew York, NY$5,000112023
University of South FloridaNew York, NY$5,000112021
University of WisconsinmadisonNew York, NY$5,000112021
Valparaiso UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
Virginia Polytechnic and State UniversityNew York, NY$5,000112021
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteNew York, NY$5,000112021
Washington & Lee UniversityNew York, NY$4,916222022
Middlebury CollegeNew York, NY$4,250222023
Beloit CollegeNew York, NY$4,000112021
Lehigh UniversityNew York, NY$3,500112023
Northern Illinois UniversityNew York, NY$3,236112023
Stockton UniversityNew York, NY$975112023

86 of 130 (66%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 68%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

Plus 90 grants to individuals totalling $510,534 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 26 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
18 grants
Religion
4 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
Youth Development
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202192$527,996$5,000
202282$499,785$5,000
202388$537,462$5,000
202411$55,000$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 100% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$1.6M
Connecticut
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund10 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust9 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc9 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc8 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program7 shared recipientsThe Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund6 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Youth Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 370 Lexington Avenue 1206, New York, NY, 10017. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 13-6093036 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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