Youth Collaboratory harnesses the power of the youth services community to innovate, evaluate, and drive effective strategies that assure the safety and well-being of youth and young adults, unlocking their limitless potential.
Youth Collaboratory Inc centers youth services through a mix of mentoring grants, youth safety work, and member subcontracts that support local practice innovation. In the recent grants list, its largest awards went to Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago for mentoring program work, including $321,030 in 2024 and $130,739 in 2025. That pattern points to a funder that supports both research-linked partners and community organizations delivering direct services. The foundation’s portfolio also reaches organizations serving young people in multiple settings, from big brothers big sisters affiliates to local youth service agencies. Grants to BBBS of NE Indiana, Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, and City of Longview show a consistent emphasis on mentoring program implementation. Youth Collaboratory Inc also runs funding channels tied to its own membership structure, including subcontract support for local practice innovation and program implementation. Across those channels, the work is aimed at youth and adolescents, especially young people facing homelessness, trafficking risk, or other vulnerabilities.
Mentoring is the clearest program area in the recent grants list. Youth Collaboratory Inc gave $162,783 to BBBS of NE Indiana for a mentoring program, $125,545 to Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters for the same purpose, and $107,174 to City of Longview for mentoring program work. A second thread is direct support for youth-serving organizations that already operate in local communities. The foundation awarded $70,449 to Little Dixie Community Action Agency Inc for a mentoring program and $48,187 to Children's Home Society of WV for a mentoring program, showing support for established service providers as well as Big Brothers Big Sisters affiliates. Its active programs also show human trafficking response and prevention as a major focus. Youth Collaboratory Inc has federal funding streams for housing assistance for victims of human trafficking, integrated services for minor victims, and preventing trafficking of girls.
Typical grant size falls in a fairly tight band: p25 is $37,037, median is $50,775, and p75 is $66,585. The recent grants list is dominated by recurring support rather than isolated awards; several organizations appear in more than one year, including Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, BBBS of NE Indiana, City of Longview, Lexington Leadership Program, BBBS of Greater Twin Cities, Youth and Shelter Services Inc, Bolder Options, and Little Dixie Community Action Agency Inc. Youth Collaboratory Inc is a regular funder and a private operating organization rather than a DAF or PRI vehicle. The available records do not show an unsolicited general application route for the mentoring-related grants.
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Most grants fall between $37K and $67K, with a median of $51K.
25th Percentile
$37K
Median
$51K
75th Percentile
$67K
About 2% of grants go to recipients in MI.
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Grantmaking is national, with all recent-grant recipients located in the United States. The largest clusters in the recent list are in Chicago, Fort Wayne, Minneapolis, and Lexington, with additional recipients in Hartford, Newark, Knoxville, Tucson, and Longview. Michigan is the top state by grant count, even though Pennsylvania is the headquarters state and receives only 2% of grants. The recipient-country distribution is entirely domestic, with 53 grants in the US.
The recent grants list is concentrated in youth mentoring and youth services. Recipients include Big Brothers Big Sisters affiliates, youth service agencies, and research or implementation partners such as Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago. Active programs also point to support for youth homelessness, human trafficking prevention, and capacity building for youth-service providers.
The typical grant-size distribution is p25 of $37,037, median of $50,775, and p75 of $66,585. Recent awards include both smaller and larger mentoring-program grants around that middle range, with several repeat recipients appearing across multiple years.
Its giving is national. The recipient-country distribution is entirely US-based, and the recent grants list shows organizations in cities including Chicago, Fort Wayne, Hartford, Laramie, Knoxville, Tucson, Longview, Newark, Minneapolis, and Lexington.
Yes. Multiple organizations appear in more than one year in the recent grants list, including Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, BBBS of NE Indiana, City of Longview, Lexington Leadership Program, and BBBS of Greater Twin Cities. That points to repeat funding relationships rather than one-off awards.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $130,739 | 2025 | Mentoring Program |
| Lexington Leadership | Lexington, KY | $56,574 | 2025 | Mentoring Program |
| Connections Mentor | New York, NY | $29,407 | 2025 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of Flint and Genesee | Flint, MI | $24,000 | 2025 | Mentoring Program |
| LIFT Community Action Agency | Hugo, OK | $23,291 | 2025 | Mentoring Program |
| Bolder Options | Minneapolis, MN | $22,220 | 2025 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of Southeast Michigan | Ypsilanti, MI | $21,350 | 2025 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of Connecticut | Hartford, CT | $14,862 | 2025 | Mentoring Program |
| Street Soccer USA Bay Area | New York, NY | $9,860 | 2025 | Mentoring Program |
| Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $321,030 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters | Hartford, CT | $79,294 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of NE Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $55,562 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| City of Longview | Longview, TX | $54,141 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| Lexington Leadership Program | Lexington, KY | $53,564 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| Youth and Shelter Services Inc | Ames, IA | $53,309 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of Greater Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | $53,059 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| LIFT | Hugo, OK | $51,600 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| Bolder Options | Minneapolis, MN | $49,000 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of Hawaii | HONOLULU, HI | $46,991 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| Big Buddy Program | BATON ROUGE, LA | $44,474 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| Justice Innovation Inc | New York, NY | $44,414 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of Metro Detroit | Detroit, MI | $43,555 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of East Tennessee | Knoxville, TN | $42,867 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of the Low Country | North Charleston, SC | $37,037 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of Flint & Genessee County | Flint, MI | $31,563 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| Common Ground | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $16,804 | 2024 | Mentoring Program |
| Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $186,965 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of NE Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $162,783 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters | Hartford, CT | $125,545 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Greater Wyoming Big Brothers Big Sisters | Laramie, WY | $117,028 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of East Tennessee | Knoxville, TN | $114,397 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of Southern Arizona | Tucson, AZ | $110,489 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| City of Longview | Longview, TX | $107,174 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of Essex Hudson & Union Counties | Newark, NJ | $94,125 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of Greater Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | $71,102 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Little Dixie Community Action Agency Inc | Hugo, OK | $70,449 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Centre County Youth Service Bureau | State College, PA | $66,585 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of Metro Detroit | Detroit, MI | $59,503 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Lexington Leadership Program | Lexington, KY | $55,861 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Bolder Options | Minneapolis, MN | $54,338 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of the Low Country | North Charleston, SC | $52,732 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of hawaii | HONOLULU, HI | $51,009 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $50,775 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Children's Home Society of WV | Charleston, WV | $48,187 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Youth and Shelter Services Inc | Ames, IA | $48,149 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Change Happens | Houston, TX | $47,360 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Big Buddy Program | BATON ROUGE, LA | $46,855 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Chances & Services for Youth | Terre Haute, IN | $44,709 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| BBBS of Flint & Genessee County | Flint, MI | $38,129 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
| Jackson Street Youth Shelter | Corvallis, OR | $33,811 | 2023 | Mentoring Program |
Mentoring Program
Mentoring Program
City of Longview
$54,141Mentoring Program
Big Buddy Program
$44,474Mentoring Program
BBBS of Metro Detroit
$43,555Mentoring Program
Mentoring Program
Greater Wyoming Big Brothers Big Sisters
$117,028Mentoring Program
BBBS of Southern Arizona
$110,489Mentoring Program
City of Longview
$107,174Mentoring Program
Centre County Youth Service Bureau
$66,585Mentoring Program
BBBS of Metro Detroit
$59,503Mentoring Program
Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana
$50,775Mentoring Program
Big Buddy Program
$46,855Mentoring Program