About Alliance for Youth Organizing
Build young people's political power by supporting youth-led organizing, civic engagement, and voter mobilization across the United States.
Focus Areas
youth civic engagementvoter registrationvoter educationelection protectionorganizing capacity buildingpolicy advocacycivic leadership development
Who They Fund
community-based civic organizationsadvocacy/issue campaign groupsgrassroots and local coalitionsnonprofit civic engagement practitioners
Funding Style
capacity building
About Alliance for Youth Organizing
Alliance for Youth Organizing’s grantmaking is built around youth-led organizing infrastructure, with a 2025–2026 investment of $15 million aimed at civic engagement, advocacy, voter mobilization, election protection, and research and communications. The foundation functions as a funding intermediary, raising and allocating philanthropic resources to strengthen youth organizing across the Alliance Network, and it also uses seeding support to help create new youth civic engagement organizations in emerging states. That combination of intermediary funding and field-building is a defining feature of its approach. Recent grants show support for organizations that work on the ground in different parts of the youth organizing ecosystem. Leaders Igniting Transformation Education Fund received $3,088,553 in 2025 for capacity building and civic engagement, while Engage Florida Civic Fund received $2,186,448 for capacity building. Other awards extend the same pattern into state-based civic infrastructure, including Move Texas Civic Fund, North Carolina Asian Americans Together, and Tides Center. The foundation’s portfolio is centered on organizations that build membership, mobilize young voters, and strengthen local organizing capacity.
What Alliance for Youth Organizing Funds
Youth civic engagement is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s grantmaking. Move Texas Civic Fund received $1,309,701 in 2025 for capacity building, civic engagement, and issue campaigns, while North Carolina Asian Americans Together received $532,500 for civic engagement. Those grants point to an interest in local institutions that can recruit, train, and activate young people over time. The foundation also funds youth-led infrastructure and organizing capacity. Washington Bus Education Fund received $328,990 in 2025 for capacity building and civic engagement, and Mississippi Votes received $300,990 for capacity building. On the issue-campaign side, Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom received $250,000 in 2025, and Engage Miami received $250,000 for issue campaigns. Together, these awards show support for both long-term field building and time-sensitive campaign work.
How Alliance for Youth Organizing Gives
Typical grant size sits at $50,000 at the 25th percentile, $92,500 at the median, and $226,575 at the 75th percentile. The recent grant list includes several repeat recipients across multiple years, including Forward Montana Foundation, New Era Colorado Foundation, Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Chicago Votes Education Fund, Poder in Action, and Minnesota Youth Collective Education Fund, which suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-off awards. Alliance for Youth Organizing is a regular funder and a funding intermediary, not an individual-giving vehicle. Its active grant programs are structured as targeted cycles and intermediary funds rather than an open application process.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$16.1M
Total Assets
$8.7M
Total Revenue
$15.3M
Total Expenses
$25.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $50K and $227K, with a median of $93K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$93K
75th Percentile
$227K
Geographic Reach
National22 states funded
About 6% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
DAKOTA HALL
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