About Young Americans Education Foundation
The Young Americans Education Foundation concentrates almost all of its support on a tightly affiliated set of Denver-based organizations that deliver youth banking and financial education. Grants are largely unrestricted operational support to entities that carry the Young Americans brand, indicating a mission focused on building and sustaining an integrated youth finance and education platform. The foundation’s giving appears programmatic and organizationally concentrated rather than broadly distributed across many causes or geographies.
Focus Areas
Youth-focused banking and financial services (Young Americans Bank)Financial literacy and entrepreneurship education for teens (Young Americans Center for Financial Education)Operational and institutional support for affiliated Young Americans organizations in Denver
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations501(c)(3) organizations
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: very few, large grants almost exclusively to affiliated organizations; repeat funding to the same entities and primarily unrestricted/operational support.
Funding Style
About Young Americans Education Foundation
The Young Americans Education Foundation’s giving is built around a tightly affiliated Denver network that combines youth banking with financial education. Its largest recent grant was $1,916,491 to Young Americans Bank for operations in 2025, followed by another $1,725,000 operations grant to the same organization in 2023. That pattern points to a funder focused on sustaining core infrastructure rather than scattering support across unrelated programs. The foundation also backs the educational side of the platform: Young Americans Center for Fin Edu received $395,950 for operations in 2025, and it had already received $262,322 for operations in 2023. Across the recent grants on file, support is concentrated on affiliated organizations in Denver that work with youth and finance-related education. The result is a grantmaking profile centered on organizational continuity, internal capacity, and a small set of mission-aligned entities rather than a broad portfolio of external grantees.
What Young Americans Education Foundation Funds
Operational support is the clearest thread in the foundation’s grantmaking. In 2025, Young Americans Bank received $1,916,491 for operations, showing direct backing for the bank’s day-to-day work. The education arm also appears in the portfolio: Young Americans Center for Fin Edu got $395,950 for operations in 2025, extending support to financial literacy and entrepreneurship education for teens. Earlier grants reinforce that same pattern, with $1,725,000 to Young Americans Bank in 2023 and $262,322 to Young Americans Center Fo in 2023, both for operations. The cause areas visible in the data are youth-focused banking, financial education, and institutional support for affiliated organizations. Rather than funding a wide mix of outside charities, the foundation appears to sustain a compact set of related entities through core support.
How Young Americans Education Foundation Gives
Typical grant sizes are large: the 25th percentile is $698,661, the median is $1,135,000, and the 75th percentile is $1,430,000. The recent record also shows repeat support to the same organizations across multiple years, especially Young Americans Bank and the affiliated center for financial education. All of the listed grants are in the United States, and the foundation gives locally rather than across a broad geographic footprint. The pattern is consistent with general operating support to a small set of affiliated nonprofits rather than project-specific awards or individual grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.3M
Total Assets
$19.9M
Total Revenue
$4.8M
Total Expenses
$4.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $699K and $1.4M, with a median of $1.1M.
25th Percentile
$699K
Median
$1.1M
75th Percentile
$1.4M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in CO.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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