Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children
Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children, known as Youth INC, is a public charity based in New York, NY. It supports youth-serving nonprofits, particularly in New York City, through coaching, connections, and capital intended to strengthen their organizations and help them achieve sustainable growth.
Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children at a glance
In short: Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children gave $167K across 10 grants in 2025 (avg $17K), mostly in New York. 40% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $166,875
- -30.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 10
- +11.1% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $16,688
- -37.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $13,500
- Total assets
- $5,596,741
- +12.0% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 40% first-time grantees (4 of 10, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- New York (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children
- Contact
Mailing address: 240 W 40Th Street 2Nd Floor, New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 401-4039
Website: https://youthinc-usa.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Beam Center Inc ($28K). Together the top 10 received $167K.
Grant Size Distribution
132 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 127 grants of 132 (96%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Youth INC’s mission and programs focus on New York City youth and the nonprofits that serve them. All grant dollars reported for 2025 went to organizations in New York State.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 10 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children open to new grantees?
40%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 4 of 10 grantees (40%) were first-time recipients. With only 10 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 10 points. First grants averaged $14K; repeat grants $19K. How we count
Medians: $13K first-time, $16K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $85K (2023) to $2.3M (2019). In 2025 it made 10 grants totaling $167K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Beam Center Inc Brooklyn, NY | Unrestricted Support | $28,375 |
| You Gotta Believe New York, NY | Unrestricted Support | $25,000 |
| Young New Yorkers Inc Brooklyn, NY | Unrestricted Support | $20,000 |
| Bloomingdale School of Music New York, NY | Unrestricted Support | $18,500 |
| Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York New Paltz, NY | Unrestricted Support | $13,500 |
| Drama Club Inc Jackson Heights, NY | Unrestricted Support | $13,500 |
| Vibe Theater Experience Brooklyn, NY | Unrestricted Support | $13,500 |
| Youth Represent Inc New York, NY | Unrestricted Support | $13,500 |
| Directions for Our Youth Bronx, NY | Unrestricted Support | $12,000 |
| Teachers and Writers Collaborative Inc New York, NY | Unrestricted Support | $9,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The filing reports 10 grants in 2025, 9 in 2024, and 4 in 2023.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,596,741 | $5,885,530 | $4,957,473 | $166,875 | 10 | $125,028 |
| 2024 | $4,995,972 | $5,793,015 | $5,681,713 | $239,500 | 9 | $90,114 |
| 2023 | $4,410,916 | $4,381,831 | $4,630,122 | $85,164 | 4 | $51,975 |
| 2022 | $5,123,775 | $5,344,296 | $5,789,844 | $1,015,000 | 35 | $5,252 |
| 2021 | $6,056,525 | $7,304,563 | $5,698,239 | $1,231,530 | 74 | $1,524 |
| 2020 | $4,420,378 | $5,661,469 | $5,566,061 | $1,670,773 | 74 | $2,192 |
| 2019 | $5,131,316 | $6,547,855 | $6,506,057 | $2,253,825 | 25 | $7,797 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
Youth INC’s mission is to transform the lives of New York City youth by empowering the nonprofits that serve them. Its stated approach is to provide coaching, connections, and capital so youth-serving organizations can overcome barriers, achieve sustainable growth, and expand their impact.
Its programs include organizational coaching in areas such as fundraising, governance and leadership, impact evaluation, and strategic and operational effectiveness. It also connects nonprofits with corporate partners and board candidates, and provides capital for infrastructure needs. The 2025 filing describes a six-month pre-boarding program for new nonprofit partners, as well as metrics and governance programs that reached partner organizations and their staff and board members.
The organizations receiving 2025 grants illustrate the range of youth-serving work supported. For example, BEAM Center describes its work as hands-on collaborative learning through real-world projects; You Gotta Believe works to find youth permanent families; and Young New Yorkers runs restorative art diversion programs. Other 2025 grantees describe work in music education, foster and adoptive family support, performing arts education, legal services and advocacy for youth of color, and youth development.
Grantmaking
In 2025, Youth INC reported 10 grants totaling $166,875. Grants ranged from $9,000 to $28,375, with a median of $13,500. All reported grant dollars went to recipients in New York, and the listed grants were for unrestricted support.
The largest awards were $28,375 to BEAM Center, $25,000 to You Gotta Believe, $20,000 to Young New Yorkers, and $18,500 to Bloomingdale School of Music. Other listed grants included $13,500 each to Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York, Drama Club, Vibe Theater Experience, and Youth Represent; $12,000 to Directions for Our Youth; and $9,000 to Teachers and Writers Collaborative.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Lauren Elicks McCort and Rehana Farrell as executive directors; Farrell’s listing notes retirement effective March 15, 2025. Kathleen McCabe and Maheshwar Saireddy are listed as co-chairs. Other listed officers and directors are Evan Wildstein, president; William Q Derrough, vice president; Daniel Evans, secretary; Alan Holtz, treasurer; Karen Beldy Torborg, director; and Michael Blake, director through December 2025.
Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children is led by Rehana Farrell, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 11 of 42 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Rehana Farrell
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$495K (2019) → $192K (2025)
Lauren Elicks McCort
Executive Director
Cpo → Executive Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$139K (2020) → $289K (2025)
Evan Wildstein
President
Co-President → President, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Angela Dorn
Director
COO → COO & Gc Till, 2022
COO & Gc Till → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$237K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Taylor Wright
Director of Development
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$102K (2021) → $136K (2025)
Tracie Gilstrap
Director of Program
Director Partner Net. Eng. → Director of Program, 2023
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$112K (2022) → $132K (2025)
Marc Fernandes
Director of Program
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$115K (2023) → $134K (2025)
Paul Hoover
Director, Tech & Ops Effectiveness
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$118K (2024) → $127K (2025)
Eleanor Reiter
Director of Program
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$134K (2025)
Amy Miller
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barbara Marcin
Director
Vice President → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Pine
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Douglas M Kaden
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Emmett McCann
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Beldy Torborg
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katrina Huffman
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Dimilia
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Perry
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert McCooey
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stancel Riley
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steve Lipin
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stratton Heath
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Nakashian
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wray T. Thorn
Director
Co-Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dimia Fogam
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katie Klumper
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Blake
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dana Weinstein
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steve Garcia
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Brinker
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth Prince
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Liggitt
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steve Orr Jr.
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Krystalle Shoy
Chief Marketing Officer
Director of Marketing → Chief Marketing Officer, 2024
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$114K (2023) → $164K (2025)
Vanessa Crews
CDO
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$13K (2023) → $161K (2025)
Jeffery Paquette
CFO & COO
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$260K (2025)
Krystal Cason
Chief Program Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$158K (2025)
Alan Holtz
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2022
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Daniel S. Evans
Secretary
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kathleen McCabe
Co-Chair
Co-President → Co-Chair, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William Q. Derrough
Vice President
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maheshwar Saireddy
Co-Chair
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (44)
- Former: Lauren Elicks-McCort (2019–2024) — Cpo
- Former: Adrianne Shapira (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Emma Rippee (2020–2024) — Director of Development
- Former: Anu Alyengar (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Ken Prince (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Jeff Paquette (2022–2024) — CFO & COO
- Former: John Campbell (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Mahesh Saireddy (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: John Amato (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Cc Melvin Ike (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Dhan Pai (2023) — Director
- Former: Dhananjay M. Pai (2019–2022) — Co-Chair Till
- Former: Harold Varah (2019–2022) — Director Till
- Former: Kathleen Metinko (2019–2022) — Treasurer Till
- Former: Mai Shiver (2019–2022) — Director Till
- Former: Mark Whaling (2019–2022) — Director Till
- Former: Rodney Cohen (2019–2022) — Director Till
- Former: Jeanette Gorgas (2020–2022) — Director Till
- Former: Paul Irwin-Dudek (2020–2022) — CDO Till
- Former: Ellie Reiter (2022) — Director of Governor & Leadership
- Former: Rachel Lieberman (2022) — Director of Finance Administrator & Ops
- Former: Christine Hommes (2019–2021) — Director Till
- Former: David Tayeh (2019–2021) — Director Till
- Former: James Christopoulos (2019–2021) — Director Till
- Former: Lauren Dillard (2019–2021) — Director Till
- Former: Mark G Pedretti (2019–2021) — Director Till
- Former: Matthew Stopnik (2019–2021) — Director Till
- Former: Rachel Rosenblatt (2019–2021) — Director Till
- Former: Sanford A Cockrell III (2019–2021) — Director Till
- Former: Brian Levine (2020–2021) — Director Till
- Former: Noel Anderson (2020–2021) — Director Till
- Former: Beth Gullette (2019–2020) — Director Till
- Former: Harry J Wilson (2019–2020) — Director Till
- Former: Marc Harris (2019–2020) — Director Till
- Former: Paige Costigan (2019–2020) — Director Till
- Former: Paul Aversano (2019–2020) — Director Till
- Former: Doug Zakow (2020) — Director Till
- Former: AJ Murphy (2019) — Director Til
- Former: Arup Das (2019) — Director Til
- Former: Cate Ambrose (2019) — Director Til
- Former: Douglas Zakow (2019) — Director
- Former: John Waldron (2019) — Director Till
- Former: Larry Zimmerman (2019) — Director Till
- Former: Melvin Ike (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $289K, to Lauren Elicks McCort (Executive Director). 11 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children
How much does Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children give each year?
Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children gave $167K across 10 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $240K across 9 grants.
What is Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children's typical grant size?
Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children's median grant in 2025 was $13,500, and its average grant was $16,688, across 10 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children that year got $14K on average.
Where does Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children give grants?
Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children gives mostly in New York: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were New York, NY (4 grants) and Brooklyn, NY (3 grants).
Does Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (10 of 10) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Who are Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children's largest grantees?
Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children's largest 2025 grantees include Beam Center Inc ($28,375), You Gotta Believe ($25,000) and Young New Yorkers Inc ($20,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 44% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children?
Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children reported $5.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $5.9M.
What does Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children fund?
Youth INC’s mission is to transform the lives of New York City youth by empowering the nonprofits that serve them. Its stated approach is to provide coaching, connections, and capital so youth-serving organizations can overcome barriers, achieve sustainable growth, and expand their impact. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children?
Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check youthinc-usa.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children's EIN?
Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-1936144. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 14, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 26, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 23, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 31, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 10, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 14, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 24, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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