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YouthBuild USA and each of the independent, community-based YouthBuild programs across the country receive financial support from diverse public and private sources. Community- and faith-based non-profit organizations sponsor most YouthBuild programs, although some are sponsored by local public agencies. Additionally, local YouthBuild programs collaborate with other community-based organizations and local government agencies to provide resources for their students and their graduates.
Each YouthBuild program is responsible for securing its own funding. Generally, each program receives a mix of government funding--federal, state and local--and private support from foundations and corporations in their geographic area. YouthBuild USA also provides pass-through grants to local YouthBuild programs amounting to several million dollars of public and private funds.
The following are summaries of the major partners of YouthBuild USA and local YouthBuild programs:
Federal Partners
 U.S. Department of Labor
In the fall of 2006, under the YouthBuild Transfer Act, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) became the primary funder of YouthBuild programs. In 2007, DOL will award $47.0 million to local YouthBuild programs. In June 2004, DOL selected YouthBuild USA to participate in its Incarcerated Youth Re-Entry Program. YouthBuild USA received a $18.2 million grant over three years to be re-granted to local YouthBuild programs and to provide technical assistance to these local community organizations. A total of 975 young adults reentering their communities from the criminal justice system will be served by this grant. Also, many local YouthBuild programs receive DOL funding from local Workforce Investment Act boards.
 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, "Hope for Youth: Youthbuild," the U.S. Congress appropriated over $588 million for fiscal years 1993 to 2007. Annual appropriations are administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through a competitive process. HUD awarded grants to local community-based organizations to operate YouthBuild programs and to YouthBuild USA to provide technical assistance, training, and capacity building to local YouthBuild programs.
 Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps)
The National Service Trust Act of 1993 cited YouthBuild as an eligible community service activity. Since then, local YouthBuild programs have obtained funding for YouthBuild AmeriCorps members to perform acts of community service for which YouthBuild members receive AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be used to help pay for their college education. Local YouthBuild programs receive funding for their AmeriCorps programs through State Commissions on National and Community Service or through YouthBuild USA, which has been selected by the Corporation for National and Community Service as a "national-direct" grantee to sponsor YouthBuild AmeriCorps programs and to make AmeriCorps Education Awards to YouthBuild members across the nation.
Since 1994, YouthBuild USA has received grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service totaling over $25 million to provide pass-through grants and technical assistance to local YouthBuild programs. In March 2006, the Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $2.9 million grant to assist with the YouthBuild AmeriCorps Rebuilding Project, which aims to help rebuild up to 300 homes in Gulfport Mississippi that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. In June 2006, the Mississippi State Commission awarded $1.1 million to YouthBuild USA to establish YouthBuild AmeriCorps programs in Hollandale and Gulfport, Mississippi.
 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
In September 2002 and September 2004, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under its Assets For Independence Program awarded YouthBuild USA a total of $816,000 to enable 350 graduates of local YouthBuild programs to open Individual Development Accounts (IDA). The YouthBuild National IDA Program helps YouthBuild graduate leaders build assets through a 5:1 matched contribution to buy a first home, go to college, or start a business. HHS provides $2,000 of the matched contribution, the sponsoring local YouthBuild program typically provides $1,000, and the YouthBuild Asset Trust provides $1,000 to match each graduate's $800 of savings. Over the next five years YouthBuild USA aims to open 1,000 IDAs for 1,000 YouthBuild graduate leaders.
 U.S. Department of Agriculture
In March 2006 and January 2007, the YouthBuild USA Rural Initiative was awarded two Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) grants totaling $798,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture. Through the support of USDA RCDI funds, 8 rural YouthBuild programs will explore new approaches for fostering community economic development to create sustainable employment opportunities for low-income young adults.
 U.S. Department of the Treasury
In 2003, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund of the U.S. Treasury Department made a $50,000 Technical Assistance Grant to assist with the administration of the YouthBuild Loan Fund. In June 2005, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund certified the YouthBuild Loan Fund as a Community Development Financial Institution.
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Major YouthBuild Private Partners ($250,000+)
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation was one of the initial private partners of YouthBuild USA. Since 1993, the Ford Foundation has granted YouthBuild USA several grants totaling over $10 million to support various efforts. In 1995 the Ford Foundation made a $2 million Program Related Investment loan and a $200,000 equity grant that enabled YouthBuild USA to establish the YouthBuild Loan Fund. In March 2000, the Ford Foundation provided a $2 million endowment grant to YouthBuild USA. Revenue generated from this endowment is used to fund the core operations of YouthBuild USA. Recent grants have been for capacity building, to work with the Umsobomvu Youth Fund in South Africa, development of the YouthBuild Asset Trust, and participation in school reform.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is also one of the early private partners of YouthBuild USA. Since 1994, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has granted YouthBuild USA various grants totaling approximately $5 million. In December 1999, the Mott Foundation provided a $3.5 million endowment grant to YouthBuild USA. Revenue generated from this endowment is used to help YouthBuild USA take advantage of new opportunities. Recent grants have been for the development of the National Learning Network to build capacity for educational excellence, a national fundraising campaign, and for general operations.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
In February 2003, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provided a $5.4 million five-year grant to YouthBuild USA to support the development of a nationwide network of alternative schools. The Gates Foundation grant will enable YouthBuild USA to strengthen and expand 23 existing YouthBuild diploma-granting schools and establish 10 new YouthBuild high-achieving schools. YouthBuild USA provides technical assistance and pass-through grants to local YouthBuild alternative schools to enable them to improve the readiness of YouthBuild graduates to attend college, increase the number of YouthBuild graduates that attend college, and increase the number of YouthBuild students who graduate from college.
The Home Depot Foundation
In March 2005, The Home Depot Foundation provided a $125,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to support YouthBuild "green building" efforts across the country. In partnership with American YouthWorks/Casa Verde YouthBuild in Austin, TX, YouthBuild USA has added a "green building" seminar to its national trainings to empower local YouthBuild programs to produce affordable homes using a variety of environmentally conscious materials and techniques. Prior to the formation of The Home Depot Foundation in 2004, The Home Depot made corporate grants to YouthBuild USA totaling $3 million between 1998-2003 to provide pass-through grants to local YouthBuild programs and for unrestricted support for YouthBuild USA.
Goulston & Storrs
Since YouthBuild USA's founding in 1990, the law firm of Goulston & Storrs, P.C. has provided "pro bono" legal services to YouthBuild USA totaling over $1.0 million in contributed legal services. Additionally, David M. Abromowitz, partner, is member of the Board of Directors of YouthBuild USA and chairs the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee.
The Skoll Foundation
In March 2007, the Skoll Foundation awarded YouthBuild USA's president and founder Dorothy Stoneman with its Award for Social Entrepreneurship. As part of this award, YouthBuild USA received a $1.0 million three-year grant to support its breakthrough strategy to raise public awareness about the potential of low-income youth, work to take the YouthBuild program from partial to full scale and eliminate waiting lists, and encourage policymakers to use all options to reconnect disconnected youth to education, careers, and service.
JEHT Foundation
In October 2004 and in December 2006, the JEHT Foundation made two-year grants totaling $625,000 to YouthBuild USA to support advocacy for the diversion of state criminal justice funds to local YouthBuild programs.
The Omidyar Foundation
In March 2004, the Omidyar Foundation awarded a $910,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to produce a vibrant network of successful YouthBuild graduates who act as leaders and role models in their communities. The YouthBuild graduate network will strengthen the impact of the YouthBuild movement and influence public policy affecting low-income young people.
The Marcus Foundation
Since 2002, The Marcus Foundation has made several grants to YouthBuild USA totaling $600,000 to support the Georgia YouthBuild Initiative. The Georgia YouthBuild Initiative was designed to create six strong YouthBuild programs in Georgia, including a new YouthBuild program in Atlanta, and obtain state funding for Georgia YouthBuild programs.
Lumina Foundation for Education
In November 2005, the Lumina Foundation for Education provided YouthBuild USA with a $430,000 three-year grant to create a comprehensive approach at seven local YouthBuild programs to empower YouthBuild graduates to attend and succeed in college.
Omidyar Network
In November 2004, the Omidyar Network provided a $400,000 unrestricted grant to YouthBuild USA.
Walter S. Johnson Foundation
In July 2003 and August 2005, the Walter S. Johnson Foundation made multi-year grants totaling $400,000 to YouthBuild USA to enable teacher training and charter school development in Northern California.
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Since 1999, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation has made several grants to YouthBuild USA totaling $300,000. The most recent grant of $150,000 in 2004 was to support technical assistance to rural YouthBuild programs in Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta.
Bank of America Foundation
In October 2005, the Bank of America Foundation awarded YouthBuild USA a $300,000 two-year grant to provide pass-through grants to six rural YouthBuild programs located in western states and to provide unrestricted support for YouthBuild USA. Annually, each of these six rural YouthBuild programs will receive a $20,000 unrestricted pass-through grant. YouthBuild Guadalupe sponsored by the Town of Guadalupe AZ; YouthBuild Santa Rosa sponsored by Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa CA; YouthBuild Albuquerque sponsored by Youth Building Better Lives, Inc., Albuquerque NM; CSC YouthBuild sponsored by Community Services Consortium, Lebanon OR; New Waverly YouthBuild sponsored by Walker Montgomery Community Development Corporation, New Waverly TX; and YouthBuild Brownsville sponsored by Community Development Corporation of Brownsville TX. Michelle Courton Brown, senior vice president, Bank of America, is a member of the Board of Directors of YouthBuild USA.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Since 2003, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded approximately $300,000 to support the work of YouthBuild USA. In 2003, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation awarded a $198,025 grant to YouthBuild USA to implement the YouthBuild Academy for Transformation and to support a graduate research project. In April 2006, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation made a $100,000 grant to YouthBuild USA for the purpose of building and strengthening rural policy networks as a participating organization in the Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative.
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Since 2000, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has made several grants to YouthBuild USA totaling $262,500. The most recent grant of $112,500 in 2003 was to support the development of a graduate network, state coalition, and quality programs in Georgia.
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Partners in YouthBuild Initiatives ($5,000-$249,999)
Academy for Transformation
Lilly Endowment Inc.
In 2003, the Lilly Endowment Inc. made a $224,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to support the YouthBuild Academy for Transformation and the Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship Program.
William T. Grant Foundation
In 2003, the William T. Grant Foundation made a $15,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to provide scholarships to enable staff of after-school programs to attend YouthBuild Academy for Transformation trainings.
Advocacy and Voter Engagement
Antioch Charitable Foundation
In 2004, the Antioch Charitable Foundation made a $10,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to engage YouthBuild graduates in a national voter engagement drive.
Public Welfare Foundation
In 2004, the Public Welfare Foundation awarded YouthBuild USA a grant of $50,000 to assist in the creation of the Campaign for Youth, a broad-based advocacy initiative.
Antioch Charitable Foundation
In 2004, the Antioch Charitable Foundation made a $10,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to engage YouthBuild graduates in a national voter engagement drive.
Education
American Honda Foundation
In February 2004, the American Honda Foundation made a $74,976 grant to YouthBuild USA to provide teacher training for improving literacy and reading skills of YouthBuild students.
Nellie Mae Foundation
In 2003, the Nellie Mae Foundation awarded a $15,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to strengthen the capacity of three New England YouthBuild programs to assist their graduates' transition to college.
Graduate and Youth Opportunities
Cambridge Community Foundation
Since 1997, the Cambridge Community Foundation has made several grants totaling $48,000 to YouthBuild USA to support graduate initiatives at YouthBuild Just A Start in Cambridge, MA.
MetLife Foundation
In December 2006, the MetLife Foundation awarded a $150,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to provide technical assistance and pass-through grants to three YouthBuild programs to increase the capacity of the grantees to achieve higher outcomes in placement, college completion, and long-term career pathways as part of the YouthBuild Campaign for Excellence.
Green Building
Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust
In May 2006, the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust, which is administered by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, awarded a $50,000 planning grant to YouthBuild USA. The grant provides funding for six design charrettes with Massachusetts YouthBuild programs to design green and affordable housing projects using renewable energy, and for pass-through planning grants to Massachusetts YouthBuild programs to develop plans for 200 units of green and renewable affordable housing.
Green Industry Career Pathways
Anonymous
In October 2005, an anonymous foundation awarded a $165,000 three-year grant to support the Green Industry Career Pathways Initiative in the Greater Boston area. The grant enables YouthBuild students in six Massachusetts YouthBuild programs to be engaged in environmental career building activities, primarily though arboriculture skills training.
International
Umsobomvu Youth Fund
In 2002, the Umsobomvu Youth Fund made a $50,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to foster an international partnership to build Umsobomvu Youth Fund's capacity to work with South African young people.
Unrestricted
Boston Capital
In May 2006, Boston Capital made an unrestricted contribution of $5,000 to YouthBuild USA
InContext Enterprises
Since 1995, InContext Enterprises has made numerous unrestricted contributions to YouthBuild USA totaling over $93,000.
Web-based Tools
Fidelity Foundation
In 2002, the Fidelity Foundation made an $84,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to support the development of a Web-based integrated reporting tool to enhance the submission of data from local YouthBuild programs to YouthBuild USA.
Youth on Board
Anonymous
In December 2004, an anonymous foundation awarded a $300,000 three-year grant to support the "Youth Voices Project" of Youth on Board. The grant enables students in Boston public schools to have an increased voice in school governance and in developing a positive school culture.
Boston Globe Foundation
Since 2003, the Boston Globe Foundation has made grants totaling $260,000 to support Youth on Board in partnering with other community organizations to engage young people in a meaningful way, particularly to increase the power of youth voice.
Carnegie Corporation of New York
In November 2006, Carnegie Corporation of New York made a $25,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to support the development of two case studies on systemic youth engagement strategies by Youth on Board.
Episcopal City Mission Diocese of Massachusetts
In 2003, the Episcopal City Mission Diocese of Massachusetts made a $7,000 grant to support the work of Youth on Board's Boston Community Crews.
The Greeley Foundation
In 2002, the Greeley Foundation made a two-year grant of $15,200 to support the work of Youth on Board's Boston Community Crews.
Massachusetts Charitable Society
In 2003, the Massachusetts Charitable Society made a $10,000 grant to support the work of Youth on Board's Boston Community Crews.
Merck Family Fund
In November 2004, the Merck Family Fund awarded a $20,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to support Youth on Board's work with the Boston Student Advisory Council of the Boston Public Schools and the development of a citywide student voice advocacy workshop.
Rutland Corner Foundation
In 2002, the Rutland Corner Foundation made a $15,000 grant to support the work of Youth on Board's Boston Community Crews for girls.
Surdna Foundation
In May 2006, the Surdna Foundation awarded a $75,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to support Youth on Board's work with Boston Public Schools, including the coordination of the Student Advisory Council and deepening student voice within two of Boston's small public high schools.
YouthBuild Loan Fund
Fannie Mae Foundation
In 2003, the Fannie Mae Foundation provided a $50,000 grant to YouthBuild USA for general operating support with a particular focus on the YouthBuild Loan Fund.
YouthBuild National Individual Development Account Program
CB Richard Ellis New England
In February 2006, CB Richard Ellis New England awarded a $10,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to provide matching funds for individual development accounts opened by students and graduates of YouthBuild programs in Boston, Cambridge, Hartford, and Providence, and for a pass-through grant to YouthBuild Just A Start, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Citizens Bank of Massachusetts
Since 2003, Citizens Bank of Massachusetts and the Citizens Bank Foundation have provided grants to YouthBuild USA totaling $40,000 for the operations of the YouthBuild IDA Program and other YouthBuild asset-building activities. Citizens Bank is a depository bank for YouthBuild graduates' individual development accounts.
Corcoran Jennison Companies
Since 2004, the Corcoran Jennison Companies have made three grants totaling $5,500 to provide matching funds for individual development accounts opened by students and graduates of YouthBuild programs, and to make gifts from the YouthBuild Asset Trust to YouthBuild graduates to assist them in achieving economic independence.
Jean C. Tempel Foundation
In August 2006, the Jean C. Tempel Foundation made a $10,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to provide matching funds for individual development accounts opened by members of the YouthBuild AmeriCorps Graduate Volunteer Corps and other YouthBuild graduates who assist in rebuilding housing in the Gulfport, Mississippi area.
Morgan Family Foundation
In November 2005, the Morgan Family Foundation made a $45,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to provide private matching funds for individual development accounts opened by students and graduates of YouthBuild programs in Ohio and Minnesota and to support the operations of the YouthBuild IDA Program.
State Farm Bank
In January 2005, State Farm Bank awarded a $75,000 grant to YouthBuild USA for the operations of the YouthBuild National IDA Program and for pass-through grants to YouthBuild affiliates that collaborate in the YouthBuild IDA Program. State Farm Bank is a depository bank for YouthBuild graduates' individual development accounts.
The Sunshine Lady Foundation
In October 2006, The Sunshine Lady Foundation awarded a $70,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to provide matching funds for individual development accounts opened by members of the YouthBuild AmeriCorps Graduate Volunteer Corps and other YouthBuild graduates who assist in rebuilding housing in the Gulfport, Mississippi area.
YouthBuild State Coalitions and Local YouthBuild Programs
Ameriquest Family of Companies and its employees
In May 2006, ACC Capital Holdings, one of the AmeriQuest Family of Companies, and its employees donated $6,000 to YouthBuild USA to make a pass-through grant to the Orange County Conservation Corps YouthBuild program in Anaheim, California.
State Street Global Advisors
In 2003, State Street Global Advisors made a $5,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to support technical assistance and coalition building in Georgia.
Steelcase Inc.
Since 2002, Steelcase Inc. has hosted an annual silent auction and fundraising event that has raised a total of approximately $20,000 to support the Massachusetts YouthBuild Coalition, local YouthBuild programs in Massachusetts, and YouthBuild USA.
Teresa and John Heinz III Charitable Fund
In January 2007, the Teresa and John Heinz III Charitable Fund of the Heinz Family Foundation made a $35,000 grant to YouthBuild USA to make a pass-through grant to Youth Action Programs and Homes, Inc., East Harlem, New York to support its youth leadership development activities.
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Other Corporate Donors ($1,000-$4,999)
Boston Private Bank
Corcoran Jennison Companies
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
National Amusements
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In-Kind Donors
Building 19: warehouse storage
Google.com: Google AdWords
Intuit Inc: Web hosting
Eve Pranis and Tim Parsons: reviewing, writing, and editing of voting curriculum
Eric Segal: technical support and programming
The Today Show Holiday Gift Drive and
McGraw-Hill: books, compact discs, and tapes
Rubbermaid: picture-hanging kits
Sanford Corporation: markers and whiteboards
House Party Hosts
Karen Fulbright-Anderson and John Anderson
Bill and Debi Kenney
Art and Barbara Powell, Nancy Schieffelin, and Carl Brauer
Roy Priest
Estelle and Howard Raiffa
Cathy and Mike Thompson
Ellen and Neal Zaslaw
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Individual Donors ($1,000+)
The following individuals have contributed at least $1,000 to support YouthBuild USA from 2000-2006:
$100,000+
Gilbert Glass
$10,000-$99,000
Robert Davoli and Eileen McDonagh
Terry and Marcia Moffat
Joanne Pearson
Susan and Kanti Rai
Jane and Adam Stein
James Stoneman
Lucy and David Stroock
Barbara and George Whitesides
$1,000-$9,999
David Abromowitz
Anonymous
Max Bazerman and Marla Felcher
Richard Bendetson
Pamela Dipppel Choney
Miyoung Chun
Charles Clark
Isabel and John Freeman
Joan Garland
Frank Haydu
Cliff Johnson
Cameron Kerry
Dr. Faridoon Khan
Adam Kollin
Timothy and Jane McCaffrey
Robert and Jo Ann Nicewicz
Tim Parsons and Anne Judson
Samuel Peabody
Estelle and Howard Raiffa
Fran Rogers
Stanley and Marcia Rumbaugh
Elinor and Milo Shaffer
Elinor Shaffer
Martha Lee Spaulding
David Steiner
Dorothy Stoneman
Michael Thompson
G. Geer and Carrie Wilcox
Bequests to Somebody Else’s Children Campaign to support the YouthBuild Asset Trust
Theresa Del Pozzo
Joanne Pearson
Dorothy Stoneman
Lucy Stroock
Jill Blanchard Tuite
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Non-Profit Partners
America's Promise
Eagle Eye Institute
Campaign for Youth
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