To cultivate the next generation of thought leaders for liberty in policy, journalism, and academia.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 60 volunteers and 6 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $221K a year · 14% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$311K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.1M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $817K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$20K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.2M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$2.0M
To programs
76%
Net assets
$1.4M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$2.2M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$624K
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$2.2M
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$499K
FY2022$860K
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$2.0M
Net assets
$1.4M
FY2025▲ +13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$403K
FY2022$833K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending May 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2016.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $1.5M Management & general 7% · $138K Fundraising 17% · $348K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $311K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President and CEO
$176,726Pt VII · Sec A
$134,726Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Casey Given$176,726$166,667$129,583$117,255$84,843
Addison Hosner$134,726————
Addison J Hosner ESQ—$98,353———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Develops future leaders for liberty in policy, journalism, and academia.

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3 programs · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Contributor Program

Young Voices' Contributor Program provides pro bono op-ed editing, pitching, and broadcast interview placement services to talented writers ages 18-35 knowledgeable in the classical liberal tradition. Our last fiscal year we successfully placed 2,153 media hits (e.g.

$1.3Mprogram expense
02

The Dissident Project

The Dissident Project is a speakers bureau founded by Young Voices to educate American high schoolers about the value of liberty through the firsthand stories of people who have lived without it.

$147Kprogram expense
03

Young Voices Europe

Launched in 2022, Young Voices Europe offers article placement services to classical liberal writers living in the European Union. At a time when European political discourse is stuck between the regulatory overreach and speech restrictions of the progressive left and the nationalist and isolationist tendencies of the hard right, Young…

$115Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
NetchoiceFY2024$75K
Mywireless OrgFY2024$15K
Total grants receivedfrom 7 funders$817K
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Grants paid · 22 grants · $102K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$6,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$17,500
Unitemized GrantFY2023$6,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$14,200
Unitemized GrantFY2022$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,900
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$750
Unitemized GrantFY2022$600
Unitemized GrantFY2022$500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$4,500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$4,500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$2,077
Unitemized GrantFY2021$750
Unitemized GrantFY2021$350
Unitemized GrantFY2020$12,750
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$37K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Money outPt IX
$2.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$138K
Fundraisingcol D$348K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$271K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$20K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$37K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Total revenueLn 12$2.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$104K
SavingsLn 2$167K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$271K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$20K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 660
Fiscal year endsHeaderMay
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$263K$271K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$817K$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K$20K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$6K$6K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$350K$256K$25K$69K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$626K$453K$46K$127K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$11K$10K$435$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$59K$50K$2K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$84K$61K$7K$17K
Accounting feesLn 11c$28K$28K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$266K$266K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$10K$8K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$12K$6K$5K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$112K$61K$22K$29K
OccupancyLn 16$52K$52K
TravelLn 17$211K$192K$19K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$139K$122K$16K
InsuranceLn 23$5K$2K$2K$727
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$60K$60K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.0M$1.5M$138K$348K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.2M$2.0M$155K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.0M$1.9M$139K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.8M$1.5M$257K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.3M$860K$430K$833K 990 PDF
FY2021 $624K$499K$125K$403K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,186,477 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,973,383$2,144,758
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $44,273$37,424
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $8,968$4,295
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,026,624$2,186,477
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $23,500$6,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,068,381$1,131,280
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $795,935$894,281
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,887,816$2,031,561
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $138,808$154,916
Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,186,477 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,144,758
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,144,758
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $37,424$37,424
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $4,295$4,295
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $41,719$2,186,477
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,031,561 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $6,000$6,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $255,723 · Management $25,237 · Fundraising $69,080$350,040
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $452,830 · Management $46,489 · Fundraising $127,065$626,384
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $9,502 · Management $435 · Fundraising $1,247$11,184
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $50,322 · Management $2,307 · Fundraising $6,600$59,229
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $60,913 · Management $6,952 · Fundraising $16,578$84,443
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $28,278$28,278
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $266,210$266,210
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $8,153 · Fundraising $1,347$9,500
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,863 · Management $4,513 · Fundraising $1,697$12,073
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $61,477 · Management $21,794 · Fundraising $28,753$112,024
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $52,169$52,169
IX-17 TravelPrograms $191,818 · Fundraising $19,106$210,924
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $122,498 · Fundraising $16,250$138,748
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,141 · Management $1,779 · Fundraising $727$4,647
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Fundraising $59,708$59,708
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,545,619 · Management $137,784 · Fundraising $348,158$2,031,561
Part X · Balance sheet $1,409,887 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $105,813$103,701
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $157,269$166,820
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $171,000$68,500
X-4 Accounts receivable$1,700
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $13,440$12,821
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $816,654$1,056,345
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,264,176$1,409,887
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $10,350$20,002
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $21,200$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $31,550$20,002
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,061,626$1,232,379
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $171,000$157,506
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,232,626$1,389,885
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,264,176$1,409,887
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,389,885 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,186,477
XI-2 Total expenses$2,031,561
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$154,916
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,232,626
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,343
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,389,885

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