Public Charity

GENERATION CITIZEN INC

GENERATION CITIZEN INC is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.7M revenue, $5.8M expenses, $5.8M total assets. 161 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $12.2M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 272039522 NEW YORK, NY Youth Development - Citizenship NTEE: O54 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.7M
Total Expenses$5.8M
Total Assets$5.8M
Grant Records161
Funding Total$12.2M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

GENERATION CITIZEN (GC) WORKS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT IN THE UNITED STATES RECEIVES AN EFFECTIVE ACTION CIVICS EDUCATION, WHICH PROVIDES THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY AS ACTIVE CITIZENS. WE ENVISION A COUNTRY OF YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING AS ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE CITIZENS TO COLLECTIVELY REBUILD OUR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. GC TEACHES TEENAGERS HOW TO TAKE EFFECTIVE POLITICAL ACTION. THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE IN-CLASS CURRICULUM, STUDENTS WORK WITH LOCAL LEADERS TO FIX LOCAL PROBLEMS. THROUGH THIS REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE,OUR TEENS ARE BUILDING AN ACTIVE DEMOCRACY. OUR INNOVATIVE, ACTION-BASED PROGRAM WILL REVOLUTIONIZE CIVICS EDUCATION IN THIS COUNTRY. GENERATION CITIZEN IS BUILDING A NEW GENERATION OF YOUTH ACTIVISTS AND LEADERS; A GENERATION INSPIRED AND EQUIPPED TO MAKE CHANGE.

Where $100 goes at Generation Citizen Inc

How Generation Citizen Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$67 Programs the work itself
$17 Management running the organization
$16 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $67 for programs

$67
Generation Citizen educated over 35,500 students and trained over 550 teachers who collectively led over 1,409 community based civics projects throughout the 2024 to 2025 school year
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 35,500 students; 550 teachers
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2025
PROGRAM EXPANSION
$375,000
2025
PROGRAM SUPPORT
$315,000
2025
TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE AND SCHOOLS, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN MCB9 - IN ACTIVE DEMOCRATIC ENGAGEMENT DURING SCHOOL YEAR
$15,000
2025
GENERAL SUPPORT
$5,200
$385,000

Showing up to 5 of 161 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

CHIEF PROGRAM & IMPACT OFF Allyson Cook
CHIEF POLICY & ADVOCACY OF Andrew James Wilkes
DIRECTOR Charlie Bullock
CHAIR David Brown
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Elizabeth Clay Roy
DIRECTOR Fallon Manyika

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$7,103,169 96 grants
Education
$2,459,325 23 grants
Youth Development
$766,000 7 grants
Human & Social Services
$679,744 10 grants
Health & Medicine
$161,500 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.7M $5.8M $5.8M
2024 $6.6M $5.2M $6.4M
2023 $6.4M $4.9M $4.9M
2022 $4.7M $3.8M $3.3M
2021 $4.1M $3.2M $3.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $4.1M to $3.7M (-9%), with total assets most recently reported at $5.8M.

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