Public Charity

YOUTH BUSINESS INITIATIVE

YOUTH BUSINESS INITIATIVE is a Public Charity headquartered in Norwalk, CT. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $300K revenue, $247K expenses, $174K total assets. 7 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $102K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 850594373 Norwalk, CT Youth Development - Business NTEE: O53 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$300K
Total Expenses$247K
Total Assets$174K
Grant Records7
Funding Total$102K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Youth Business Initiative also know as YBI, is committed to empowering underprivileged youth with workforce readiness & business development skills for community development. YBI advances its mission with workforce readiness and business development program initiatives that serve high school students interested in Economics for Youth.

Where $100 goes at Youth Business Initiative

How Youth Business Initiative divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.

$90 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $90 for programs

$36
YAP Youth Advancement Program
41% of program spending
$29
Summer Entrepreneurship 101 Program We train youth in Business Development, Finance & Accounting, Marketing & Branding, Communication and Etiquette, and Public Speaking
32% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 101 youth
$25
Workforce Development Program YBI's Workforce Development program shapes the lives of Fairfield County's next generation of leaders from disadvantaged backgrounds with the opportunity to learn professional business etiquette…
27% of program spending
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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.

Officers & Directors

Board Member Anamilena Moreno
Board Member Angelique Charon
Board Member Anthony Wilson
CEO and Executive Director Dajuan Wiggins
Board Member Darren Felder
Program Staff Holley Nia

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$80,900 4 grants
Economic Development
$21,416 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $300K $247K $174K
2024 $269K $279K $146K
2023 $398K $253K $205K
2022 $151K $199K $29K
2021 $91K $55K $38K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $91K to $300K (+229%), with total assets most recently reported at $174K.

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