Indiana Youth Institute

What Indiana Youth Institute does

Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) is a private nonprofit intermediary founded in 1993 and headquartered at 55 Monument Circle, Suite 201, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization exists to improve outcomes for Indiana's more than 1.59 million children under age 18 by aggregating authoritative child well-being data, delivering professional education, and providing organizational capacity-building support to the state's youth-serving sector. IYI serves three primary segments: youth-serving nonprofit organizations (including CASA of Kosciusko and 180+ other groups receiving SYPI support), Indiana K-12 schools and school corporations (with 60+ corporations and 150 schools participating in Promise Indiana), and youth-serving professionals (social workers, counselors, mentors, educators, and community leaders) reached through newsletters, conferences, and webinars.

IYI's core product surface centers on its Data Hub platform, the annual Indiana KIDS COUNT® Data Book (32nd edition published February 2026), and the Interactive County Dashboard (refreshed March 2026), complemented by the Virginia Beall Ball Knowledge Center, an EBSCO-backed research library. Professional education is delivered through the annual KIDS COUNT® Conference (1,000+ attendees), Youth Worker Cafés, webinars, and onsite training. Organizational support services include expert consulting (strategic planning, board development, mentoring program design), grant administration, and specialized programs in mentoring (MENTOR Indiana, a wholly-owned subsidiary since 2008) and college/career readiness (Promise Indiana, College & Career Readiness Initiatives, College & Career Program Navigator). The organization also runs the FIVE by 50 statewide vision initiative and the Youth Worker Well-Being Project, and distributes a Weekly Update Newsletter to over 15,000 subscribers.

IYI operates as a fee-free intermediary: all services, including professional education, consulting, data resources, and grant opportunities, are provided at no charge to eligible Indiana youth-serving organizations and professionals. Revenue flows from foundation grants and philanthropic donations rather than user fees. Major funders include Lilly Endowment Inc. (coordinating the Strengthening Youth Programs in Indiana / SYPI initiative, which awarded over $85 million to 187 organizations in 2023), the Annie E. Casey Foundation (KIDS COUNT® state affiliate partnership), and Ball Brothers Foundation (consulting grant funding for East Central Indiana). IYI reaches its market through an event- and content-driven go-to-market motion: top-of-funnel demand generation via the weekly newsletter, Data Hub, and Knowledge Center; mid-funnel engagement via conferences, webinars, and Outreach Managers embedded regionally through the Engagement Liaison Program; and direct enterprise engagement with nonprofits and school corporations via consulting and grants. Annual schedule and publication cadence function as recurring commercial rhythm rather than conventional sales cycles.

Name

Indiana Youth Institute

Legal name

Indiana Youth Institute

Website

https://iyi.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Indiana Youth Institute is a nonprofit intermediary founded in 1993 that aggregates statewide youth well-being data, publishes the annual Indiana KIDS COUNT Data Book, and provides free professional development, consulting, and grant support to Indiana youth-serving organizations, schools, and professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Services Nonprofit Intermediary

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

Keywords

• Youth development services
• Child welfare data
• Nonprofit capacity building
• Professional development training
• Mentoring program support

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Foundation and Philanthropic Funding: IYI operates as a nonprofit that relies on foundation grants and charitable donations. Major funders include Lilly Endowment Inc. (which provided over $85 million to 187 organizations through SYPI), Annie E. Casey Foundation (KIDS COUNT partnership), and Ball Brothers Foundation (consulting grant funding). Donations support IYI operations and youth programming.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Indiana Youth Institute is a statewide nonprofit intermediary that aggregates and publishes youth well-being data (Data Hub, Indiana KIDS COUNT® Data Book, Interactive County Dashboard), delivers professional education to youth-serving professionals (conferences, Youth Worker Cafés, webinars), and provides consulting, mentoring-program support, and grant funding opportunities to Indiana youth-serving organizations. Its offerings are anchored by a 15,000+ subscriber newsletter and a statewide Engagement Liaison network connecting more than 180 grantees and hundreds of schools to resources.

Product overview

Indiana Youth Institute offers a comprehensive suite of data-driven products and services designed to support youth-serving organizations and professionals across Indiana. The core offerings include the Data Hub platform, Indiana KIDS COUNT® Data Book (annual publication now in its 32nd edition), and Interactive County Dashboard for data visualization. Professional education services encompass conferences (IYI's KIDS COUNT® Conference), Youth Worker Cafés, and Webinars. Organizational support includes Consulting Services, MENTOR Indiana (quality mentoring programs), College & Career Readiness Initiatives with the Program Navigator, and Promise Indiana. Additional offerings include the Youth Worker Well-Being Project, Strengthening Youth Programs in Indiana (SYPI), FIVE by 50 initiative, grant opportunities, Knowledge Center with EBSCO database access, and various recognition programs. The organization operates as a unified platform connecting data, training, consulting, and community engagement services to improve outcomes for Indiana youth.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MENTOR Indiana: A strategic initiative of Indiana Youth Institute serving as the state affiliate of MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, focused on expanding quality youth mentoring programs across Indiana.
• Promise Indiana
• Indiana KIDS COUNT Data Book
• FIVE by 50

Products and services

• Data Hub Centralized self-service online platform providing access to reliable youth-related data and resources, allowing users to explore topics and subtopics including demographics, child welfare, health, economic well-being, and education. Targeted at youth-serving organizations, schools, and professionals in Indiana.
• Indiana KIDS COUNT® Data Book IYI's annual statewide snapshot of child well-being, now in its 32nd edition, providing comprehensive data on Indiana youth across four domains: economic well-being, education, health, and family and community factors. Targeted at youth workers, leaders, policymakers, and advocates.
• Interactive County Dashboard Interactive data visualization tool providing county-specific information about Hoosier children in categories of Family & Community, Health, Economic Well-Being, and Education. Targeted at Indiana practitioners and policymakers.
• Virginia Beall Ball Knowledge Center Online resource library providing research and reference materials for people and organizations impacting youth development, including access to EBSCO databases (Academic Search Complete, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, Sociology Source Ultimate, Nonprofit Organization Reference Center) with thousands of academic resources.
• Professional Education Services Professional development offerings spanning conferences, trainings, webinars, and Youth Worker Cafés that connect Indiana youth-serving professionals to peers and best practices across in-person and virtual formats.
• KIDS COUNT® Conference Annual two-day in-person conference featuring over 60 workshop sessions and keynote speakers, drawing more than 1,000 attendees annually and considered one of the largest gatherings of youth-serving professionals in the Midwest.
• Consulting Services Expert coaching and support from field experts for Indiana youth-serving organizations across strategic planning, program development, mentoring program development, needs assessment, board development, sustainability planning, evaluation, and school and community impact.
• MENTOR Indiana State affiliate of MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, providing leadership and infrastructure to expand quality mentoring relationships statewide through capacity-building trainings and technical assistance grounded in evidence-based approaches; IYI is also an official Technical Assistance Provider for the National Mentoring Resource Center.
• Promise Indiana College and career readiness program bringing together schools and community partners (60+ school corporations and 150 schools participating) to build college mindsets and postsecondary readiness through savings, classroom activities, and campus experiences.
• College & Career Readiness Initiatives Comprehensive program supporting individuals and institutions to ensure Indiana youth are prepared for post-secondary education, including the College & Career Program Navigator (information hub), coordinated collaboration, and statewide convenings.
• Strengthening Youth Programs in Indiana (SYPI) Initiative providing organizational capacity support to youth-serving organizations as part of Lilly Endowment's $85+ million SYPI effort, supporting 187 organizations across Indiana with awards ranging from $16,870 to $1 million.
• Grant Opportunities Funding programs for Indiana's youth-serving professionals and organizations, including School-Based Training Grants, Professional Development Grants, College & Career Consulting Grants, and Youth Worker Well-Being Project Grants.

Quantifiable outcome

• Indiana ranks 11th nationally in education according to 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MENTOR: The National Mentoring PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008IYI operates MENTOR Indiana as the state affiliate of the national mentoring partnership, providing leadership and infrastructure to expand quality mentoring relationships statewide. IYI is also an official technical assistance provider of the National Mentoring Resource Center.
• Annie E. Casey FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIYI serves as Indiana's official KIDS COUNT affiliate, partnering with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to produce the annual Indiana KIDS COUNT Data Book and provide national child well-being data. This is a multi-decade partnership spanning over 37 years of publication.
• County Health RankingsminorOthersData source partnership providing public health data including social associations, air pollution, mental health provider ratios, dentist provider ratios, and primary care provider ratios for Indiana counties.
• Indiana Department of EducationminorOthersData source partnership providing education data including graduation rates, IREAD-3 proficiency, teacher retention rates, free/reduced lunch enrollment, and homeless student data.
• Indiana Department of HealthminorOthersData source providing county immunization rate assessments and infant mortality data for Indiana.
• Indiana Commission for Higher EducationminorOthersData source providing college remediation rates and college enrollment data for Indiana students.
• U.S. Census BureauminorOthersPrimary data source providing demographic data, economic well-being indicators, housing data, and poverty statistics through American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
• Early Learning IndianaminorOthersPartner providing Early Learning Access Index methodology and data on childcare access throughout Indiana, capturing capacity, quality, affordability, and choice factors.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership: National umbrella organization of which IYI operates the Indiana state affiliate (MENTOR Indiana). Direct operational counterpart and the upstream body that grants IYI its state-affiliate mandate.
• Annie E. Casey Foundation: National KIDS COUNT network operator. IYI is Indiana's official KIDS COUNT affiliate; the Foundation produces the national Data Book and Data Center that IYI's Data Hub and Indiana KIDS COUNT Data Book extend.
• America's Promise Alliance: National cross-sector alliance for youth well-being with the 'Five Promises' framework — a structural analog to IYI's FIVE by 50 movement and shared focus on connecting youth to supportive adults.
• Child Trends: National nonprofit research organization producing data, research, and evaluation on child and youth well-being — analogous data-publishing and applied-research role at greater national scale than IYI's Indiana KIDS COUNT Data Book.

Direct peers

• Forum for Youth Investment: National nonprofit intermediary focused on improving youth outcomes through systems-building, quality, and professional development — closely aligned with IYI's capacity-building, data, and consulting model.
• StriveTogether: National Cradle-to-Career Network organization supporting local partnerships that improve youth outcomes through data-driven collaboration — directly comparable to IYI's community-level capacity-building and data infrastructure role.
• National Mentoring Resource Center: National training/technical assistance hub for youth mentoring programs — IYI is an official technical assistance provider; programmatic overlap in mentoring program quality, evidence-based practices, and TA delivery.
• Youth Catalytics (formerly National Youth Employment Coalition): National intermediary advancing youth workforce and postsecondary readiness systems — directly comparable to IYI's College & Career Readiness Initiatives and youth-serving organization capacity-building work.

Regional players

• Indiana Association of United Ways: Indiana statewide nonprofit intermediary coordinating community impact, data, and capacity support for member organizations — analogous role within Indiana's broader nonprofit ecosystem to IYI's youth-specific focus.
• Indiana Afterschool Network: Indiana statewide afterschool/youth development intermediary providing advocacy, professional development, and quality support to programs — peer in mission and Indiana footprint, narrower scope on out-of-school time.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@IndianaYouthInst
• Facebookfacebook.com/indianayouth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/indiana-youth-institute
• Instagraminstagram.com/indianayouthinstitute
• Xx.com/Indiana_Youth

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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