Youth Entrepreneurship Association

Name

Youth Entrepreneurship Association

Legal name

Youth Entrepreneurship Association

Website

https://yeatoday.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Entrepreneurship Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Entrepreneurship Foundations & Startup Basics (EDAMAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Business Incubators & Accelerators (EDAMAHAC), Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD), Entrepreneurship & Small Business Workforce Programs (EDAAAOAM)

Keywords

• Youth entrepreneurship education
• Financial literacy programs
• Student business clubs
• Teen accelerator mentorship
• Nonprofit education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Monica

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Tax-Deductible Donations: Individual donors contribute tax-deductible donations to support YEA's mission of financial education and youth entrepreneurship programs. Donation tiers range from $25 to $500+ with optional custom amounts. Donations are federally recognized under IRS 501(c)(3) status.
2. Merchandise Sales (Shop): E-commerce sales of branded merchandise including stickers ($3.50), t-shirts ($20-$25), crewneck sweatshirts ($30), hooded sweatshirts ($40), and tote bags ($15). Proceeds are treated as donations and support educational programs.
3. Chapter-Specific Donations: Donors can direct contributions to specific chapter locations (YEA SAMOHI, YEA Lowell, YEA Pacifica) to support local chapter programs and activities.
4. Free Membership Program: Free membership offering exclusive opportunities, events, monthly newsletter, and shop discounts to students. This drives engagement and pipeline for paid programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Youth Entrepreneurship Association (YEA) is a teen-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers free entrepreneurship and financial education programs to high school students. Its core offerings include school-based Club Chapters, the YEAccelerator (which supports teen-led ventures with mentorship and seed funding), and the Teenpreneurship! course (a group project and pitch-competition program delivered at partner community organizations). All educational programs are free to participants; the organization funds itself through donations and merchandise sales.

Product overview

Youth Entrepreneurship Association (YEA) is a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of programs to empower young entrepreneurs. The core offerings include: Club Chapters, a network of in-school business clubs providing financial education and leadership development; YEAccelerator, a program helping teen entrepreneurs develop businesses through branding, product creation, and funding; and Teenpreneurship!, an educational program where students work in groups on real-world issues and compete for seed funding. Additionally, YEA provides a Bulletin newsletter platform with economics content, a free Membership program with exclusive benefits, and a Shop selling merchandise to support the organization. These programs work together to provide comprehensive support for youth entrepreneurship from education to business launch.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• YEAccelerator: Accelerator program helping young entrepreneurs develop their business through branding, product creation, community partnerships and funding
• Teenpreneurship!
• YEA Club Chapters
• YEA Bulletin

Products and services

• Club Chapters A network of in-school high school business clubs that provide financial education, entrepreneurship resources, professional growth opportunities, leadership development, service awards, and networking for student members. Chapters are launched through YEA's licensing program after student leaders apply and interview.
• YEAccelerator A comprehensive entrepreneurship accelerator for teen-led ventures providing support across branding, product creation, community partnerships, and funding. Works with young entrepreneurs to develop and launch businesses; awarded ventures have generated tens of thousands of dollars in revenue and scholarships.
• Teenpreneurship! An adaptable educational course where students work in groups to address real-world issues by developing researched business pitches, presented at the end of the program for a chance to win $200-$500+ in seed funding. Delivered at partner community organizations such as Boys and Girls Clubs and Pico Youth & Family Center.
• YEA Bulletin A newsletter and content platform publishing economics and financial literacy posts written by the YEA community and editorial team, alongside organizational updates and program announcements.
• YEA Membership A free membership program granting students access to exclusive opportunities, events, a monthly newsletter, and shop discounts, alongside access to YEA's programs and resources.
• YEA Shop An online merchandise store selling branded products — stickers ($3.50), t-shirts ($20-$25), crewneck sweatshirts ($30), hooded sweatshirts ($40), and tote bags ($15) — with proceeds treated as tax-deductible donations supporting YEA's educational programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 16 teen ventures launched and $10k+ generated from student businesses
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Boys and Girls Clubs of America - Santa Monica and Mar Vista BranchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYEA partners with Boys and Girls Clubs to deliver the Teenpreneurship summer program. Held two 7-week Teenpreneurship courses in summer 2023 where students presented business pitches and 2 ventures won over $250+ in seed funding.
• Pico Youth & Family CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYEA delivered a 3-week Teenpreneurship course at the Pico Youth & Family Center in summer 2023. Students presented their businesses at an open house style 'Makers Market' to local business and community leaders.
• Sunny BlueminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal business sponsor for YEA's booth at the Open Main Street Festival. Their generosity and commitment supported YEA's participation in the community event.
• Heal the Bay AquariumminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDonated two adult admission tickets for YEA's raffle at the Open Main Street Festival, adding excitement and engagement to YEA's booth.
• FirstGen MentorsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner organization featured on YEA's website, supporting first-generation students in entrepreneurship.
• Sunrise Venture PitchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenture pitch organization featured as a community partner on YEA's website.
• Yes at YaleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth entrepreneurship organization featured as a community partner on YEA's website.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA): FBLA is a national student organization that prepares high school students for careers in business through chapters, conferences, and competitions. Like YEA, it runs through school-based chapters with student leadership, but operates at much larger scale and broader business-education scope.
• Junior Achievement USA: Junior Achievement is the largest and most established youth entrepreneurship and financial literacy nonprofit in the U.S., serving K-12 students through school-based programs in all 50 states. It is a broad incumbent analog with deeper institutional reach, donor base, and curriculum than YEA's smaller Santa Monica-rooted operation.
• Enactus: Enactus is a global nonprofit that mobilizes university and high school students to apply entrepreneurship to social problems through project-based teams. It is a broader incumbent in the youth entrepreneurship space with a chapter-based model that resembles YEA's Club Chapters structure.
• DECA (formerly Distributive Education Clubs of America): DECA is a student-led organization with hundreds of thousands of high school members organized through school-based chapters, focused on marketing, finance, hospitality, and entrepreneurship. Its chapter structure, leadership pipeline, and high school audience make it a structural analog to YEA's Club Chapters, though at vastly larger scale.

Emerging players

• LaunchX: LaunchX runs summer entrepreneurship programs for high school students, supporting them through venture development, mentorship, and pitch competitions. Its program model overlaps with YEA's Teenpreneurship! and YEAccelerator, though it operates primarily as a paid summer program rather than a free nonprofit.
• Young Business Leaders of America (YBLA) / EforAll Youth: EforAll runs youth entrepreneurship programs and pitch competitions similar to YEA's accelerator, with a mission to support underrepresented entrepreneurs. It is an emerging peer with direct overlap in youth venture-launch programming and nonprofit school-partnership delivery.

Direct peers

• Bizworld Foundation: Bizworld Foundation delivers project-based entrepreneurship education to elementary and middle school students through school programs. It is a smaller, more specialized peer in age-appropriate youth entrepreneurship education, with a similar nonprofit school-partnership delivery model.
• Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE): NFTE is a nonprofit that delivers entrepreneurship education to young people from low-income communities, with school-based programs, business plan competitions, and alumni support. It is a direct peer in the youth entrepreneurship education space with comparable programmatic depth and a similar nonprofit, school-partnership distribution model.
• SAGE (Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship): SAGE is an international student-led nonprofit that empowers young people to launch social entrepreneurship projects through school-based teams. It is a peer in youth entrepreneurship education with a comparable student-led, school-chapter model and a nonprofit funding structure.
• Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!): Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that runs youth entrepreneurship programs in schools and communities, including startup-launch curricula and investor pitch events. It is the most directly comparable peer to YEA given its similar mission, target audience (high school students), and program structure, and notably shares the YEA acronym.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yeatoday
• Instagraminstagram.com/yea_org

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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