Youth Mentoring Action Network

What Youth Mentoring Action Network does

Youth Mentoring Action Network (YMAN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, registered under EIN 27-04560912 and operating from Southern California (909 area code), that delivers youth mentoring, education, and wellness programs. It serves three primary beneficiary personas: Youth Leaders ages 14-20 (through the Youth Ambassadors program, a cohort of ten young leaders serving as partners, recruiters, facilitators, and fundraisers), Young Artists (through OutLoud Archives, which compensates creatives and archives work produced at the Youth Power Hub), and Black girls and young women (through the Black Girls (EM) Power wellness and leadership initiative). Programs are coordinated through the Youth Power Hub, a physical "third space" where young people connect, rest, and grow offline, and are anchored by over 75 years of combined classroom and educational leadership experience among the founders.

The organization's product portfolio pairs in-person programming with digital content distribution. The In Between EP, a youth-produced music album with five tracks, is distributed globally on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, and Tidal. The companion In Between EP Curriculum translates those songs into a mental health educational resource offered as a free downloadable PDF, with optional professional development and community partnership support. No proprietary software platform, API, or technology stack is disclosed; the underlying "technology" is domain expertise in youth development, content curation, and community programming rather than software.

YMAN is funded entirely through charitable donations — explicitly framed by the organization as "investment rather than charity" — with no fee-based programs or product revenue. Its commercial surface is limited to organic social media (Instagram and Facebook), its yman.org website (hosted on Squarespace), direct email/phone outreach, and partner logo placements for Nike and the Weingart Foundation. Revenue, headcount over time, and donation totals are not publicly disclosed, consistent with the operational profile of a small, founder-led community nonprofit.

Name

Youth Mentoring Action Network

Legal name

Youth Mentoring Action Network

Website

https://yman.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Youth Mentoring Action Network (YMAN) is a Southern California 501(c)(3) nonprofit that runs youth mentoring, education, and wellness programs through the Youth Power Hub, serving youth leaders ages 14-20, young artists, and Black girls and young women worldwide via donation-funded programming and youth-produced music and curriculum.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Development Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK), Arts, Sports & Recreation-Based Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAJ), Peer Support, Mentoring & Student Leadership (SEL) (EDAKAMAO), Student Mentoring & Peer Support Programs (EDAJALAL)

Keywords

• Youth mentoring programs
• Youth leadership development
• Arts education nonprofit
• Youth wellness initiatives
• Community-based education

Headquarters

HQ city

Upland

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization relies on donations to fund the Youth Power Hub, youth-led programming, and movement building. Donations are characterized as investment rather than charity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Youth Mentoring Action Network is a youth power-building nonprofit organization that delivers transformative mentoring, education, and wellness programming to young people worldwide. It operates a portfolio of programs (Youth Ambassadors, OutLoud Archives, Black Girls (EM) Power) anchored by the Youth Power Hub third space, and produces youth-created creative and educational content (In Between EP, In Between EP Curriculum). Its core delivery model is youth-led programming designed by young people for young people, funded primarily through donations.

Product overview

Youth Mentoring Action Network is a youth power-building organization that offers a portfolio of programs including Youth Ambassadors (youth leadership development), OutLoud Archives (young artist support and compensation), Black Girls (EM) Power (wellness and leadership for Black girls), the In Between EP (youth-created music album), and the In Between EP Curriculum (mental health education resource). These programs are coordinated through the Youth Power Hub as a central gathering space. The organization leverages over 75 years of combined classroom and educational leadership experience from its founders to deliver transformative mentoring, education, and wellness opportunities worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Youth Ambassadors
• OutLoud Archives
• Black Girls (EM) Power
• In Between EP
• In Between EP Curriculum

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Black Girls Rock!: Nonprofit dedicated to the empowerment of Black girls and young women through mentorship, arts, and leadership programming. Directly comparable to YMAN's Black Girls (EM) Power initiative and arts-based youth development approach.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: Largest youth mentoring nonprofit in the United States, operating one-to-one mentoring programs for youth across hundreds of affiliates. Directly comparable to YMAN as a mission-aligned mentoring organization competing for the same donor and volunteer base.
• 100 Black Men of America: Mentoring and education nonprofit focused on African American youth, providing role models, scholarships, and leadership development. Closely comparable to YMAN in mission, demographic focus, and mentoring model.
• Jackie Robinson Foundation: Education and leadership development nonprofit providing scholarships and mentoring to underrepresented youth. Comparable to YMAN in its education-plus-leadership combination and demographic focus.
• Girls Inc. National nonprofit delivering mentoring, education, and leadership programming specifically for girls and young women, with a strong emphasis on underserved populations. Directly comparable to YMAN's Black Girls (EM) Power and youth development mission.
• I Have a Dream Foundation: Long-running mentoring and educational achievement nonprofit that sponsors cohorts of students from elementary through post-secondary education. Comparable to YMAN in its cohort-based, long-horizon approach to youth development.

Broad incumbents

• MENTOR (National Mentoring Partnership): National umbrella and advocacy organization for the youth mentoring field, convening mentoring programs, publishing standards, and channeling funding. Comparable as a category-defining counterpart whose priorities shape YMAN's operating environment.
• National Urban League: Large civil rights and urban advocacy organization delivering youth mentoring, education, and workforce programming with an explicit racial equity lens. Comparable to YMAN as a Black-focused youth empowerment nonprofit operating at significantly greater scale.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: The largest youth development nonprofit in the United States, operating thousands of club facilities with mentoring, education, and wellness programming. Comparable in offering breadth but vastly larger in scale and footprint than YMAN.

Emerging players

• Year Up: Workforce development nonprofit providing mentoring, education, and career pathways for young adults from underserved communities. Comparable as a youth-focused nonprofit combining mentoring with tangible skill-building outcomes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Youth-Mentoring-Action-Network-103308838447327
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yman

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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