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Top 19 At-risk youth programs based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 115 at-risk youth programs headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 869 professional contacts across them, including 164 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers at-risk youth programs headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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869Contacts tracked
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The 19 largest at-risk youth programs based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 19 of 115 at-risk youth programs based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to at-risk youth programs: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
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1Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200203 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“2024 marks 21 years of IkamvaYouth Excellence in South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20071 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Life Choices is a youth empowerment nonprofit organisation that provides young people with the resources, skills, connections, and opportunities to rise, thrive, and lead a life…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20055 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Classroom Buddies Organisation (CBO) is a registered Non-Profit Organisation that was formed in April 2015.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5038 contacts →

Partial evidence

“SAEP is an award-winning non-profit dedicated to supporting children & youth in the underserved community of Philippi, Cape Town.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5036 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Just Grace is a non-profit organisation based in Langa Township in South Africa working to equip vulnerable youth to live out their full potential.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5031 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Students for a Better Future connects Cape Town's extraordinary young minds with extraordinary opportunities, giving them the tools they need to add extraordinary value in the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5026 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ithemba Lethu is a Durban-based initiative dedicated to nurturing and empowering vulnerable children and youth.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceMogale City, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Probably one of the biggest failures of our time is that we have neglected to prepare our sons for their roles as the stewards of the dream for our rainbow nation”, says Jaco van…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“YLED is an award winning, NGO that develops young people with the aim of positioning them for future success (in communities, academia, business and workplace) YLED imparts life…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Young people face big challenges on a daily basis: career choices, sexuality, substance abuse… And they’re expected to be healthy, composed and change the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceGermiston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“YouthBuild South Africa is committed to empowering young people by helping them build skills and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood and leadership.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidencePretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“What has started in 2014 as a “Graduate World Connect” service, linking university and college students in the employment world, has grown into a talent incubation environment…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“MOT South Africa is a registered and leading Public Benefit and Non-Profit Organisation, specialising in life-skills development among the youth.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

Youth Opportunities South Africa (YOSA), is a registered youth development non-profit organization.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Strong evidenceThohoyandou, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-504 contacts →

Strong evidence

Youth Evolve was founded in 2019 and it is an NPO and NPC with a focus to help young people become the best version of themselves, this is through mentorship programs and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceWynberg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“INTRODUCTION: There are not many organisations that can lay claim to the fact that they've been in operation for a half century or more.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Partial evidenceWhite River, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sawubona Project is a Canadian registered charity delivering life-skills, leadership, and employment readiness training to youth in South Africa, particularly in underserved…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Partial evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-5002 contacts →

Partial evidence

“GCU was founded in 2001 by Mario van Niekerk, a person all too familiar with the challenges that face the youth of the gang-ridden Cape Flats in Cape Town.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our Founding Member, Mr Mbuso Mandela brought together like-minded people that, in turn, formed Faces of Freedom(FOF) in May 2021.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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At-risk youth programs based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
18.9%Verified-email coverage
7.6Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
21.7%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
73
11-50
34
51-200
6
201-500
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 115 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among at-risk youth programs, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “at-risk youth programs”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names at-risk youth programs), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among at-risk youth programs, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 164 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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At-risk youth programs by metro

  • At-risk youth programs in Johannesburg25

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names at-risk youth programs, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many at-risk youth programs are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 115 at-risk youth programs headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Ikamvayouth, headquartered in Cape Town, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most at-risk youth programs?

Johannesburg leads with 25 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (20) and Midrand (5).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 164 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 115 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.