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Youth Development
Grants Awarded

Year Organization and Summary Amount Location Description
2024 Youth Leadership Institute $50,000 San Francisco, CA

This is a general operating grant.

2024 Youth Justice and Power Union $60,000 Boston, MA

This grant will support the work of Boston Youth Justice & Power Union, a youth-led organization founded in 2011 to center youth issues, including Black and Brown youth, in the city of Boston.

2024 Oakland Kids First $130,000 Oakland, CA

This is a general operating support grant.

2024 Education Law Center $50,000 Philadelphia, PA

This grant will support efforts to provide trainings and technical assistance to youth-led/youth-serving organizations in Philadelphia, expanding their capacity to empower students as change agents and deepening their understanding of the legal solutions available to address educational barriers facing students.

2024 DRUM $60,000 New York, NY

This is a general operating support grant.

2024 Communities United $40,000 Chicago, IL

This grant will support UJIMA, a group of young men of color, ages 14-21, to come together to collectively make a change in their communities, specifically on the issue of their mental health.

2024 Communities United $130,000 Chicago, IL

This is a general operating support grant.

2024 Chicago Freedom School $60,000 Chicago, IL

This grant will support youth as they build leadership for healing justice and activism in Chicago Freedom School’s Northstar Liberatory Training Collective and other youth leadership development programs.

2024 Californians for Justice Education Fund $80,000 San Jose, CA

This is a general operating support grant.

2024 California Youth Connection $80,000 Oakland, CA

This is a general operating support grant.

2024 Chinese Progressive Association $60,000 San Francisco, CA

This is a general operating support grant.

2024 Youth United for Change $60,000 Philadelphia, PA

This is a general operating support grant.

2024 University Community Collaborative $50,000 Philadelphia, PA

This grant supports the Youth Leadership Development Continuum, a series of after school and summer programs, credit bearing internships, media production, and paid employment that enables young people to advocate for policy and systems change. Its media work and collaborations with other youth serving and social justice organizations is also helping to strengthen the ecosystem of youth activism in Philadelphia.

2024 RYSE Center $60,000 Richmond, CA

This is a general operating support grant.

2024 Philadelphia Student Union $60,000 Philadelphia, PA

This is a general operating support grant.

2024 Mikva Challenge $80,000 Chicago, IL

This is a general operating support grant with additional support for its role in the Whole School Safety Initiative.

2024 Make the Road New York $60,000 New York, NY

This grant provides general operating support for the Urban Youth Collaborative.

2024 Make The Road New York $60,000 New York, NY

This is a general operating support grant.

2024 Juvenile Law Center $60,000 Philadelphia, PA

This grant supports Juvenile Law Center’s Youth Engagement projects that create opportunities for youth with experience in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems to use their personal stories and experiences as a platform for social change in their communities.

2024 Justice Innovation Inc $50,000 New York, NY

The Youth Action Institute (formerly the Youth Justice Board) requests continuing support to examine the experience of safety and dignity for queer and trans youth of color in New York City, and to continue a previous cohort’s work on social media surveillance.

2024 Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing $60,000 New York, NY

This is a general operating support grant.

2024 Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth $100,000 San Francisco, CA

This is a general operating support grant.

2024 All Chicago $50,000 Chicago, IL

This grant supports the Youth Action Board of the Chicago Continuum of Care.

2023 Youth Leadership Institute $50,000 San Francisco, CA

This is a general operating grant.

2023 Youth Justice & Power Union $50,000 Boston, MA

This grant will support the work of Boston Youth Justice & Power Union, a youth-led organization founded in 2011 to center youth issues and Black and Brown youth in the city of Boston.

2023 Oakland Kids First $110,000 Oakland, CA

This is a general operating support grant.

2023 National Economic and Social Rights Initiative $40,000 New York, NY

This grant will advance local member-led campaigns for Dignity in Schools Campaign Solutions Not Suspensions, engage youth in leadership development and support collective national action.

2023 Education Law Center $50,000 Philadelphia, PA

This grant will support efforts to provide trainings and technical assistance to youth-led/youth-serving organizations in Philadelphia, expanding their capacity to empower students as change agents and deepening their understanding of the legal solutions available to address educational barriers facing students.

2023 DRUM $60,000 New York, NY

This is a general operating support grant.

2023 Communities United $40,000 Chicago, IL

This grant will support UJIMA, a group of young men of color, ages 14-21, to come together to collectively make a change in their communities, specifically on the issue of their mental health.

2023 Communities United $100,000 Chicago, IL

This is a general operating support grant.

2023 Chicago Freedom School $60,000 Chicago, IL

This grant will support Black and Brown youth as they build leadership for healing justice and activism in Chicago Freedom School’s Northstar Liberatory Training Collective and other youth leadership development programs.

2023 Californians for Justice Education Fund $80,000 San Jose, CA

This is a general operating support grant.

2023 California Youth Connection $80,000 Oakland, CA

This is a general operating support grant.

2023 Final 5 $50,000 Chicago, IL

The F5C aims to increase the impact of our programming with directly impacted community members as they access necessary support and participate in the process to develop innovative strategies towards the mission of youth prison closure. Directly impacted participants will contribute their unique perspectives and root themselves in a community of peers and advocates while deepening their skills and knowledge.

2023 Youth United for Change $60,000 Philadelphia, PA

This is a general operating support grant.

2023 University Community Collaborative $40,000 Philadelphia, PA

This grant supports the Youth Leadership Development Continuum, a series of after school and summer programs, credit bearing internships, media production, and paid employment that enables young people to advocate for policy and systems change. Its media work and collaborations with other youth serving and social justice organizations is also helping to strengthen the ecosystem of youth activism in Philadelphia.

2023 RYSE Center $60,000 Richmond, CA

This is a general operating support grant.

2023 Philadelphia Student Union $60,000 Philadelphia, PA

This is a general operating support grant.

2023 Mikva Challenge $60,000 Chicago, IL

This is a general operating support grant.

2023 Make the Road New York $60,000 New York, NY

This grant provides general operating support for the Urban Youth Collaborative.

2023 Make the Road New York $60,000 New York, NY

This is a general operating support grant.

2023 Juvenile Law Center $50,000 Philadelphia, PA

This grant supports Juvenile Law Center’s Youth Engagement projects that create opportunities for youth with experience in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems to use their personal stories and experiences as a platform for social change in their communities.

2023 Justice Innovation Inc $50,000 New York, NY

The Youth Action Institute (formerly the Youth Justice Board) requests continuing support to examine the experience of safety and dignity for queer and trans youth of color in New York City, and to continue a previous cohort’s work on social media surveillance.

2023 Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing $60,000 New York, NY

This is a general operating support grant.

2023 CORO New York Leadership Center $50,000 New York, NY

Building off the past year’s program development and the Democracy School 2100 [DS2100] pilot [to occur between April – June 2023], Coro will further institutionalize and embed DS2100 in its leadership development portfolio to engage a new generation of youth leaders and organizers who have the political and civic know-how to foster lasting systemic change.

2023 Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth $110,000 San Francisco, CA

This is a general operating support grant.

2023 All Chicago $50,000 Chicago, IL

This grant supports the Youth Action Board of the Chicago Continuum of Care.

2021 Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation, Inc. $60,000 Chicago, IL

Mikva Challenge requests support to sustain our innovative Citywide Youth Council program (CYCs). CYCs promote youth voice and youth leadership by providing young people with the knowledge, skills, agency, and access to have a meaningful impact on public policy decisions that significantly impact Chicago youth.

2021 National Economic and Social Rights Initiative $40,000 New York, NY

NESRI (DBA Partners for Dignity & Rights) is requesting funds for the Dignity in Schools Campaign, a national coalition of over 100 organizations fighting to end school pushout. W.C. Stone Foundation funds will advance local campaigns for Solutions Not Suspensions, engage youth in leadership structures and support collective national action.

2021 Oakland Kids First $70,000 Oakland, CA

This general operating grant supports Oakland Kids First (OKF) to build power and equity for high-need Oakland students by providing transformative youth leadership programs and investing in student organizing to improve school culture and implement the Oakland Youth Vote campaign win.

2021 Philadelphia Student Union $60,000 Philadelphia, PA

The Philadelphia Student Union (PSU) is applying for grant funding to support two new projects and the expansion of a third, which, combined, continue to expand PSU’s ability to generate meaningful grassroots power for young people in Philadelphia.

2021 RYSE Center $60,000 Richmond, CA

RYSE centers BIYOC (Black, Indigenous,Youth of Color) who are constantly changing, growing, innovating, shifting and reimaging what’s possible for our collective liberation. RYSE’s systems transformation approach centers cultural work, racial justice, and emotional, physical, and political support for healing and self-determination of young people’s own and their communities’ narratives.

2021 University Community Collaborative $40,000 Philadelphia, PA

We are seeking support for our Youth Leadership Development Continuum, a series of after school and summer programs, credit bearing internships, media production, and paid employment that enables young people to advocate for policy and systems change. Our media work and our collaborations with other youth serving and social justice organizations is also helping to strengthen the ecosystem of youth activism in Philadelphia.

2021 Youth Communication $50,000 New York, NY

Youth Communication will leverage the transformative power of teen-written narratives to address the systemic issues of inequality that directly impact youth across New York City.

2021 Youth Leadership Institute $40,000 San Francisco, CA

This grant supports the Calafia Fellowship Program in order to 1) produce Calafia, a statewide youth policy magazine; 2) collaborate with youth advocates across the state, especially in our Bay Area offices; and 3) pair Calafia Fellows with professional journalists for mentorship.

2021 Youth Radio $50,000 Oakland, CA

This grant provides general operating support for YR Media, formerly known as Youth Radio.

2021 Youth United for Change $60,000 Philadelphia, PA

The goals of this organization can be defined by three core values.  (1) Strengthen relationships among between youth and adults in schools and their communities; (2) Develop leadership among youth; (3) Ensure youth decision-making within the organization; (4) Ensure youth participation in decision-making in their schools; (5) Identify and define issues and strategies; and (6) Increase civic engagement of young people.

2022 Youth Leadership Institute $50,000 San Francisco, CA

This general operating grant continues the storytelling and policy work of Calafia- a youth media fellowship.

2022 Youth Communication $50,000 New York, NY

Youth Communication (YC) will leverage the transformative power of teen-written narratives to address the systemic issues of inequality that directly impact youth across New York City.

2022 Youth Justice & Power Union $50,000 Dorchester, MA

The grant designed to the Youth Justice and Power Union will support BIPOC youth organizers and members ages 14-25 to lead basebuilding and campaign work to decrease the scope of Boston policing and shift funding to youth jobs, affordable housing, and community-led safety and wellness.

2022 Oakland Kids First $70,000 Oakland, CA

This general operating grant supports Oakland Kids First (OKF) to build power and equity for high-need Oakland students by providing transformative youth leadership programs, amplifying youth voice in student organizing campaigns that improve school culture & climate, and activating youth power to advocate for policies that increase educational equity.

2022 Naitonal Economic and Social Rights Initiative $40,000 New York, NY

This grant supports the Dignity in Schools Campaign, a national coalition of over 100 organizations fighting to end school pushout. Funds will advance local campaigns for Solutions Not Suspensions, engage youth in leadership structures and support collective national action.

2022 Education Law Center $40,000 Philadelphia, PA

This grant provides trainings, technical assistance, resources, and legal services to youth-focused organizations and youth. Education Law Center (ELC) aims to deepen understanding of student rights among Philadelphia organizations and youth to build their advocacy capacity. ELC will learn from the experiences of youth and elevate their voices in our advocacy.

2022 DRUM $60,000 Jackson Heights, NY

This general operating grant supports work to strengthen intergenerational organizing model through continuing to develop youth leadership in all aspects of DRUM’s Organizing work.

2022 Communities United $40,000 Chicago, IL

This grant supports Ujima.

2022 Communities United $100,000 Chicago, IL

This general operating grant supports work to develop sustainable youth leadership through a healing and justice approach to advance systems change and effective policy implementation aimed at creating supportive school climates, and shifting public investment from punitive to restorative approaches.

2022 Chicago Freedom School $40,000 Chicago, IL

This grant provides support for Chicago Freedom School’s NorthStar Liberatory Training Collective, which develops young leaders into trainers of trauma-informed, healing-centered practices that teachers, cultural workers, and youth workers can use in classrooms and youth programs.

2022 Californians for Justice Education Fund $80,000 San Jose, CA

This general operating grant will advance educational justice through youth power. Californians for Justice builds youth power through leadership development — deepening skills of youth so they can advocate for student-centered reforms — and organizing and advocacy to improve school systems and culture for low-income students of color.

2022 California Youth Connection $80,000 Emeryville, CA

This general operating grant will support statewide, youth-led outreach, training, and advocacy model, wthe work of  Foster Youth in Action program.

2022 Youth United for Change $60,000 Philadelphia, PA

This is a general operating grant to Youth United for Change.

2022 Temple University: University of Community Collaborative of Philadelphia $40,000 Philadelphia, PA

This grant will support for the Leadership Development Continuum, a series of after school and summer programs, internships, media production, and paid employment that enables young people to advocate for systemic change.

2022 RYSE Center $60,000 Richmond, CA

The grant provides general operating support to the RYSE Center.

2022 Philadelphia Student Union $60,000 Philadelphia, PA

This is a general operating support grant to Philadelphia Student Union.

2022 Oaklands Kids First $50,000 Oakland, CA

Oakland Kids First (OKF) builds power for BIPOC Oakland students through youth leader development, Oakland Youth Vote Coalition leadership, and building sustained election infrastructure in order to realize the historic Measure QQ – Oakland Youth Vote (OYV) campaign win after it passed with 67% of the vote in 2020.

2022 Mikva Challenge $85,000 Chicago, IL

This grant supports Mikva Challenge‘s Citywide Youth Council Program that promotes youth voice and youth leadership by providing young people with the knowledge, skills, agency, and access to have a meaningful impact on public policy decisions that significantly impact Chicago youth.

2022 Make the Road New York $60,000 New York, NY

This is a grant to Make the Road New York to support the Urban Youth Collaborative.

2022 Make the Road New York $60,000 New York, NY

This grant provides general operating support to Make the Road New York.

2022 Juvenile Law Center $50,000 Philadelphia, PA

This grant supports Juvenile Law Center‘s Youth Engagement projects that create opportunities for youth with experience in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems to use their personal stories and experiences as a platform for social change in their communities.

2022 Coro New York Leadership Center $50,000 New York, NY

This grant supports the youth leadership development program goal of deeper sustainable partnerships and youth impact on policy and practice.

2022 Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth $115,000 San Francisco, CA

This is a general operating grant.

2022 Center for Court Innovation $50,000 New York, NY

The Center for Court Innovation’s Youth Justice Board is an after-school program that brings together young people to study and propose solutions to the public safety challenges that most affect them.

2022 Bend the Arc New York $60,000 New York, NY

This is a grant to Bend the Arc New York to support the Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing.

2022 All Chicago $50,000 Chicago, IL

This grant supports the Youth Action Board of the Chicago Continuum of Care.