Blog
Welcome to our blog! Here you can expect to find posts about current grant opportunities, job openings, staff perspective pieces, and youth-created digital stories and podcasts. Enjoy!
Five Impactful Strategic Investments
Youthprise utilizes strategic investments to invest in largescale, high-impact, long-term work that complements our grantmaking and programming.
Diversity in Innovation: An Introduction to the President’s Fund
The President’s Fund is a fund set aside for discretionary grants that the President believes will advance the mission of Youthprise. Consider it the Youthprise equivalent to the 20%...
Job Posting: Director of Content and Marketing
Youthprise is seeking a Director of Content and Marketing!
Announcing the Second Round of COVID-19 Response Fund Grantees!
Learn more about our grantees!
COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund Round 2 has Now Opened
To address the intersectionality of COVID-19 and systemic racism, Youthprise has focused the second round of the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund on African American youth-serving organizations statewide.
Dada, What Color Was George?
While getting ready to leave our Saint Paul home, I wanted to prepare my six-year-old daughter for what we would encounter. I told her people are really upset. Things...
Covid19 Response Update: Youthprise’s Response and Aid during Covid19
Youthprise has been quickly pivoting our work to support the needs of those most impacted by COVID-19.
Covid19 Response Update: Office Closure Extension and Current Priorities
Youthprise’s goal during this unprecedented time is to center youth from indigenous, low-income and racially diverse communities.
Youthprise is Modifying our Practices to Aid in the Efforts to Support Public Health during COVID-19
Youthprise will be working remotely until further notice, and our office will be closed.
Partner Profile: Meet Saint Paul Urban Tennis!
For over 25 years, Saint Paul Urban Tennis has been using tennis to provide structured opportunities for youth to learn, grow, have fun, and develop leadership, employment, and athletic...