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 Years Strong: The Origin of the Youthprise Nutrition Program
2020 brings big accomplishments for Youthprise's Nutrition Program: our 2,000,000th meal served and our 5th year!
United for Action: Housing for Youth and Families
Youthprise is supporting the work of United for Action (UFA), a student-led effort focused on youth homelessness that started in Saint Paul, MN.
Announcing our East African Youth Economic Development Grantees!
Learn more about our grantees!
1 Million Meals Served!
Projections said that the 1,000,000th meal was at least seven or eight years down the road—and only if we could make it through the first few years.
Back to The Future: Reflecting on 2019 and Beyond
In 2010, Youthprise was created with the formula YE2 + E = QR (Youth Engagement + Equity = Quality Results.) Since inception, we have valued access, quality, innovation, and...
Youthprise announces our 2020 General Operation Grantees!
Youthprise’s Board approved 60 General Operating grants totaling $535,000, forty-nine at the $10k level and eleven at the $5k level.
Inspiring Community Involvement Through Doughnuts
About two years ago, a craving for a good doughnut led Youthprise staff to a doughnut shop in Dinkytown where they discovered the creative force of Bradley Taylor.
Banyan Grows Relationships through Food
At Banyan Community Center, snacktime is just time to refuel with a hot meal after a long school day. It's time for cross-age conversations between kids and community members.
Reflecting on 2018 and Looking Forward
As the new year approaches, we find it important to reflect on Youthprise’s place in the philanthropic landscape in the past year, and to incorporate the lessons we’ve learned...
Neese Parker | Reflections on Youth Engagement
Amazing work can be manifested when you invest in the young people in your communities.