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What is YouthBridge?  

YouthBridge Community Foundation helps children's charities build productive capital and helps donors find stable charitable organizations in which to invest.  Our efforts are designed to build strong, effective and sustainable social agencies to support children and youth.


Customers

  • children’s charities seeking capacity-building alternatives
  • individuals and families who wish to help children at riskand insure a social return on their investment
  • financial advisors serving their clients’ charitable gift planning needs


Services


For children's charities, we offer:
  • Education - YouthBridge energizes the St. Louis region's entrepreneurial spirit through FREE entrepreneurial education and the largest business plan competition in the U.S. in partnership with Washington University.   For more information, go to www.youthbridge.org/seic.
  • Enterprise - Investing our resources to help social entrepreneurs implement their business plans
  • Endowment Building - Guiding the process to build capital reserves

For donors, we leverage your gift with our capacity-building services to maximize the social return on your investment.  We also:
  • provide financial tools, investment options and administrative support
  • convert private foundations to Family Donor-Advised Funds to reduce costs and increase flexibility
  • create a giving strategy to boost the impact of your gift without taking from you and your family
  • document your values and life stories to build your legacy for future generations

For financial advisors, we:
  • collaborate and partner with you to help your clients achieve optimal outcomes with their philanthropy
  • lighten your load because we focus exclusively on philanthropy and are skilled at addressing concerns of your high-net-worth clients
  • offer full assurance that your clients can maintain their funds under your management
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Choose YouthBridge for:

  • high-touch philanthropic services focused on children

  • a partner who will provide increased leverage and return on your social investment
  • the peace of mind of giving through an organization that has successfully managed investments for more than 130 years
  • the flexibility of a private foundation with the simplicity and tax advantages of a public charity
  • an easy way to convert from a private foundation to a more economical and flexible Family Donor-Advised Fund
  • your choice of investment options, charitable giving tools and financial advisors
  • inter-generational family value sharing and outreach planning

  • your life story documented for future generations

For More Information or
to  Convert from a Private Foundation to a Family Donor-Advised Fund:

YouthBridge Community Foundation
12685 Olive Boulevard - Suite 100
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
Phone:  314-985-6778
Fax:   636-634-2411
Email:  info@youthbridge.org

The YouthBridge Community Foundation was previously called the General Protestant Children's Home.  To view our IRS 990, please visit: http://www2.guidestar.org/ReportNonProfit.aspx?ein=43-6064111&Mode=NonGx&lid=310794&dl=True
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