YouthBridge Community Foundation is a non-profit organization which is focused on capitalizing children’s charities.  Our services are two-pronged:  

• to help children’s charities achieve financial sustainability by implementing improved business practices and building equity capital. 
  
  
• to help donors, or philanthropic investors, find stable children's charities in which to invest. 
  

Our strategy of capitalizing children's charities is designed to attain our mission of building a network of strong, effective and financially sustainable social agencies to support disadvantaged children.  Join us as we help children in a new way - by improving the balance sheets and building entrepreneurial skills in the agencies that take care of them.   [hear more] 

We Serve

• individuals and families who wish to help disadvantaged children
  
• wealth advisors who wish to provide a holistic approach to their clients’ charitable gift planning
  
• children’s charities by investing in their long-term sustainability

We Believe

• all children should be given every opportunity to develop and grow into healthy, caring and productive adults
  
• in helping children by investing in and mentoring agencies that take care of them
  
• social investments should be leveraged to maximize their impact and effectiveness
  
• capital strength is the way to non-profit sustainability

We Offer

• a unique way to make a real difference in the lives of disadvantaged children
  
• 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
  
• increased leverage and return on your social investment

Children’s charities need new ways to build their enterprise, fund their growth and do the organization’s work.  Most of them depend on some combination of donations, fees and government payments.  Yet, donations as a percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product are declining, as is government funding, while costs of service delivery and competition for private donations are increasing.   Most small and midsize agencies have little or no equity capital, and traditional fund-raising cannot fill the gap. It is time to look at new strategies!

YouthBridge Social Financial Advisors assist individuals and families who wish to fulfill their philanthropic vision in three ways:

• by following your passion and investing in the charities of your choice
• by investing through the YouthBridge Community Foundation
• by investing directly in the YouthBridge Community Foundation

When you invest in YouthBridge, your investment is used to fund our three "E" initiatives:  Education, Enterprise Investments and Endowment Building.  Each initiative is designed to create financial sustainability in children's charities.  This means our community dollars are leveraged for maximum impact.   Read more about our unique way to help children's charities in the "Our Approach" section above.