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What is YouthBridge?  



YouthBridge Community Foundation, originally founded in 1877, is focused on capitalizing children's charities.  Our services are two pronged - to help children's agencies implement business practices to build productive capital and achieve sustainability, and to help donors, or philanthropic investors, find stable charitable organizations in which to invest.  Our strategy of building equity capital and promoting social enterprise is designed to attain our mission of building a network of strong, effective and sustainable social agencies to support disadvantaged children.


Customers

  • individuals and families who wish to help children at risk
  • financial advisors serving their clients’ charitable gift planning needs
  • children’s charities seeking capacity-building alternatives


Services


For individuals and families, we provide personalized philanthropic services to:
  • create a giving strategy to boost the impact of your gift without taking from you and your family
  • facilitate family value sharing and outreach planning
  • document your values and life stories to build your legacy for future generations
  • show you ways to become an active philanthropist rather than a passive donor through Family Donor-Advised Funds
  • provide financial tools, investment options and administrative support
  • vet agencies that serve children to ensure your gifts are well invested
  • leverage your gifts with our capacity-building services and social entrepreneurship investments to effect positive change
  • reduce costs and increase flexibility of private foundations with Family Donor-Advised Funds

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

For children's charities, we are dedicated to building your capacity and effectiveness.  To reach that goal, we:
  • provide Enterprise services (investment capital & mentoring), Endowment building and Education to qualifying agencies which develop high impact, innovative and results-oriented solutions to societal problems.  The three Es are the cornerstone of YouthBridge.
  • introduce social entrepreneurship and promote social enterprise as an additional revenue stream
  • catalyze partnerships with individuals, nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, corporations and educators to further capacity and efficiency in agencies that serve children in need
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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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