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Meet Kylie Semel: A Leadership Team Member Who’s Been There Since the Beginning
When Kylie Semel was 11 years old, she, her sister, and her cousins had an idea. As a member of the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation’s Junior Board, she wanted to meet other youth grantmakers [...]
Meet Lexi Laginess: A Professional Philanthropist in the Making
Everything that Lexi Laginess does has to do with serving others—whether it be student government and national honors society at school or her work with Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) Michigan or the Bedford Community [...]
Why July Cannot Come Fast Enough
By Magdalen Sullivan, Youth Philanthropy Connect Fellow and member of the Tracy Family Foundation I’ve only been to Disney once before. The park is a magical place for anyone, but especially a 5-year-old. Leading up [...]
Brendan Adams: A Philanthropist Planning for His Future Impact
Brendan Adam’s great Uncle’s ranch struck oil overnight. That stroke of luck led him to found The Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation. Based in Texas, the foundation’s mission is to help residents of “Webb and [...]
Sarah Saltzman: A Social Activist in the Making
As a young person who grew up in a nonprofit run by her grandmother and inspired by her mother's father, The Jester and Pharley Phund, Sarah Saltzman had a lot of volunteering experience but didn’t [...]
Meet Isabel Cluver Dawson: A Future Leader in Philanthropy
You have $10,000. Figure out what you’re going to do with it. Figure out how you’re going to run your program. Figure out how to be a philanthropist. You have one year. Those were the [...]
In The Press
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Why July Cannot Come Fast Enough
By Magdalen Sullivan, Youth Philanthropy Connect Fellow and [...]
Brendan Adams: A Philanthropist Planning for His Future Impact
Brendan Adam’s great Uncle’s ranch struck oil overnight. [...]
Sarah Saltzman: A Social Activist in the Making
As a young person who grew up in [...]
Meet Isabel Cluver Dawson: A Future Leader in Philanthropy
You have $10,000. Figure out what you’re going [...]
Meet Liam Fox- a Youth Philanthropist Wise Beyond His 11 Years!
To Liam Fox, giving isn’t just a way [...]
Making Connections around Youth Philanthropy
This special post was created as a follow-up [...]
A National Road Trip
This past year, Youth Philanthropy Connect (YPC) took [...]
On-Going Research
Praesent lectus leo, convallis id neque nec, ultrices euismod nibh. Sed ac rhoncus quam. Fusce tristique tellus diam, vel porta eros iaculis vitae.
Meet Kylie Semel: A Leadership Team Member Who’s Been There Since the Beginning
When Kylie Semel was 11 years old, she, her sister, and her cousins had an idea. As a member of the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation’s Junior Board, she wanted to meet other youth grantmakers [...]
Meet Lexi Laginess: A Professional Philanthropist in the Making
Everything that Lexi Laginess does has to do with serving others—whether it be student government and national honors society at school or her work with Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) Michigan or the Bedford Community [...]
Why July Cannot Come Fast Enough
By Magdalen Sullivan, Youth Philanthropy Connect Fellow and member of the Tracy Family Foundation I’ve only been to Disney once before. The park is a magical place for anyone, but especially a 5-year-old. Leading up [...]
Brendan Adams: A Philanthropist Planning for His Future Impact
Brendan Adam’s great Uncle’s ranch struck oil overnight. That stroke of luck led him to found The Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation. Based in Texas, the foundation’s mission is to help residents of “Webb and [...]
Sarah Saltzman: A Social Activist in the Making
As a young person who grew up in a nonprofit run by her grandmother and inspired by her mother's father, The Jester and Pharley Phund, Sarah Saltzman had a lot of volunteering experience but didn’t [...]
Meet Isabel Cluver Dawson: A Future Leader in Philanthropy
You have $10,000. Figure out what you’re going to do with it. Figure out how you’re going to run your program. Figure out how to be a philanthropist. You have one year. Those were the [...]