prevention resources
policy resources
youth philanthropy resources
research & assessment resources
training resources

prevention resources
Organizations

California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
This state agency works to reduce individual and community problems related to alcohol and drugs.

California Friday Night Live Partnership
The Partnership is a statewide network promoting youth development and youth-led strategies for reducing alcohol, tobacco and other drug use.

The Marin Institute
With a focus on environmental prevention of alcohol problems, The Marin Institute promotes effective alcohol policy, conducts media advocacy and supports grassroots campaigns.

Prevention Research Center
This Berkeley-based organization studies environmental approaches to preventing alcohol and drug-related problems.

Reports and Publications

Environmental Prevention Fact Sheet, California Department of Alcohol & Drug Programs, July 2003 
This brief publication gives an overview of environmental prevention theory and strategies.

How To Use Local Regulatory and Land Use Powers To Prevent Underage Drinking James F. Mosher, JD, and Bob Reynolds, Published by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation 
This 9-page report looks at a variety of strategies for using local laws and zoning rules to prevent underage alcohol access and consumption.

policy resources
Organizations and Initiatives

At the Table
This initiative is working to build a national movement for youth participation in governance and decision-making.

Soundout.org
Soundout.org is a national online resource center designed to promote meaningful student involvement in school change.

Youth Activism Project
Youth Activism Project provides an online resource center for youth engaged in advocacy and the adults that support them.

Youth and Community
An initiative of the University of Michigan's School of Social Work, Youth and Community aims to strengthen the active participation of young people in the institutions and decisions that affect their lives.

Reports

At the Table: Making the Case for Youth Decision-Making 
This free download from the Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development summarizes key research findings from a study on youth in decision-making.

Throwing a Better Party: Local Mobilizing Institutions and the Youth Vote, Daniel Shea 
This working paper from the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) calls for innovation in bringing more young citizens into party politics and the political system.

youth philanthropy resources
Materials and Publications

Planning for Action: A Workbook for Youth 
This workbook is designed to help young plan action projects and seek grant funds to support their work. It is oriented towards youth seeking funds from Youth Initiated Projects, YLI's San Francisco Youth Philanthropy program.

Sustainability Toolkit for Grantees
This toolkit, available for download in August 2004, assists adult allies in their efforts to support youth-led groups and organizations to sustain their work over time.

Changing the Face of Giving: An Assessment of Youth Philanthropy 
Prepared for The James Irvine Foundation, this report is the first national assessment of the field of youth philanthropy. This report highlights different purposes of these kinds of programs, notes the benefits and different program elements of youth philanthropy efforts, and makes recommendations for program designers, policy makers, foundation leaders and other stakeholders as they consider integrating or improving youth philanthropy efforts.

Additional Youth Philanthropy Publications

Best Practices in Youth Philanthropy
By the Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth, provides a comprehensive look at youth philanthropy programs across the US, especially those affiliated with community foundations.

Making the Dollars Matter: Young Philanthropists Take up the Business of Change
By Barbara Cervone of What Kids Can Do, looks closely at youth grantmakers at two youth bay area philanthropy programs-YLI's Student Action Fund and the California Fund for Youth Organizing-with an eye towards how their grantmaking is sparking youth to engage actions leading towards real community change.

Leadership, Volunteerism, and Giving: A Longitudinal Study of Youth Grantmakers 1993-2003 
Prepared for the Council of Michigan Foundations, This document presents the results of a 10-year study of youth grantmakers from the Michigan Community Foundations' Youth Project. The Youth Project is one of the oldest and largest youth philanthropy initiatives in the country.

Youth Philanthropy in California

Youth Grants for Youth Action
A Program of Community Health Academy. A board of youth award grants of up to $5000 for youth-led, youth-driven projects in Oakland. Contact Peggy Loper at (510) 532-9490

Force of Change
An independent youth philanthropy program offering grants of up to $7,000 to support youth-led projects in Oakland. Contact Nives Wetzel de Cediel at (510) 271-8390 or forceofchange01@aol.com

Sisterhood Fund
A program of The Women's Foundation of California. The Sisterhood Fund offers the opportunity for young women to learn about philanthropy and grantmaking. The Sisterhood Fund involves young women, ages ranging from 16 to 21, representing a diverse array of communities across northern and central California, who convene for a series of training sessions and make grants to programs serving young women and girls.

Youth in Philanthropy
A Program of the Community Foundation Silicon Valley. Youth grantmakers in San Jose and East Palo Alto learn how to create grant guidelines and applications, solicit participation from groups and individuals, interview those applying for grants, and decide which projects to fund.

The Grant Advisory Boards for Youth (GABY)
A "youth-to-youth" philanthropy initiative where Central Valley teenagers make actual grantmaking decisions in their communities. Its purpose is to offer Valley teens a meaningful experience in decision-making, promote civic participation and spread resources to local youth groups and youth serving organizations. Over the course of the program the selected young people learn about grant making, the region in which they live, perform site visits and make final decisions - just like a traditional foundation would. GABY programs are currently operating in the Sacramento Region through the Sacramento Region Community Foundation and in Shasta and Siskiyou counties through the Shasta Regional Community Foundation.

Pasadena Youth Fund
A Youth Philanthropy program of Day One, with support and assistance from the Youth Leadership Institute. Pasadena youth receive grants and assistance from a youth/adult grants board to turn their community building ideas into action. For more information, contact Day One at (626) 229-9750.

Long Beach Youth Fund
A Youth Philanthropy program of the Long Beach Youth Services Network, with support and assistance from the Youth Leadership Institute. A sister project of the Pasadena Youth Fund, youth in this community also now have opportunities to receive significant grants and assistance from a youth/adult grants board to for their community project ideas. For more information, contact Andy Romero at (562) 229-9750.

Dollars for Change
A youth philanthropy program of the Riverside County Office of Education and the Riverside County Department of Mental Health. Through Dollars for Change, a youth/adult board is providing grants and direct assistance to youth-led community action projects across the county. For more information, Contact Gentre Adkins, Riverside County Friday Night Live at (909) 782-5001.

Youth Funds for Youth Ideas
A youth grants Program of CHALK. The YFYI youth board awards grants for youth-led projects and organizations across San Francisco.

research & assessment resources

Center for Information & Research on Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
Housed at the University of Maryland, CIRCLE conducts, collects and funds research on the civic and political participation of young people in the United States.

John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
The Gardner Center at Stanford University seeks to develop new knowledge, practice, capacity, and leadership around youth development and learning.

Youth Action Research Institute
This organization promotes the use of youth-led action research for personal, group and community development.

training resources

California Friday Night Live Partnership
A California-based youth development program operating in 54 of the 58 counties in the "Golden State". Through a statewide network and K-12 system of components (FNL Kids, Club Live, Friday Night Live), the California Friday Night Live Program "builds partnerships for positive and healthy youth development which engaged youth as active leaders and resources in their communities."

Teenwork
Annual training forum for the youth of California to share ideas and to discuss solutions to the critical issues facing teens today, resulting in the implementation of programs and activities at the local level. Each year, over 600 teens gather for 4 ‚ 5 days of peer-led workshops, discussion, and activities.

Center for Youth as Resources
National nonprofit organization "connecting youth positively to their communities and improving community life nationally and internationally through the spread of youth-led service initiatives."

The Forum for Youth Investment
National, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to "helping communities and the nation make sure all young people are ready by 21 - ready for work, college, and life."

Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development
National organization that "connects thinkers and leaders of all ages to develop fresh ideas, forge new partnerships, and design strategies that engage young people and their communities."

Youth Activism Project
National, nonpartisan organizations designed to "encourage young people to speak up and pursue lasting solutions to problems they care deeply about."

Youth On Board
National organization that "prepares youth to be leaders and decision makers in their communities and strengthens relationships between youth and adults through publications, customized workshops, and technical assistance."