Youth Empowerment

Ateconqueso makes amazing books that feel like paper but won't tear, can be wet and washed, won't cut, and don't have staples. For every book we sell, we give one equal to a disadvantaged family. Upon delivery of the book, we train moms and dads to know how to use it as an early childhood development tool at home.

Softball is a gender-neutral, equal opportunity sport, and at it’s very core it teaches a lesson in gender equality. Run The Bases believes softball has the power to bring communities together. They teach the sport and impact the live’s of the kids by teaching them they can have fun regardless of their race, gender, or ability. Essentially, you’re helping kids learn comradery, and we need more of that around.

The LA Alliance aids all the Boys and Girls Clubs in L.A. who service youths become career professionals. There’s power in numbers, that’s why the alliance’s mission is to raise funds, increase visibility, and improve the sustainability of the clubs and the programs. By donating you’re helping all 135 clubs, and that’s a lot of people.

The Southeast Ventura County YMCA is focused on uplifting their community through youth development programs and resources that teach healthy living and social responsibility. Their mission is centered around building relationships within the community and providing ways to get involved with giving back. The YMCA is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization and has the reach and ability to create positive change in many people’s lives.

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, the founding blocks for a good education. Seeds to STEM knows the value this education can give to underserved communities in Dallas/Fort Worth area. Your donation would help them continue to STEMulate the minds of their students, you’re literally shaping the future.

Inspired by a paddle out for George Floyd, two surfers were motivated to fight systemic racism in a positive, constructive way. Their mission became to break down the walls and barriers that have previously kept BIPOC from becoming a part of ocean and surf culture. Creating equal access to the ocean and beach with free surf lessons for people of color has become a way to fight inequity and create a larger sense of inclusion in the surf community. Access to the beautiful benefits and purity of the ocean is for everyone and should not be determined by background or status.

For youths in low-income or underrepresented communities, college isn’t always an option, and if it is, it’s difficult to stay in, graduate, and make a career out of a Major. That’s why Thrive Scholars helps kids through the whole process. They work with teens during after school programs, providing them guidance with the application process, and they support them even after graduation. Thrive Scholars knows that to thrive in this world, career skills are needed and connections matter. Your donation helps them continue this good work to reach more children.

The Natasha Watley Foundation works to instill positive, long lasting life skills in young girls from disadvantaged communities through the sport of softball. Their work is centered around the empowerment of young women in order to create future leaders with confidence, leadership abilities and healthy lifestyles. With over 3,000 participants, this foundation is creating new avenues for ambitious women to develop their character and become the best versions of themselves.

Young people didn’t create problems like climate change and inequity, and they shouldn’t have to live with them. R90F began in 2018 as a project to eliminate single-use plastic from youth soccer fields. Today R90F is a nonprofit dedicated to helping young people create change. Your donation gives young thought-leaders the backing they need to change attitudes, lives, and ultimately, the world.

Changing the way our children think of poverty starts at home. The education taught by Dads For Giving involves getting parents involved in teaching their sons and daughters how they can give back to neighboring communities who need all sorts of donations. It’s a way to spend family time while teaching the values of being of service to those in need.

A big part of the homeless population in Portland, OR is a teenager or younger, and schools lack funds/volunteers. Kids First Project believes that by giving these disadvantaged youths, in and outside of shelters, a wealth of after-school programming they can empower them to reach their full potential.

Imagine the opportunities you’d have if in the 3rd grade you already knew how to read at grade level? Catch Up and Read has made it their mission to help kids advance from an early stage and this trickles in a ton of benefits for the students. Supporting this approach to reading means you’re giving kids a better chance to excel in schools and achieve more than the standard.

Florida has been the subject of too many natural disasters over the last two decades. Dream In Green works with kids directly affected by hurricanes, floods, etc. to teach them what they can do today to avoid the mess tomorrow. They believe in arming Florida youths with the knowledge and power to combat these ongoing and future disasters.

Hug It Forward has found a creative way to build schools for children in South America while using responsible, recycled building materials. Their buildings are made out of plastic bottles filled with inorganic trash that would otherwise be in a landfill. Centered around morals of being empathetic and culturally sensitive, Hug It Forward is working to create long lasting change in these communities. They are driven by their passion to educate people about waste reduction and provide children with a better future.

Since 2007 Asante Africa has been transforming the lives of kids from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Their programming involves everything like entrepreneurship, leadership, female hygiene, financial, and social skills. Giving to this cause Gives these youths more than a fighting chance at being a catalyst of positivity for the East African communities and beyond.