271 Results for “youth philanthropy”

Kylie Semel, a high school sophomore, first began serving as a member of the Junior Board of the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation when she was 8 years old. As a junior board member she has made multiple grants and had the honor of sharing her experiences at Exponent Philanthropy’s national conference. She is also a member of the Youth Read More

Khayriyyah Muhammad Smith is a Program Intern with Youth Philanthropy Connect. She began her philanthropic journey as a member of the Grand Rapid Community Foundation’s Youth Grant Committee for four years and as a Youth Trustee on the foundation’s Board of Trustees. She has also just finished her three-year term as a member of Michigan Community Foundation’s Youth Project where she helped plan and Read More

Kim Wright is the founding Executive Director of the Stolte Family Foundation (SFF), an impact-driven philanthropy in Seattle, Washington. She has advised the Stolte family throughout their earliest years of giving and helped frame the Foundation’s priorities and mission. Prior to joining SFF, she spent nearly a decade as Director of Family Philanthropy and Philanthropic Services at Seattle Foundation, where she managed a team of Read More

Katie Marcus Reker has been active in youth philanthropy since age twelve as a Junior Board Member of the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation and now serves as a member of the foundation’s Board of Directors. She also serves as a member of the Association of Small Foundations’ Next Generation Committee. Katie has always enjoyed making site visits, learning about grantmaking by Read More

Jill Gordon is the Program Director for the Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana (YPII).  Locally based in Indianapolis, Indiana and nationally connected, YPII is a signature program of the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance.   Jill oversees YPII’s role in providing trainings, resources, technical assistance and best practices to nonprofits and foundations promoting and supporting youth philanthropy efforts.  Jill brings over 15 years Read More

Jillian Wu is a junior at Lick Wilmerding High School. She is currently a youth philanthropist and Program Officer for BLING (Building Leaders in Innovative New Giving), a youth philanthropy group that stresses youth leadership and youth helping youth. She has been a part of BLING for a year and a half now, just kicking off her fourth semester as Read More

Jared Heddinger is originally from Battle Creek Michigan. From 2012 to 2014 he began his philanthropy journey by serving on the Battle Creek Community Foundation’s (BCCF) Youth Alliance Committee (YAC). He then joined Michigan Community Foundation’s Youth Project MCFYP in 2013 to plan a yearly summer conference for youth grant makers on YAC’s across the state of Michigan. In 2014, Read More

Danielle LaJoie currently serves as the Frey Foundation Chair for Family Philanthropy Graduate Assistant at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2018 with a B.A. in Political Science. She currently serves on the Council of Michigan Foundations Board of Trustees and as their 2017 Mawby Intern. Read More

Brendan Adams, is a sophomore at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. He is majoring Mass Communications with a focus in broadcasting production with a minor is sports media. He is a junior board member of the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation, and was a former leadership team member for Youth Philanthropy Connect. He is also the Vice President Read More

Andrea Hernandez Rodriguez (she/her/they) is a mom, partner, and lover of humanity with over two decades of practice in nonprofit and foundation management, organizing, capacity building, and systems change. She specializes in conflict transformation centering race; intergenerational giving that shares power with young people; and holding compassionate change for leaders, especially founding executive and board transitions. Dr. Hernandez Rodriguez received Read More