Best practices are operational standards for community foundation YACs and YACers to make the YAC organization and its members the most effective grantmakers and community leaders possible.

YAC Best Practices – A tool from CMF & the Michigan Community Foundation’s Youth Project this document outlines 15 important standards YACs should work toward meeting each year (updated 2022).

YAC Best Practices Evaluation – A tool from CMF & the Michigan Community Foundation’s Youth Project this rubric below helps to evaluate your YACs alignment with the YAC Best Practices (created 2022).