This toolkit provides questions, activities, and practices to help create a more diverse and inclusive youth advisory council.

It has been 20 years since the launch of the Michigan Community Foundations’ Youth Project (MCFYP), a groundbreaking effort to spread youth philanthropy throughout Michigan’s community foundations and all 83 counties. In honor of the 20th anniversary, the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) commissioned the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University to assess the impact of MCFYP.  Drawing on surveys, focus groups, archival documents, and interviews with youth participants and adult advisors and leaders, this report documents the impacts on youth, the participating community foundations, and the Michigan communities.

Foundation Center is building YouthGiving.org, a platform to elevate stories, resources, and data about youth grantmaking.

This collection, part of the larger platform, brings together a wealth of reports, articles, case studies, multimedia, and other resources for adults and youth already engaged in or looking to get involved in this work. 

This guide introduces young people to strategic, thoughtful philanthropy, and inspires them toward giving with impact. Families and adults who work with youth can use these guides to facilitate peer discussions and fun activities around giving.