Because YouthZone relies primarily on the generosity of agencies and individuals, our success depends on you! The YouthZone Foundation is a way in which you can sustain the future of YouthZone programs and make an impact on the kids in your community.

The YouthZone Foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization and your contribution is tax deductible as provided by the IRS.

Share the efforts of those who are now founding members. Join this exclusive group of individuals and businesses through any of the various giving opportunities below:

The young children you know are possibly the next Isis Johnson, Brandon Keefe, Heather DeWitt, or Ashley Rhodes-Courter. They may become like Ryan Hrejlacs, or the next Craig Keilburger or some other great, if young, humanitarian. The world’s children and teens have so many wonderful, positive and practical projects for saving the world—and each other. With a little help, they just might accomplish all that they set out to do. In honor of our world’s young humanitarians, the YouthZone Foundation has matched an accomplished youth philanthropist with each of our giving levels.

$100,000 and above—Craig Kielburger, age 12, organized his classmates to become child-rights activists after reading about a 12 year old Pakistani boy who had been a slave in a carpet factory since the age of 4. He now leads Free the Children, a nonprofit agency of children to make sure all children have basic human rights and freedoms.
$50,000 to $99,999—Ryan Hreljac, age 6, earned $2,000 to build a well for clean drinking water in Uganda. He then traveled to the school in Africa to meet the children and to see his well.
$25,000 to $49,999—Ashley Rhodes-Courter, by the age of 12 she had been in 14 foster-care homes when she was finally adopted. She didn’t want to leave the system behind; she wanted to fix it. She has spoken to thousands of people, sharing her story. She helped raise over a million dollars for the Danny Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
$10,000 to $24,999—Heather DeWitt, age 16, started a conservation program for the Channel Islands in high school. The iceplant was an invasive species which started choking out native agriculture. Heather organized students in her school to develop a way to remove the iceplant. The environmental club was able to travel to the Channel Islands and remove the iceplant.
$5,000 to $9,999—Brandon Keefe, age 8, started a student-to-student solutions for literacy. Brandon, with the help of his of classmates, collected 847 books to fill a library at a children’s home. Soon the entire community was involved in building a library for the home. Brandon’s work inspired the model for Bookends, a nonprofit organization that recycles books through student-run book drives and places them in schools and youth organizations in need of books.
Under $5,000—Isis Johnson, age 8, started to feed hungry people in New Orleans. In her first year, she collected over 1,000 food items and by her third year, she collected over 4,000. She still works to help others and during Hurricane Andrew she collected and donated 1,648 pieces of clothing.


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