We are IN PERSON at Southview this week and our speaker is going to talk about Youthprise. Youthprise was founded in 2010 by the McKnight Foundation with the original mission to promote learning beyond the classroom. With funding provided by other philanthropies, Youthprise contributes to programs and systems that are responsive to the needs of youth, identified with input from young people. Since its beginning, Youthprise has granted more than $30 million for youth education initiatives, provided training and technical support to more than 100 youth organizations and successfully lobbied for over $3.1 million in state appropriations to advance learning “beyond the classroom.” Youthprise champions youth board membership following the injunction of the McKnight Foundation that the organization be guided by youth. In 2017, Youthprise established its own youth-adult co-chair model, as well as increased the proportion of youth between the ages of 17 and 25 on its board, committees and leadership to fifty percent. Marcus Pope, our speaker, is Youthprise’s Vice President overseeing grantmaking, development, advocacy, communications and implementing special projects.
