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 The Express Yourself Challenge is Now Open. Apply now! 👀
 The Express Yourself Challenge is Now Open. Apply now! 👀
 The Express Yourself Challenge is Now Open. Apply now! 👀
 The Express Yourself Challenge is Now Open. Apply now! 👀
 The Express Yourself Challenge is Now Open. Apply now! 👀
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Making the digital world an easier place to grow up

We fund and scale nonprofits helping young people, families and educators thrive in a tech-filled world.

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New CHallenge open!
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READ OUR SUBSTACK

We’ve reached over 868K young people, awarded $3.25 million in nonprofit grants and funded 41 YF Innovators

For more detailed reporting, please read our yearly impact reports.

Introducing the Express Yourself Challenge

Application period is now open.

Supporting bold solutions that help girls, boys and trans- and gender-expansive young people build confidence, belonging, and agency in a digitally shaped world.

The Express Yourself Challenge Series will distribute a minimum of $1.5M+ in grants across 10+ organizations, with individual awards ranging from $50,000 to $100,000.


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About the challenge

Youth First. Always.

We’re building an ecosystem of solutions for youth wellbeing

Through our open-call funding challenges, we fund youth-focused nonprofits advancing bold new ideas that ease digital pressures and strengthen youth wellbeing.

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LEARN MORE

Express Yourself

Navigating Gender Pressure Online.
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Here Comes the Fun

Reimagining play as a pathway to wellbeing.
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Lonely Hearts Club

Beglonging in a hyperconnected world.
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Call Me Maybe

Reimagining phone use in schools by putting students at the center.
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Oops!...AI Did It Again

Empowering teens to navigate a world reshaped by artificial intelligence.
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Under Pressure

Alleviating the pressures pre-teens and teens face in today's tech-driven world.
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Introducing the

YF500 Initiative

$26M Raised

$50M Goal

The YF500 is our five-year commitment to fund and scale 500 nonprofit innovators. Five hundred chances to change the course of youth wellbeing and build a nationwide infrastructure for youth wellbeing.

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LEARN ABOUT THE YF500

Read the Young Futures Substack

Stay up to date on our work, upcoming funding challenges, and what we’re learning about youth wellbeing in a digital world.
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Read the SUbstack

Meet Our Grantees

AKA The YF Innovators
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VIEW YF INNOVATOR DIRECTORY
Senior Director of Implementation and Partnership
Marcus Bratton
Colorado Education Initiative
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Founder & CEO
Trisha Prabhu
ReThink Citizens
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Founder
Jennifer Chiou
CodeSpeak Labs
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Executive Director
Carolyn Gan
California Partners Project
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Founder & Executive Director
Juliana Lozano
Despierta
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Director of Development
Abby Binder
Civics Unplugged
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CEO & Co-Founder
Josh Thompson
Civics Unplugged
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Co-founder
Anahita Dalmia
Agents of Influence
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Founder & Director
Regisha “Reggie” Rijkaard
Pause4Peace
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Co-founder
Diana Turner
Be Loud Studios
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Director of Programs
Kimberly Tsai
Challenge Success
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Chief Program Officer
Alise Dixon
Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan
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Executive Director
Luke Wall
Only7Seconds
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Co-founder & COO
Atiksh Bhan
Lookupp
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Erin Truesdell
Skyscraper Games (Entrepreneurial Game Studio at Drexel University)
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Executive Director
Domenico "Dom" Ruggerio
We Are Family
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Assistant Principal
Valerie Tillman-Bankhead
Holmes Consolidated School District
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Founder & CEO
Maddie Freeman
NoSo
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Executive Director
Luke Wall
Only7Seconds
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Co-Chair
Arielle Geismar
Design It For Us
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Co-founder
Diana Turner
Be Loud Studios
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Director of Development
Abby Binder
Civics Unplugged
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Policy Implementation & Grants Manager
Lindsay Butrum
The Policy Project
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Research Engineer
Dr. Kathryn Youngblood
Debris Tracker Junior (University of Georgia)
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Co-Chair
Zamaan Qureshi
Design It For Us
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Founder & Executive Director
Beth Rosenberg
Tech Unlimited
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Founder & President
Lewis Bernstein
Sesame 3G
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Erin Truesdell
Skyscraper Games (Entrepreneurial Game Studio at Drexel University)
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Founding Director
Dr. Lynn E. Fiellin
play2PREVENT Lab
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Co-founder & Executive Director
Mike Fauteux
GiveThx
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Founder & CEO
Trisha Prabhu
ReThink Citizens
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Chief Executive Officer
Alex LeeNatali
Health Connected
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Chief Operations Officer
Kat Eves
Give Us The Floor
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Founder
Jennifer Chiou
CodeSpeak Labs
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Senior Director of Implementation and Partnership
Marcus Bratton
Colorado Education Initiative
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Founder & Executive Director
Valerie Grison-Alsop
Give Us The Floor
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FUNDERS and PARTNERS

Invest Together in the Future of Young People

Join leading funders partnering with Young Futures to scale proven solutions nationwide.

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learn More about Partnerships

More About Young Futures

About Us

We’re on a mission to make the digital world an easier place to grow up.

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The YF500

Funding and scaling a community of 500 innovators across the nation.

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Our Impact

Investing in leaders and solutions to shift youth wellbeing.

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Young Futures is dedicated to providing the resources to build a better future for the next generation, one where every young person feels a sense of belonging and has the agency to shape their own path.

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