Name a Founding Site

One family. One community. One generation.

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Give young people the structure to do real civic work in a community you care about

A YC² Founding Site brings young people together with trained coaches, community partners, and evidence-based methods to identify real local problems and create solutions the community can actually use. Not a simulation. Not a service project. Real civic work with tangible results.

Why This Matters

Young people have access to more information than ever. But meaningful civic participation requires something different: knowing people, working with people, taking responsibility, solving problems, and seeing consequence. That's what a Founding Site provides.

What a Founding Site Actually Does

A complete program includes: local partner development, student recruitment, two trained coaches, materials and participation support, student-selected challenges, stakeholder engagement, evidence gathering, implementation, documentation, evaluation, and connection to a national network of peers doing similar work.

What Your Money Does

  • $75,000 — Founding Site Partner: Establish and name a YC² founding site, supporting the full program infrastructure needed to serve generations of young people.
  • $38,000 — Cohort Sponsor: Kickstart one cohort at one of the five founding sites, supporting the coaching, programming, and student-led projects for that cohort.
  • $25,000 — Site Partner: Major share of local operations
  • $10,000 — Civic Project Partner: One project from identification through presentation
  • $5,000 — Founding Supporter: Student access, materials, and project seed funding

What Makes This Different

Connection → Collaboration → Commitment → Communication → Action → Impact. Students don't just learn about civic participation—they practice it. They work with others toward real objectives. They carry something through to tangible results.

Recognition

A $75,000 founding gift includes founding-site recognition, optional cohort or site naming, an annual impact briefing, and a supervised student showcase. Lower giving levels receive appropriate recognition.

Independence and Safeguards

Donor recognition never gives authority over student topics, research, conclusions, curriculum, evaluation, positions, or judging. All interaction is subject to youth-safety, privacy, permission, conflict-of-interest, and nonpartisan standards.

You choose the community. We bring the structure, training, and national network. Together, we give young people the chance to contribute something real—and discover what they're capable of when the work actually matters.