Northern Piedmont Community Foundation Youth Survey

What do Young People Want... READ ON!

Our Community Through Their Eyes

Youth in Philanthropy (YIP) is a NPCF youth leadership program that provides area teenagers real, hands-on experience with philanthropic giving and involvement in how our communities work. YIP provides young people guidance, money, and mentorship to fund local nonprofit organizations directly. Each grant cycle challenges them to study proposals, manage budgets, conduct site visits, work together, and present their decisions to an audience of peers and adults. After review, students award one nonprofit a $10,000 grant.

When applying to the program, students are asked two critical questions. These questions require them to consider their generation's challenges and how their community could help. We asked our students from Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, and Rappahannock counties about their responses from their applications. As a group, we then came up with the most critical issues for young people and how we could start solving them. Click Here To Read Their Answers.