Youth in Philanthropy Canada / Links

General links
Youth in philanthropy links
Going Green...environmental links
More good youth links...

General links

Bank of I.D.E.A.S.
The Bank of I.D.E.A.S. is motivated by the desire to create healthy, inclusive, sustainable and enterprising communities.
Community Foundations of Canada (CFC)
CFC is the membership organization for Canada's vibrant and growing network of community foundations.
Council on Foundations
US nonprofit membership organization for grantmaking foundations and corporations (including community foundations).
Global Youth Fund
Global Youth Fund is a Vancouver-based charity that provides young people with training and support to become effective leaders in a pluralistic world.
World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS)
An international alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.

Youth in philanthropy links

Coalition of Community Foundation Youth (CCFY)
CCFY is a network of over 275 community foundations in communities across the US dedicated to securing improved conditions for children, youth and families. This site has some excellent resources.
Togliatti Youth Bank
Check out the bilingual website (Russian and English) launched by our friends in Russia. The site was put together by the youth themselves.
YIPPSA (Youth in Philanthropy Programme South Africa)
Inyathelo - The South African Institute for Advancement (SAIA) began a pilot program called YIPPSA (Youth in Philanthropy Programme South Africa) in February 2006.
Youth Grantmakers.org (Michigan, US)
Youthgrantmakers.org is a communication of the Michigan Community Foundation Youth Project (MCFYP) of the Council of Michigan Foundations, with funding from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
Youth Leadership Institute (US)
Youth Leadership Institute builds communities where young people and their adult allies come together to create positive social change. The Insititute's mission includes a focus on youth philanthropy.
YouthBank (UK)
YouthBank is a new and innovative UK-wide grantmaking initiative run by young people for young people. Local YouthBanks provide small grants to projects led by young people, of benefit to the community and also to the young people taking part.

Going Green...environmental links

Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
In September 2006, 48 youth organizations from across Canada came together to form the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition - to stand united for a sane climate future. This non-partisan coalition is demanding immediate and meaningful action on climate change by governmental and private sector leaders. Founding members of the Coalition include labour unions, indigenous groups, green energy groups, student unions, environmental groups, faith-based groups and more.
The Centre for Integral Economics
The Centre for Integral Economics promotes innovative economic tools and policies that redirect the powerful influence of the marketplace toward sustainability. Working with business, government and non-profit partners, the Centre encourages innovative strategies that reconcile economic prosperity, social justice and environmental integrity.
Check Your Head
Check Your Head (CYH) is a youth driven organization located in Vancouver. CYH educates young people on global issues, by looking at the connection between global events and issues and local realities. Check Your Head provides education, resources, training and support for youth, who then facilitate workshops, organize events and coordinate projects promoting education and action around issues of globalization and social justice.
Enviromental Youth Alliance (EYA)
EYA, which is a local youth driven non-profit, has been connecting people with the world for over 15 years: people to natural spaces, communities to resources, youth to capacity, business to sustainability, government to grassroots action and inspiring ideas with a place to actualize them. By providing young people with meaningful employment, in projects that benefit our communities, we support our environment socially as well as ecologically.
Evergreen
Evergreen is an innovative charity that builds the relationship between nature, culture and community in urban spaces. Since 1991, we have engaged people in creating and sustaining healthy, dynamic outdoor spaces across Canada - in schools, communities and homes. Our entrepreneurial approach to social responsibility creates vibrant neighbourhoods, a healthy natural environment and a sustainable society for all.
Green Street
The Program endeavours to provide opportunities to actively engage students and teachers in environmental learning and sustainability education. The Program links schools in Canada to reputable Environmental Education organizations across the country.
Jane Goodall Institute
Founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, JGI is a global nonprofit that empowers people to make a difference for all living things. The institute focuses on creating healthy ecosystems, promoting sustainable livelihoods and nurturing new generations of committed, active citizens around the world.
The Sierra Youth Coalition
This is a Canadian organization run by youth for youth, serving as the youth arm of the Sierra Club of Canada. We are a group of inspired and committed youth who desire to see the working realities of sustainability integrated into the daily operations of life around us.
Smart Growth BC
Smart Growth BC is a provincial non-governmental organization devoted to fiscally, socially and environmentally responsible land use and development. Working with community groups, businesses, municipalities and the public, we advocate for the creation of more livable communities in British Columbia.
Spirit Bear Youth Coalition
The spirit or white Kermode bear is as unique to the world as the Panda and equally as threatened. For more than a decade, the youth-run Spirit Bear Youth Coalition has worked to unite the world in the quest to protect the last intact habitat of the rare white bear that numbers fewer than 200 and lives only on Canada's west coast. Today, the global network of more than six million has helped protect two-thirds of this habitat and is currently producing a forthcoming animated Hollywood movie to protect the final third.
20/20 Vision BC
20/20 Vision BC is a non-profit society committed to enabling concerned individuals to join others in influencing policy makers, in a spirit of goodwill, to protect the environment and enhance peace.
Youth Environmental Network (YEN)
YEN is a non-advocacy, non-partisan, National youth driven organization. It was created by four of Canada's leading Youth for Youth Organizations to become the first youth powered organization in Canada to address the need for capacity building in the Canadian youth environmental movement.