Resource Listings
How-to Resources
YIP TIPs (produced by CFC)
Sample materials from YACs
General Resources
Global YIP Resources
Communications and Media Resources
Youth Leadership Institute resources
YIP Fact:
Community Foundations of Canada elected a youth member to its own national Board in 2004. Amrik Randhawa is a long-standing member of one of the first YACs (Surrey, BC) and is an active voice supporting youth philanthropy in Canada.
How-to Resources
NEW! Getting to Give (PDF)
Cmmunity Foundations of Canada, December 2007
Ideas and resources for youth fund development.
YIP Canada Making Grants Manual (PDF - 473 KB)
Community Foundations of Canada, August 2007
Learn from practical examples provided by other YACs on how to consider your approach to grantmaking, set grantmaking policies and guidelines, review your application process, and more.
Engaging Youth in Philanthropy: Three resources in one toolkit tailor-made for Youth, Adult Advisors and Board Members
Community Foundations of Canada, 2004
This toolkit is packed with practical suggestions and examples to guide youth, Board members and adult advisors through all the stages of starting, running and supporting young people in their work with local community foundations. To order it, visit CFC's on-line Bookstore (click on title above).
Youth in Philanthropy Advisory Councils - Getting Started! (PDF - 310 KB)
Community Foundations of Canada, January 2006
The first completed module of a resource manual for YIP advisory committees offers loads of practical advice for those just getting started. This module focuses on developing your council or committee and grantmaking.
YAC Training Manual (PDF - 5,749 KB)
Community Foundation of Greater Kingston
"What is all this YACin' about?" is a training manual for Youth Advisory Committee members published by the Community Foundation of Greater Kingston. It's a good example for others wanting to develop a training manual for their YAC.
Practical information for YIP Committees (PDF - 423 KB)
The Winnipeg Foundation
Includes "Organizing Your YIP Committee" and "Grantmaking for YIP Committees". These documents offer practical tips and guidance on policy development. Winnipeg's committees are school-based, and these documents reflect that structure in some areas.
YAC Policies and Procedures Manual (PDF - 1,894 KB)
Vancouver Foundation, 2001
YIP TIPs (produced by CFC)
Getting the most out of community foundation meetings and conferences - Part 1 (PDF - 24 KB)
Getting the most out of community foundation meetings and conferences - Part 2, Managing Risk (PDF - 26 KB)
Orientation sessions for new Youth Advisory Councils (PDF - 22 KB)
Adult advisors screening checklist (PDF - 40 KB)
YIP: the community leadership role (PDF - 22 KB)
YAC fund development training (PDF - 136 KB)
Quotes on Philanthropy, Giving and Generosity (PDF - 90 KB)
Sample materials from YACs
PowerPoint presentations - template from YIP Canada (MS Powerpoint - 50 KB)
Many YACs have the chance to present to other groups about their community foundation, youth philanthropy, or special projects. PowerPoint can be a useful tool in presentations, but the information, inspiration and energy must come from the presenters! Check out the YIP Canada template and the other sample presentations here. If your YAC has one, send it along!
YAC PowerPoint presentation (MS Powerpoint - 896 KB)
Community Foundation of Kitchener and Waterloo, 2005
Youth Advisory Council: A work in progress... (MS Powerpoint - 2,360 KB)
The Kamloops Foundation
YAC grant application (PDF)
London Community Foundation, 2006
General Resources
"Unleashing Youth Potential: Understanding and Growing Youth Participation in Philanthropy and Volunteerism" (PDF - 156 KB)
Community Foundations of Canada, April 2004
"Youth in Philanthropy", 8-minute video/DVD
Community Foundations of Canada
This video/DVD includes footage from many YACs, plus the youth participation at the 2002 CFC National Conference. Providing basic information about what a YAC is, how they operate, and examples of grants, it is a valuable tool for YAC orientation sessions and for recruiting new YAC members. To order it, contact Barbara Oates McMillan, boates@cfc-fcc.ca or tel. +1.604.986.3084.
Learning by Heart: Engaging Youth in Philanthropy
The Winnipeg Foundation, 2004
This four-page booklet describes the school-based approach that The Winnipeg Foundation has taken towards building youth philanthropy.
More Philanthropy Quotes (PDF - 239 KB)
ProNet (United States)
To make it easy to spice up your YIP brochures or presentations, CFC has provided a handy two-page YIP TIPs with philanthropy quotes (above). If you're looking for more, here's a 27-pager!
Global YIP Resources
Global Community Foundation Activity Map
Community foundations: symposium on a global movement, Updated regularly
Roll your mouse over the map for a country by country update on community foundation development. This webpage also offers a link to the lastest Community Foundation Global Status Report, published by WINGS-CF, for more detailed profiles.
Changing the Face of Giving: An Assessment of Youth Philanthropy
Youth Leadership Institute & James Irvine Foundation
The Youth Leadership Institute (US) examines youth philanthropy as it is now being practiced and recommends future directions for this new field. This report was written to help nonprofits, government agencies, and foundations focused on youth learn more about the spread, depth, and potential of the youth philanthropy movement.
Communications and Media Resources
CFC News Room
Community Foundations of Canada
The source for news and announcements about Canada's community foundations.
Media Awareness Network
The Media Awareness Network is a Canadian non-profit that has been pioneering the development of media literacy programs since its incorporation in 1996.
Youth Media Info Center
The FreeChild Project
This social change website has great links to youth media organizations, publishers and resources.
Youth Leadership Institute resources
Background on the Youth Leadership Institute
The resources in this section are from The Youth Leadership Institute in California and will be a valuable addition to every YAC's toolkit. They can assist community foundation youth advisory councils and the youth organizations they work with in supporting or developing solid, sustainable programs. Below is some background directly from YLI on their approach:
"The Youth Leadership Institute builds communities where young people and their adult allies come together to create positive social change. We design and implement community-based programs that provide youth with leadership skills in the areas of drug and alcohol abuse prevention, philanthropy, and civic engagement. Building on these real-world program experiences, the Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) creates curricula and training programs that enable us to foster social change efforts across the nation, all while promoting best practices in the field of youth development.
"YLI's youth philanthropy programs and training have empowered thousands of young people who have positively changed their own lives and communities through grantmaking. YLI envisions youth philanthropy as an approach for greater youth participation in communities and institutions. Far more than just a means for young people to learn and practice giving time and money, it is a way to foster real inquiry into the needs and concerns of youth, and give young people important tools for action. In our youth philanthropy approach, young grantmakers are challenged to devise guidelines that fit with real youth priorities and needs.
"As importantly, we encourage grantseekers to deepen this investigation of community needs, their underlying causes, and demonstrate how their proposed projects help address them these causes. Because we believe that foundations are important community institutions, we are also working to increase opportunities for meaningful youth engagement in foundation grantmaking and policy decisions. For more information about YLI, visit our website at www.yli.org, or contact Matt Rosen at 415.455.1676 or mrosen@yli.org."
Around for a While (PDF - 1,300 KB)
Youth Leadership Institute, November 2005
Staying Power: Sustaining Youth-led Projects for the Long Haul (PDF - 3,000 KB)
Youth Leadership Institute, 2005
Planning for Action! A Workbook for Youth Who Want Cash from YIP (PDF)
Youth Leadership Institute, 2004
This file contains the cover only.
Planning for Action! A Workbook for Youth Who Want Cash from YIP (PDF - 629 KB)
Youth Leadership Institute, 2004
Full workbook (cover above).
