What does the YouthBridge Community Foundation do?
YouthBridge Community Foundation, founded in 1877, is focused on capitalizing children’s charities. Our services are two pronged – to help children’s agencies implement business practices to build productive capital and achieve sustainability and to help donors, or philanthropic investors, find stable charitable organizations in which to invest. Our strategy of building equity capital and promoting social enterprise is designed to attain our mission of building a network of strong, effective and sustainable social agencies to support disadvantaged children. [see more] [hear more] How old is the YouthBridge Community Foundation? YouthBridge is more than 130 years old. It began in 1877 under the name German General Protestant Orphan’s Association changing to General Protestant Children’s Home in the early 1900s (GPCH) and to YouthBridge Association in 2003. In 2008, it became the YouthBridge Community Foundation to better align itself with its goals and vision. How does YouthBridge defin