Making the digital world an easier place to grow up
We fund and scale nonprofits helping young people, families and educators thrive in a tech-filled world.
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Weâve reached over 868k young people, awarded $4.7 million in nonprofit grants and funded 51 organizations
For more detailed reporting, please read our yearly impact reports.
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Introducing the Unwritten Challenge
Applications are open!
Supporting bold solutions that help young people ages 10 to 19 learn deeply, think critically, and make healthy decisions in an AI-shaped world.
The Unwritten Challenge will distribute a minimum of $1 million in grants across 10+ U.S. nonprofits, with individual awards ranging from $50,000 to $100,000.
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Apply by October 16, 2026.
Learn about our latest initiative
Helping young people thrive in an AI-shaped world.
Groundwork is Young Futuresâ initiative to strengthen the human capacities young people need as AI reshapes how they learn, connect, and make decisions.
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Through funding, youth listening, and shared learning, weâre supporting nonprofits and bringing young people, educators, and caregivers together to help shape what comes next.
What is digital tension?
Introducing the
YF500 Initiative
$50M Goal
The YF500 is our five-year commitment to fund and scale 500 nonprofit innovators. Five hundred chances to change the course of youth wellbeing and build a nationwide infrastructure for youth wellbeing.
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Weâre building an ecosystem of solutions for youth wellbeing
Through our open-call funding challenges, we fund youth-focused nonprofits advancing bold new ideas that ease digital pressures and strengthen youth wellbeing.
Express Yourself
Here Comes the Fun
Lonely Hearts Club
Call Me Maybe
Oops!...AI Did It Again
Under Pressure
Read the Young Futures Substack
Meet Our Grantees
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Invest Together in the Future of Young People
Join leading funders partnering with Young Futures to scale proven solutions nationwide.
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More About Young Futures
About Us
Weâre on a mission to make the digital world an easier place to grow up.
The YF500
Funding and scaling a community of 500 innovators across the nation.
Our Impact
Investing in leaders and solutions to shift youth wellbeing.