How we work

Three things every young founder needs.

Fellows join a cohort and build together — each one getting the pieces that usually only arrive in college.

Funding

We back student ventures with grants and funding — enough to turn an idea into a first prototype, a first user, a first launch.

Support

Whether you’ve already started something or are still deciding what to build, you get a Monthly Hero Talk. Selected fellows lead their own teams and serve their own communities, with a peer cohort on the same journey and YouthFund in their corner, so building something never feels like building it alone.

Ecosystem

You build alongside a cohort of fellows, monthly heroes, and partners — the community that makes ambitious ideas possible.

Explore the ecosystem