YouthFund
Small teams, serious ideas.
Meet the high-school founders we’re backing with funding, role models, and community — and if you’re a founder-to-be, the next cohort is yours to apply for.
Project Capybara
Isabell Huang & Brian Kim · Stuyvesant HS & Bronx HS of Science
Project Capybara strives to invoke a greater sense of awareness around psychological issues within the community, united by stories.
Novus
Ethan Zhang & Andrew Chin · Stuyvesant High School
Novus connects high school and college students with real projects for NYC small businesses. Businesses get useful support; students build experience they can show.
Operation Gem
Grace Jung & Hannah Moon · Georgetown High Schoool
G.E.M. (Generational Empowerment Movement) is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit organization dedicated to the betterment of senior lives through volunteering.
Scienceholic
Joyce Hai & Molly Zhao · Cornell University
ScienceHolic magazine is a youth-run nonprofit that aims to introduce intricate scientific concepts in biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, etc. in a manner that is fun and comprehensible to all students ages 12-18.
New Voters
Jahnavi Rao · Harvard School
New Voters is dedicated to making the youth voice heard through nonpartisan, evidence-based high school voter engagement
Beyond the Game Wellness
Gavin Cheng & Jiaheng Yu · Stuyvesant HS & Bronx HS of Science
At Beyond the Game Wellness, our mission is to empower and educate the youth in sports through the provision of reliable and easily understandable information about sports-related injuries, injury prevention methods, and recovery methods.