Children & youth charities

Since 1999, has supported at-risk young people in Appalachian Ohio through foster care, emergency youth shelters, YouthBuild job-readiness training and academic help, and the Sojo Resiliency Center in Athens, a drop-in space for ages 12–21.

A Denver-based US 501(c)(3) that funds community-led projects in and around Medellín, Colombia, focused on children's nutrition, education, health care and safety, including a neighborhood soup kitchen, a youth soccer program and a children's home.

Founded in 2008, this Dutch-Colombian foundation promotes the social integration of 450+ children disadvantaged by poverty, violence, and addiction through comprehensive educational, sports, and cultural programs in Medellín's hillside comunas.

Aims to break the cycle of generational poverty by pairing children with salaried, professional mentors from pre-kindergarten through graduation — a 12+ year commitment, "no matter what" — across 42 locations nationwide.

Finds, funds and strengthens small grassroots organizations working with children and young people facing adversity, granting $7.4M+ to 293 partners in 40 countries in 2022–23; its partners have spanned more than 90 countries.

Journeys alongside children impacted by trafficking and works to prevent it through survivor care in the US and the Philippines and its "Not a Number" prevention curriculum, which has facilitators in 21 US states.

Helps older children in foster care and orphanages find caring adults and, where possible, permanent families through its Family Visit Model and mentoring in the US and Colombia, emergency evacuation work in Ukraine, and family reunification in Sierra Leone.