Final Narrative for YDC

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Youth Perspectives 2008

Camille Jones Taylor OliverTiffany Bailey Kerrie GreenHassante East Blair OliverLakesha Mack Sharnae MackAdult Advisor: Liz Walker Support Specialists: Catherine WolfgangCatalina Gonzales

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TABLE

OF

CONTENTS

I.

IntroductionII.

Objectives

III.

MethodologyIV.

Survey Results

V.

Overall Results

VI.

Conslusions

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I.

INTRODUCTION:

YOUTHadelphia

is

the

Youth

in

Philanthropy

Committee

of

The

Philadelphia

Foundation's

Fund

for

Children

(FFC).

YOUTHadelphia

was

established

in

October

2003.

YOUTHadelphia

is

a

group

of

diverse

youth

leaders

and

philanthropists

that

seek

to

better

Philadelphia

communities

through

granting

youth

‐

led

projects

organizations.

YOUTHadelphia

gives

Philadelphia

teens

opportunities

to

build

youth

power

by

being

in

control

of

giving

back

to

their

communities

and

funding

youth

‐

led

projects.

YOUTHadelphia

has

the

responsibility

of

advising

the

FFC

Advisory

Board

on

the

allocation

of

at

least

$100,000

a

year

in

grants

to

youth

led

programs

and

projects

throughout

Philadelphia.

The

$100,000

is

10%

of

the

FFC's

annual

allocations

and

comes

from

money

given

by

the

Philadelphia

Phillies

and

the

Eagles,

according

to

an

agreement

made

by

teams

and

the

City

of

Philadelphia.

When

the

two

Philadelphia

teams

built

their

stadiums,

the

Philadelphia

City

Council

brokered

a

deal

in

which

each

team

would

give

a

portion

of

their

profits

back

to

the

city.

Each

year,

for

a

total

of

30

years,

both

teams

will

donate

$1,000,000

to

support

youth

‐

serving

programs

in

Philadelphia.

Every

year

half

of

the

money

donated

by

these

teams

goes

into

an

endowment.

By

doing

so,

the

money

will

collect

an

interest

that

can

help

these

youth

‐

serving

programs

run

longer

than

30

years.

In

August

2008,

YOUTHadelphia

transferred

locations

from

The

Philadelphia

Foundation

to

The

Greater

Philadelphia

Federation

of

Settlements

(GPFS).

During

the

transition,

The

Fund

for

Children

allotted

funds

to

hire

a

full

time

adult

advisor

to

support

the

growth

and

expansion

of

YOUTHdelphia

as

Philadelphia’s

only

City

‐

Wide

youth

led

Philanthropy

Board.

II.

YOUTH

PERSPECTIVES

HISTORY:

During

the

summer

of

2004,

YOUTHadelphia

sought

to

reach

out

to

youth

across

the

city

in

order

to

better

understand

their

needs

and

interests.

They

named

the

project

Youth

Perspectives

.

The

main

purpose

of

the

2004

Youth

Perspectives

Project

was

to

help

direct

both

YOUTHadelphia

committee

members

and

the

Philadelphia

Foundation's

Fund

for

Children

Advisory

Board

on

its

grant

making

priorities.

The

survey

included

six

questions

concerning

the

youth

of

the

city,

their

gender,

age,

and

the

area

in

which

they

reside.

The

survey

included

questions

regarding

issues

youth

feel

are

important

to

the

city

of

Philadelphia;

issues

that

impact

the

personal

lives

of

youth;

ways

that

youth

spend

their

free

time;

factors

that

limit

youth

participation

in

extracurricular

activities;

ways

in

which

youth

get

information

about

community

and

school

events;

and

the

types

of

programs

and

activities

that

are

of

interest

to

them.

At

the

end

of

the

project,

based

on

the

answers

they

received

from

youth

in

Philadelphia,

the

board

came

to

the

decision

that

YOUTHadelphia's

grant

‐

making

priorities

would

be:

education,

safety,

poverty,

health,

environment,

substance

abuse,

and

racism

and

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