Center for Effective Philanthropy
For Exploring A YouthTruth Initiative In The Bay Area
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Amount$155,318
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Program
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Date Awarded6/9/2017
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Term7.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
YouthTruth is a student feedback survey program based out of the Center for Effective Philanthropy. It was borne out of a conversation between the Center for Effective Philanthropy and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation back in 2008. The foundation was seeking to hear from different voices — and one that was missing was the voice of the people whose lives they were trying to affect: the students themselves! Since then, YouthTruth has exceeded its founding expectations in its service to schools and districts, surveying over half a million students across more than 200 districts in 36 states. With this grant, YouthTruth will explore a Bay Area initiative to bring together schools and funders to learn from students.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.effectivephilanthropy.org
Grants to this Grantee
for YouthTruth’s Civic Readiness Project
YouthTruth is a national survey project, operated by the Center for Effective Philanthropy, that harnesses student and stakeholder feedback to help educators and educational leaders make better decisions, leading to better experiences and outcomes for students. Today, YouthTruth has surveyed over 2.9 million students and over 700,000 staff and family members across 39 states. This grant will support YouthTruth’s Civic Readiness Project, which seeks to learn from young people’s perceptions to inform philanthropic and school system partners’ efforts to prepare all youth to be civically ready members of society and to support the growth of a healthy, inclusive, multiracial democracy. The project will investigate which groups of youth feel civically empowered – or not – and perceptions of how school experiences promote – or impede – civic engagement. (Substrategy: Student and Community Voice)
for support of YouthTruth
YouthTruth is a national survey project operated by the Center for Effective Philanthropy. YouthTruth harnesses K-12 student and stakeholder feedback to help educators and leaders make informed decisions that lead to better experiences and outcomes for students in public schools. Today, YouthTruth has surveyed over 2.9 million students and over 700,000 staff and family members across 39 states. With this grant, YouthTruth will continue to expand its reach to schools and districts across the country as it amplifies the voices of students and families and increases public understanding of the experiences of students and stakeholders in public schools. (Substrategy: Student and Community Voice)
