Charities are in Need:

• Two-thirds of charities saw drops in charitable giving in 2008.¹ And 2010 will most likely be worse ² - they need help from an untapped source.

• There are over one million charitable organizations in the United States.³ And over 400 youth-serving nonprofits in Denver.⁴

• Charitable giving accounted for 2.2% of GDP - it’s an important part of our economy!¹

Corporations Give:

• Corporate foundations gave $4.2 billion in 2006.²

• Corporate giving, including grants from corporate foundations, increased substantially by 18.5 percent, to $13.8 billion.⁵

Youth will be Empowered Now and Long into Their Future

• The nonprofit sector employs 10.2 million people, accounting for 6.9% of the total U.S workforce.⁶

• More than half a million new nonprofit leaders will be needed over the next decade.⁷

• The Positive Youth Development model, which YouthRoots is grounded in, has shown to correlate with healthy and successful adulthoods.⁸

This is a win-win-win:

• The funds raised will positively affect an existing nonprofit while providing youth with the experience of learning and implementing fundraising, leadership, and decision-making skills, all lifelong proficiencies.

1 Giving USA 2009
2 The Foundation Center 2009
3 Internal Revenue Service
4 Guidestar.org
5 The Chronicle of Philanthropy
6 National Center for Charitable Statistics
7  The Bridgespan Group, “The nonprofit sector’s leadership deficit”
8 “Positive Youth Development: A Literature Review”