Low income youth

  • Youth Opportunity (2018-2025)

    Since its inception in the summer of 2018, the Youth Opportunity (YO) initiative, launched by the International Youth Foundation (IYF) with funding from McDonald’s Corporation, has been a beacon of hope and opportunity for young people in Chicago,

  • Skills for Success

    The rapid development of communication and sharing of information has profoundly affected how organizations conduct business.

  • Do Good Program (2018-2022)

    Launched in 2018, the Do Good portfolio started as a three-year initiative of IYF and Rodan + Fields Prescription for Change Foundation to equip Nashville youth, ages 14-18, from marginalized communities with the skills, suppor

  • Clave para el Futuro

    We joined forces with the PepsiCo Foundation to connect more young people in Mexico with the training to find jobs in the most dynamic sectors.

  • Young Entrepreneurs (2012–2014)

    Knowing there aren’t nearly enough formal jobs for the young people entering the labor market in India, we’ve worked to help youth create their own opportunities.

  • Youth:Work Mexico (2010–2014)

    Together with USAID, in 2010 we launched a four-year program called Youth:Work Mexico  to address challenges youth face in Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana, some of the country’s most violent and crime-ridden communities.

  • Planning for Life

    The goal of this two-phase USAID-funded initiative was to increase the integration of youth reproductive health and family planning into IYF’s youth development programs and strengthen the relevant technical capacity of IYF staff and implementing

  • Caribbean Youth Empowerment Program (CYEP) (2008–2013)

    In 2008, in partnership with USAID, IYF launched the Caribbean Youth Empowerment Program (CYEP) to provide young people with positive youth development opportunities across the region.