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Uncuffed Ministries Inc
United States
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Baltimore, MD
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Youth Development
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Negrosanon Young Leaders Institute
Philippines
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Bacolod City, Negros Island Region
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Social Services
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Stichting Sailing Kids
Netherlands
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Tiel, Gelderland
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Health
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God Peace Ministry
Netherlands
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Amstelveen, North Holland
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Religion
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Stichting Kinderfonds MAMAS
Netherlands
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Bussum
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Youth Development
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Asociacion Mexicana De Ayuda A Niños Concancer, Iap
Mexico
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Ciudad de México
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Health
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Project PEARLS
Philippines
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Caloocan City, Metro Manila
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Social Services
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Stichting Sta op voor Kinderen
Netherlands
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Leeuwarden, Friesland
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Youth Development
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特定非営利活動法人make Happy
Japan
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Miyagi
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Disaster Relief
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Cruz Roja Mexicana, Iap
Mexico
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Ciudad de México
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Health
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La Maison'Elle
Belgium
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Rixensart, Walloon Brabant
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Education
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La Maison de Frasnes
Belgium
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Les Bons Villers, Hainaut
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Environment
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Vereniging Egmondse Reddingsbrigade (E.R.B.)
Netherlands
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Egmond aan Zee, North Holland
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Disaster Relief
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Association Royale des Eleves des Ecoles Speciales
Belgium
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Liège
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Education
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Stichting Future Light Football Academy
Netherlands
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The Hague
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Youth Development
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Music for Children
Netherlands
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Amsterdam
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Youth Development
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Stichting de Boshalte
Netherlands
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Amstelveen, North Holland
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Community Development
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Sint-Jan Berchmansinstituut
Belgium
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Puurs-Sint-Amands, Antwerp
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Education
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Service Civil International (Branche Belge)
Belgium
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Elsene, Brussels
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International
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créactions
Belgium
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Brussels, Brussels
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Education
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What is a youth development charity?
Youth Development is the cause for organizations that help young people grow outside formal schooling: mentoring, leadership training, youth clubs, and out-of-school support. The directory above lists nonprofits carrying this cause tag, from small local mentoring groups to national youth development organizations, and can be filtered by country and size. Cause tags are assigned by GiveRadar from each charity's name, stated mission, and registry classification; a charity cannot pick or pay for this tag.
A youth development charity is a nonprofit whose work builds young people's skills, confidence, and support networks outside the formal education system: mentoring, leadership programs, youth clubs, and outreach to young people who lack stable adult support. The label describes what the organization works on, not its legal form: the charities tagged with this cause range from volunteer-run local groups to large youth development organizations with paid staff. What unites them is the issue: young people navigating the years between childhood and adulthood, and the adults and structures that help them do it. Schools, tuition, and scholarship funds are a different cause; youth development covers what happens around and after the school day.
What do youth development charities do?
Youth development charities run programs that give young people skills, structure, and trusted adults: the work is long-term and relationship-based rather than a single service. Typical activities among organizations listed here include:
- Mentoring programs that pair young people with vetted adult volunteers over months or years
- Youth clubs and safe after-school spaces with structured activities
- Leadership and civic engagement training: youth councils, debate, community projects
- Life-skills programs covering budgeting, communication, and independent living
- Outdoor and character-building programs in the scouting tradition
- Street outreach and drop-in support for at-risk or disconnected youth
- Peer support groups and youth-led initiatives where young people run the programming
The mix differs by country and by organization: use the country and size filters above to see what this looks like where you want to give.
How to check a youth development charity before you give
The single most important check for a youth development charity is safeguarding: this work puts adults in sustained, often one-on-one contact with minors, so look for a published child protection or safeguarding policy and a stated vetting process for staff and volunteers. Two more checks matter specifically for this cause. First, continuity: mentoring and youth-club work only helps when it lasts, so recent filings and an active web presence are better signals here than for causes built on one-off services. Second, clarity about who does the work: a credible organization can say whether programs are run by trained staff, screened volunteers, or partners. Each profile in the directory shows registration details, filings where available, leadership, and an integrity assessment: that score measures how much the organization discloses, not how good its programs are, so treat it as a starting point. All five steps are laid out in our guide for donors, and you can run any specific name through the charity checker.
Common questions
What is a youth development charity?
A youth development charity is a nonprofit that helps young people build skills, confidence, and supportive relationships outside formal schooling, through work such as mentoring, youth clubs, leadership training, and outreach to at-risk youth. On GiveRadar it is a cause tag: the directory on this page lists organizations tagged with it, each with registration details, filings where available, and an integrity assessment. The tag describes the issue the charity works on; the broader sector view of the same organizations sits in our categories index.
What is positive youth development?
Positive youth development is an approach that treats young people as assets to be developed rather than problems to be fixed: programs build competence, confidence, connection, character, and caring instead of only targeting risks like dropout or offending. Many of the charities listed here describe their work in these terms. GiveRadar does not evaluate whether a program follows the approach well: our data covers registration, finances, and disclosure, so read each organization's own materials for its program model.
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