Join the Movement for Youth Led Change

Your time, skills, and generosity help young people turn local ideas into real action. When you get involved with TYCL International, you support small grants that place trust and resources directly in the hands of youth leaders shaping change in their own communities.

Ways You Can Get Involved

There are several ways to support TYCL’s work. Each one helps strengthen youth-led innovation by expanding access to small grants, mentorship, and connection across communities.

Provide leadership, governance, and resource development that help youth-led innovation grow globally.

Join Our Board

Share your skills and time to support youth innovators, grant processes, communications, and learning.

Volunteer With Us

Mobilize resources that make small grants possible for youth-led projects.

Fundraise for TYCL

Collaborate as an organization, school, or business that believes in youth leadership and community-rooted innovation.

Become a Partner

Become a TYCL Board Member

TYCL International seeks values-aligned leaders who believe in youth leadership, locally driven solutions, and equitable access to resources.

Board members play a critical role in guiding our strategy, strengthening accountability, and expanding the reach of our small-grant support.

What You Gain

A meaningful opportunity to support youth led change across continents

A chance to serve as an ambassador for youth led rights and justice movement

Collaboration with global leaders, researchers, artists, and youth advocates

The joy of investing in emerging youth leaders and their community solutions

Responsibilities

Provide strategic guidance and organizational oversight

Support fundraising and resource development

Strengthen networks and partnerships

Promote TYCL’s mission and values

Uphold transparent and ethical governance

Join Our Board

Share Your Skills and Make a Difference

Volunteers support TYCL by strengthening the systems that make youth-led innovation possible. We welcome people from diverse backgrounds who want to contribute skills, time, and care.

Ways to Volunteer

Youth Innovation Support

Assist youth-led teams with planning, reflection, and learning as their projects grow.

Grant and Research Support

Help with grant reviews, documentation, learning summaries, or research support.

Communications and Storytelling

Support youth innovators by amplifying their stories through writing, design, or digital media.

Remote Opportunities

Contribute from anywhere through research, design, facilitation, or administrative support.

Become a Volunteer

Fundraise for Youth-Led Innovation

Fundraising helps expand access to small grants for youth-led projects. Anyone can host a fundraiser that fuels local ideas and community-driven solutions.

Ways to Fundraise
Host a birthday fundraiser
Create a peer to peer giving page
Organize a community or school event
Invite friends and family to donate
Run, bike, or walk for TYCL
Partner with a local business or club

TYCL provides guidance, tools, and support to help your fundraiser succeed.

Start a Fundraiser

Partner With TYCL

Organizations and businesses play an important role in expanding youth led programs around the world. Together we can co-create safe spaces, strengthen digital wellbeing, and uplift community solutions.

If your organization wants to support young people, let’s build something meaningful together.

Become a Partner

Partnership Opportunities

School and university partnerships
Community and youth organization collaborations
Corporate social responsibility initiatives
Research and public interest technology partnerships
Mental health and creative arts programming

Ready to Get Involved? Apply Today

Use the form below if you are interested in joining TYCL as a board member or volunteer. Our team will follow up to learn more about your interests and how you would like to contribute.

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Ready to stand with youth leaders?

Whether you bring lived experience, professional expertise, or financial resources, there is a place for you in this community. Join our board, make a gift, or volunteer your time to help young people build the futures they deserve.

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