For Youth Development Organizations

Win More Youth Development Grants with Proven Outcomes Data

Northstar Toolkit helps youth-serving organizations find aligned funders, organize participant outcome data, and write applications that demonstrate real impact on young lives.

The Challenges Youth Development Organizations Face

Grant writing in youth development comes with unique obstacles. Northstar Toolkit is built to solve them.

Tracking Youth Outcomes Across Programs

Attendance, academic improvements, behavioral outcomes, and long-term follow-up data live in separate tracking systems — assembling a complete picture is time-consuming.

Proving Long-Term Impact

Youth development outcomes like career readiness and educational attainment take years to materialize. Funders want to see both immediate metrics and long-term trajectories.

Competing for Limited Youth Funding

Youth-serving organizations compete with schools, government programs, and larger national organizations. Standing out requires specific, localized impact evidence.

Multiple Program Lines

Organizations running mentoring, after-school, workforce development, and summer programs need different evidence sets for each — managed efficiently.

Youth Outcomes Evidence Library

Import participant surveys, academic outcome reports, and program evaluations into a structured library. Track evidence across multiple program lines and age groups.

  • Upload participant outcome reports and program evaluations
  • Organize by program type, age group, or outcome area
  • Track year-over-year improvements with source documentation
Evidence Library
12 items
2023 Annual Impact Report
Document
8 citations
Program Outcomes Summary
AI Insight
5 citations
Community Survey Results
Document
3 citations
Mission & History Overview
Org Field
6 citations
All sources verified
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Youth-Focused Funder Discovery

Search foundations funding mentoring, after-school programs, workforce development, juvenile justice alternatives, and youth leadership. See their 990 giving history.

  • Filter by youth focus: mentoring, after-school, workforce, leadership
  • Geographic filters for local and regional funders
  • AI alignment scoring based on your programs and populations

Riverside Community Foundation

Sacramento, CAEIN: 941234567
Strong Match
$42.3M
Total Giving
$65K
Avg Grant Size
651
Total Grants
AI Analysis

The Riverside Community Foundation shows strong alignment with community-focused organizations in the Pacific Northwest. Their emphasis on equity and local impact suggests excellent potential for partnership.

Strengths & Alignments

  • Focus on community development aligns well with your mission.
  • History of multi-year funding relationships.

Considerations

  • Competitive with a 15% acceptance rate.

Applications Backed by Youth Outcomes

Generate drafts that cite your actual participant data — completion rates, academic improvements, and survey results. Every metric traceable to source documents.

  • AI drafts citing your specific youth outcome metrics
  • Gap analysis for logic models and evaluation plans
  • Anti-hallucination ensures every claim is verifiable
Draft Assistant
Section: Organizational Capacity
AI Draft

The Urban Sustainability Coalition has demonstrated measurable impact in climate resilience programming since 2015. In FY2023, we served 2,847 community members across 12 urban neighborhoods.

Source: 2023 Annual Impact Report, p.12
"Direct program participants increased 34% year-over-year..."

Our annual budget of $1.2M supports a team of 8 full-time staff with expertise in environmental justice and community organizing.

3 sources cited
All verified
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7 stages
Full grant lifecycle workflow
5 seats
Included in every plan
$79/mo
Full access, billed annually

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Northstar work for after-school and mentoring programs?

Yes. Northstar Toolkit works for any youth-serving organization — after-school programs, mentoring organizations, youth workforce development, summer camps, and juvenile justice alternatives.

Can I track outcomes across multiple youth programs?

Absolutely. Your evidence library can organize data by program type, age group, geographic location, or any other category. Evidence is accessible across all your grant applications.

How does the platform handle youth privacy concerns?

You upload de-identified aggregate outcome data — not individual participant records. The system works with program-level metrics and evaluation summaries.

Is there a free trial to test with my organization?

Yes. Every plan includes a 7-day free trial. You can import your data, explore the funder database, and test the grant writing tools with your actual programs.

Ready to Win More Youth Development Grants?

Join youth development organizations using Northstar Toolkit to find funders, organize evidence, and write winning applications.

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