Welcome to the YTFG Membership Online Portal. This portal can be used to sign up for YTFG convenings, access advance copies of documents for members, and update your contact information. 

If you are not a member of the YTFG Action Group, but would like to join our core group of philanthropic leaders working on youth-transition issues, please note the YTFG Action Group membership responsibilities below. To join the YTFG Action Group, email membershipservices@ytfg.org.

Membership Benefits & Responsibilities

Action Group Membership

At YTFG, we believe that a high level of participation in the Action Group has its unique privileges. Action Group Members enjoy the following benefits:

• Opportunity to actively participate in at least one YTFG work group to develop and invest in collaborative funding strategies.
• Invitation to join other philanthropic leaders at two peer-sharing and strategic planning meetings developed specifically to provide technical support to the investments of Action Group members. 
• Consistent access to YTFG knowledge base, technical expertise, and partnerships with policymakers, youth advocates, communications specialists, and youth-serving organizations.
• Special invitation to YTFG membership briefings and related forums on high-priority issues with key YTFG partners.
• Additional benefits associated with YTFG Supporting Membership.

YTFG stresses the importance of the leadership that Action Group Members can bring to the network and to the philanthropic sector as a whole.  We ask that Action Group Members commit to the following:

• Participation in at least one YTFG work group to help develop investment strategies.YTFG work groups meet regularly by conference call or in person to conduct their work. YTFG currently has three work groups: the Foster Care Work Group, the Multiple Pathways to Graduation (formerly Out-of-School Youth/Struggling Students) Work Group, and the Juvenile Justice Work Group.
• Attendance at two YTFG meetings each year to work and learn with colleagues.
• Strong consideration of and proactive efforts toward partnering with other YTFG members on investments.
• Dissemination of information, tools, and resources gained through YTFG within your individual institution, to other funders and funders’ networks, and to others in the field.
• Willingness to take on a leadership role in YTFG, when possible. All participation is voluntary, and YTFG relies on the commitment and effort of members to operate.
• Support of YTFG operations through grants and technical assistance. YTFG requests that all Action Group Members provide funds to support its small annual operating budget. These members are expected to make contributions ranging from $3,000 to $50,000 or more, depending on planned activities and available resources.

Additional Membership Category

General Membership

General Members are typically grantmakers with an interest in youth transition issues as one aspect of their overall grantmaking portfolio.  There are no membership dues at the General Membership Level.  General Members receive the quarterly YTFG E-Newsletter to Funders, advance copies of select publications, and special invitations to participate in YTFG teleconferences.

If you are interested in learning more about the YTFG membership levels, contact memberservices@ytfg.org.