We’re YouthBuild

With love and respect, YouthBuild partners with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. At nearly 300 YouthBuild programs across the United States and around the world, students reclaim their education, gain job skills, and become leaders in their communities.

To date, YouthBuild has partnered with more than 180,000 young people to dedicate 50 million hours of service benefitting urban, rural, and tribal communities. YouthBuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their potential, and power to transform themselves and their communities. Learn more about our impact.

Our Story

For over 40 years, YouthBuild has supported the mission of YouthBuild programs around the world by providing training, technical assistance, information systems, opportunities to promote sustainability, and other expertise to ensure maximum quality and impact. This model, including our core elements, helps us bring our framework to programs throughout the world.

Leadership

YouthBuild’s Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors support our overall mission both domestically and internationally.

Financials

YouthBuild USA and YouthBuild International take great pride in our financial integrity and transparency.

Our Partners

Partnerships across the public and private sector are vital to implementing our work domestically and internationally.

Latest News

John Valverde Elected to the Council on Criminal Justice

John Valverde, president and CEO of the global nonprofit YouthBuild USA, has been elected as a member of the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ), a national invitational membership organization and think tank.