Youth Philanthropy: Studying Potential for Inequalities in Outcomes

• In Event: 30461 - Section on Children and Youth Roundtables
  In Refereed Roundtable (60 minute): Table 1. Youth and Peer Relationships

Abstract

This paper shares results from a study of youth philanthropy. Findings from a prior analysis in this series indicated that the program fosters positive youth outcomes. Data are from a youth philanthropy program that is currently hosted within 12 community organizations located in 10 US states. Youth participate for two years as juniors and seniors in high school, and the outcome data are collected annually upon youth graduating from the program at the end of the second year. This paper is based on youth surveys collected to date (n=180). The goal of the current study is to assess answers to this research question: Are there inequalities in youth philanthropy outcomes? To answer this question, this analysis focuses on whether and how youth outcomes vary across social and demographic characteristics, such as gender, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, parental marital status, religiosity, technology usage, and activity engagement. Results indicate that some youth benefit more from the program.

Author

• Patricia Snell Herzog, Indiana University-Indianapolis