The child and youth-serving sector can’t do it alone. That’s why we’re here.
Youth Catalytics strengthens public and private agencies, coalitions, schools, and communities across the country through organizational planning and sustainability, professional development, research and program evaluation.
Our Mission
To advance and inspire the youth services sector by originating, gathering, and disseminating new knowledge, innovative practices, and courageous leadership.
Our Services
Our services are organized into three interconnected divisions.
“Having grown up in a broken foster care system I wanted to change that experience for others, which is why I created Think of Us. I was only able to get there because Youth Catalytics not only fiscally sponsored us for the first two years, but coached me through our first hire, first federal grant, and even our first White House event.”
— Sixto Cancel, CEO of Think of Us
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The number of professionals who attended trainings led by Youth Catalytics and NCSSLE in 2024.
Approximately 25% of school age children in the U.S. had at least one immigrant parent at home in 2024.
The amount of multi-year grant funding Youth Catalytics secured for youth programs in 2024.
Over the past three years our work examined how America’s schools could most successfully find and support the best teacher leaders through multiple podcasts with education experts and evidence-based briefs and guides. But as of March 2025 our work was DOGED, our contract cancelled, and the meaningful work we were doing, terminated. Today many of us are out of the education game, for how long we don’t know. Nevertheless, our job is to speak up, show up, and most importantly, not give up.