Youth Challenge Fund

The Youth Challenge Fund (YCF) is an innovative public and private sector initiative aimed at making investments in community projects that offer positive opportunities for young people growing up in Toronto’s most under-served neighbourhoods, often called the 13 Priority Neighbourhoods.

YCF makes direct, grassroots investments in youth-based initiatives that are aimed at building great ideas, creating youth spaces and providing opportunities for education, employment and leadership.

Initiated by the Province of Ontario, the Youth Challenge Fund is actively governed by a 23 member community board made up of a broad cross-section of community leaders.

United Way of Greater Toronto is the Fund’s trustee, providing allocations and fund development support.