B.L.I.N.G. (Building Leaders in Innovative New Giving)
B.L.I.N.G. (Building Leaders in Innovative New Giving)
2 PagesB.L.I.N.G. (Building Leaders in Innovative New Giving) is a new program offered through the Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) in San Francisco, California. Annually, B.L.I.N.G. receives $60,000 from the San Francisco Children’s Fund (via the San Francisco Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families) to re-grant to local youth-led projects in the city of San Francisco. The group is comprised of nine high school-aged grantmakers and college-aged program officers who execute biannual grant cycles. “Because we’re publically funded, we feel a real obligation to give back to our community in a big way.” says Abdellatif (Abdul) Benterkia, a B.L.I.N.G. program officer and freshman at San Francisco State University. B.L.I.N.G. focuses both its programming and its grantmaking
