G4GC is a leading national philanthropic intermediary organization that invests in the ecosystems that support and follow the leadership of our youth in the United States and in U.S. territories.
Our mission is to support transformative organizing work through the cultivation and mobilization of resources, particularly work that centers the wisdom and wellbeing of girls and gender-expansive youth of color. We’re founded on an infrastructure that reflects our values, a culture of partnership, healing, reciprocity, and love.
Investing in ecosystems that support our youth
Love is the practice of caring for people. This care — giving and taking — has evolved with societal and cultural values. To support movements of justice for girls and gender-expansive youth of color under 25, we view philanthropy through reciprocity, intersectionality, and cultural responsiveness.
Collectively, our practice is focused on the following five primary impact areas from our Theory of Impact:
- Philanthropic Education and Organizing of foundations, donors, and other co-investors who seek to resource our youth. G4GC aims to produce educational and other materials that will mobilize investments in youth of color.
- Grantmaking to organizations led by women and youth of color in the United States and beyond, across issue areas that include, but are not limited to: healing justice, economic justice, reproductive justice, advocacy and organizing, and joy.
- Grantee Partner Support to provide a foundation for capacity-building and sustainability among networks resourced by G4GC working towards liberated futures for youth of color.
- Participatory Learning and distribution of scholarship, with research-informed policies that advance ethical and values-aligned practices that articulate and measure progress.
- Advocacy in Narrative, focused on adding missing insights to public constructs of youth of color, and how they inform investments that resource their wellbeing. G4GC’s participatory approach provides youth with tools and platforms to amplify their own storytelling and advance social change.
How we work
Our Theory of Impact
Our G4GC Theory of Impact guides our work.
Our Values
Transformation
We seek to break molds and redefine or completely transform structures, systems, and mindsets.
Authenticity
We are bold, unapologetic, clear, and explicit in our messaging and actions.
Accountability
Everything we do, how we do it, and who we do it for is grounded in the aspirations, dreams, and demands of girls and gender-expansive youth of Color, as directly articulated by our constituency.
Inclusivity
We are a place of belonging, collaboration, and collective learning.
Urgency
We are goal-oriented, disciplined, and focused on achieving measurable change with, and on behalf of, girls and gender-expansive youth of color. We do our work and advance our agenda with a sense of urgency and expedience.
Motivated by Love
We transform through the exercised power of love and healing. We center the well-being of ourselves, our colleagues, and our partners in the work, and we create spaces for healing, growth, and evolution.
Freedom & Creativity
We are nontraditional in our approach, unafraid of being different, and excited by the possibilities of what we are creating.
