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Cricket Island Foundation’s (CIF) Leadership Transition Fund provides multi-year general operating support to youth-led social change organizations through the executive transition process, with a focus on resourcing directors who are not traditionally supported in their leadership (for this fund, “leadership” refers to the executive director or equivalent). Grantees receive $45,000 per year for three years, in addition to peer learning and coaching support alongside a small group of peer grantees. Through this fund, CIF hopes to stabilize organizations during executive transitions while learning best practices for supporting healthy organizational transitions and leadership development in the youth-led social change field. CIF expects to award six grants in this round of funding. Read the full eligibility criteria via their website and fill out a screening form to help their team determine whether your organization is a good fit. 

Join Youth MOVE National on May 20, 2026 from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM for Unpacking & Reclaiming the Transition to ‘Adulthood,’ an interactive webinar exploring what “adulthood” means and how young people can reclaim that transition on their own terms. This session will create space to reflect on societal expectations, identity, lived experience, and the many factors that shape the transition into adulthood. Through guided discussion, reflection activities, and peer engagement, participants will explore what it means to move beyond traditional definitions and reconnect with authenticity, joy, and self-determination. Participants will have opportunities to engage through live polls, chat discussions, and breakout conversations. Save your spot via the Zoom registration. 

Join Pockets Change on May 27, 2026 from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM for their workshop, Art for Our Nervous Systems, a space for practitioners and program leaders to slow down, make art, and reconnect with why we do this work. The session will explore grounding practices that support the emotional labor of teaching financial resilience and Hip-Hop–based learning. Together, participants will explore activities for building community and personal capacity through creative arts and interpersonal neurobiology. Participants will leave the session with community connections, new strategies for collective care, and curriculum for financial education and educator mental well-being. This session is supported by the Coalition of Youth Development Intermediaries. Save your spot and share more about what you hope to take away from the session via their registration form. 

Coalition of Youth Development Intermediaries (CYDI) invites leaders and practitioners from youth-serving organizations to take a few minutes to complete the CYDI Youth Sector Snapshot Survey. This survey is designed to capture what organizations are experiencing right now - from staffing and funding challenges to the evolving needs of young people - and to surface ideas for how our sector can work differently and more effectively. It should take 15-20 minutes to complete. Your input will help shape more responsive supports across the field and provide funders with timely, grounded insights to inform their investments. Take the digital survey online.