Technology and greater global awareness are fostering a new culture of teenage philanthropy, Crain’s New York Business says.
The article profiles several members of the “post-millennial” generation engaging in nonprofit work and social entrepreneurship and cites surveys showing that the proportion of teenagers who give to charity has grown significantly in the past 20 years. Numerous nonprofits have sprouted to promote and channel teenage interest in volunteer work.
Aaron Sherinian of the United Nations Foundation cited the impact of growing up in a wired world on youth giving, noting, “A 12-year-old has a smartphone and knows where Malawi is.”
This was originally published by the Chronicle of Philanthropy on February 1, 2011.