Celebration is Youth, I.N.C.’s marquee program — an innovative model that offers nonprofit organizations the training, hands-on experience, resources, and funds needed to learn and apply effective development and marketing techniques.

Nonprofits receive a year of training through workshops on topics such as expanding donor networks, leveraging corporate support, recruiting leadership, long-term donor cultivation, effective fundraising skills, and best practices in board governance. Beyond these workshops, Youth, I.N.C. provides our participating nonprofits with one-on-one consultations and personalized support.

The training culminates in an annual gala event, such as a performance of the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The gala event gives each non-profit organization an opportunity to implement the skills and techniques it has learned throughout the yearlong training program.

Nonprofits participate in the Celebration program—the training workshops and ongoing mentoring, as well as the event itself—at no cost. Youth, I.N.C. pays for and produces the gala event, therefore relieving participating non-profits of all risk and financial onus. To date, our cost-effective, risk-free Celebration program has helped over 70 nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles and New York raise over $10 million—funds that they need to keep their outstanding programs alive and growing.

Nonprofits participating in the Celebration program receive:

• Workshops designed to help nonprofits develop effective fundraising strategies
• Consultations with nonprofit staff and board members to help structure fundraising campaigns
• Assistance with the pursuit and selection of fundraising leadership
• Samples of effective marketing materials
• Event production materials and guidelines
• Ongoing support throughout the fundraising process
• Tickets to the annual gala Celebration event
• Formal event invitations to send to sponsors and a full-page profile in the Celebration program journal