Preparing youth to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Preparing youth to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Million Coaches Challenge

Belief Statement

The organizations of the Million Coaches Challenge cohort are committed to equipping a generation of coaches with the knowledge and tools to help young people thrive on and off the playing field. Their first step is to train one million coaches in youth development techniques. Read their belief statement about the importance of a trained coach.

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Center for Digital Thriving

New Research & Innovation Center at Harvard Graduate School of Education

The Center for Digital Thriving builds on insights from those who know our networked world best: young people. The Center provides knowledge and tools that help young people—and all of us—redefine their relationships with technology. Instead of feeling controlled by or tethered to tech, they envision a world where people have digital agency: the ability to have meaningful choice, intentionality, and control over the way technology fits into our lives.

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Grant Partners

Youth Sports
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Aspen Institute Project Play

Project Play explores how youth sports can promote the development of social and emotional skills.

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Tech and Society
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Designing for Digital Thriving Challenge

How might we design healthy, inclusive digital spaces that enable individuals and communities to thrive?<br />

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Social and Emotional Learning
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Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

Our partnership with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) expands awareness of and access to social and emotional learning.

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All Programs and Grants

Exchange Philosophy

Traditional philanthropy creates unequal power dynamics between grantmakers and nonprofits. We address this inequality by working in true partnership with the organizations we support.

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Blog

SCE Announces 2023 Catalyst Awards

Each year, our staff and board nominate several organizations to receive Catalyst Awards: one-time contributions made as part of our year-end giving. These organizations typically work on issues beyond our primary program areas. What unites them …

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Young Leaders in Technology Granted $2 Million to Create Safe and Inclusive Online Spaces 

We are thrilled to be a part of The Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund (RTYPF) which today announced our inaugural cohort of 26 youth-led initiatives receiving a total of $2 million to support their advocacy for …

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Read Susan Crown’s Chairman’s Letter

SCE’s mission to prepare youth to thrive in a rapidly changing world has taken on greater urgency. Our reliance on devices to connect personally, professionally, and educationally means we need to re-examine our relationship with technology to support our collective well-being.

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