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One-to-one mentoring for low-income youth

Redwood City, California, United States · Founded 1979

Friends for Youth is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 94-2961034) founded in 1979 and based in Redwood City, California. It provides community-based one-to-one mentoring to low-income youth aged 8 to 17 across San Mateo and northern Santa Clara counties, and has fostered more than 2,500 mentor-mentee matches with a long-term match rate well above the national average.

Mission

Friends for Youth creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships between caring adult volunteers and young people facing socioeconomic obstacles.

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