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First Place Awarded Super Bowl 50 Grant

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As reported in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay Area Super Bowl 50 Host Committee will be distributing $2.5M worth of grants among five Bay Area non-profits.

First Place is honored to have been selected as one of the grantee organizations. This $500K grant will help us change the lives of at-risk foster kids and expand our model to reach even more young people. Our partnership with the 50 Fund will also help to bring national attention to the challenges facing foster kids learning to support themselves.

Research & Publications

2023 Annual Report

In 2023, First Place for Youth and our network partners in Massachusetts, New York, Mississippi, and Cincinnati served 1,660 young […]

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Love, Legacy, and Lessons Learned on the Road with CEO Thomas Lee

Following the First Place for Youth retreat in Alabama, I continued to New York, Washington D.C., the Carolinas, and ultimately […]

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A Transformational Journey Through America’s History: First Place for Youth Travels to the Legacy Museum Sites 

First Place for Youth is committed to rectifying historical inequities and empowering historically oppressed groups by acknowledging the importance of […]

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