Young Spirit Foundation

Young Spirit Foundation is an advocacy group supported by grants, private donors, and sponsor organizations. Its main purpose is to give schools the philosophical basis, financial support, curriculum development, and network outreach needed to create a fundamental shift in the ways children and young people are educated. Young Spirit is independent of any one religious or secular organization, yet it gathers the resources and endorsements of a wide range of groups in order to fulfill its mission.

The Foundation aims first to create a high school based on a personal and philosophical search for meaning and identity, and its place in a life of committed activity. This high school will eventually reach capacity between 50 and 100 students. It will also extend to include middle grades and an elementary program. The school will operate as a laboratory school and a demonstration school of our core ideals.

The second, larger aim of the Foundation is to promote awareness and practice related to affective, meaning-based, pluralistic, and personal education. We will offer resources, information, coordination, and advocacy to schools and other groups interested in adopting some or all of our principles. This aim of the Foundation will eventually become a formal affiliation with schools that choose to work closely with us.

Visit our resources page to learn more about our goals.