Youth Development Strategy-HOPE
In the Fall of 2024, Bader Philanthropies Board of Directors’ approved a new strategy for the Youth Development Grants Area-Hope. Through our grantmaking, the goal is to increase hope for youth ages 24 and younger throughout the City of Milwaukee. This approach incorporates the Children’s Hope Scale, an evidence-based tool that measures how hope helps youth overcome challenges, set goals, and reach their potential.
Hope is a measurable psychological construct reflecting one’s motivation and perceived ability to achieve goals. It consists of two components:
1) agency: belief in one’s capability to initiate and sustain actions
2) pathways: ability to find routes to achieve goals
By focusing on the transformative power of hope, the Foundation aims to inspire resilience, optimism, and set young people up for success. Learn more here
