Teens seek and secure donations, award grants

Many benefactors hand out grants to Omaha-area organizations and programs every year. But few of those philanthropic groups are made up of teenagers. Youth in Philanthropy is a group of high school juniors and seniors who, as sophomores, participated in Youth Leadership Omaha, which is sponsored by Creighton University and the AIM Institute. The program’s graduates then move on to the Ambassadors alumni organization and its Youth in Philanthropy program.