Browsing by Author "Penman, Natalie"

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    Youth Philanthropy: Studying Outcomes of Community Engagement
    (Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2024-10) Herzog, Patricia Snell; Penman, Natalie; Park, Shinyoung; Lambert, Minette; Ortiz, Lexi; August, Jeffrey; Morgan, Anna; Carey, M’lila
    This report shares results from a study of youth philanthropy programs designed to increase community engagement. The study is designed to answer this research question: Does participating in a youth philanthropy program foster positive outcomes for young people? Data are from a youth philanthropy program hosted within 12 community organizations in 7 US states. The program is two years in duration: youth participate as juniors and seniors in high school. Data were collected through surveys with graduating youth who had completed both years of the program (n=180). Findings indicate that the program “works” in fostering engagement in philanthropic activities, gaining prosocial orientations, and having rewarding program experiences. When available, youth outcomes from program participants are compared to national or global data on comparable measures to assess whether youth in this program appear to be participating in philanthropic activities at rates greater than average. Results show that youth participants are high on philanthropic activities and prosocial orientations, and their rates are 30-50% higher than comparable rates. Additionally, youth demonstrate positive growth in targeted philanthropic learning and skills, and youth participants gain a greater network of engaged peers and supportive mentors. The implication is that this youth philanthropy program is successful in fostering positive youth development.
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    Youth Philanthropy: Studying Potential for Inequalities in Outcomes
    (IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2025-05-15) Herzog, Patricia Snell; Dillman, Brie; Park, Shinyoung; Penman, Natalie; Housemyer, John
    This report shares results from a study of youth philanthropy. Findings from a prior analysis in this series indicated that the program fosters positive youth outcomes. Data are from a youth philanthropy program that is currently hosted within 12 community organizations located in 10 US states. Youth participate for two years as juniors and seniors in high school, and the outcome data are collected annually upon youth graduating from the program at the end of the second year. This report is based on youth surveys collected to date (n=180). The goal of the current study is to assess answers to this research question: Are there inequalities in youth philanthropy outcomes? This report presents two types of answers to this question. First, the analysis focuses on whether and how youth outcomes vary across social and demographic characteristics, such as gender, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, parental marital status, religiosity, technology usage, and activity engagement. Second, the analysis focuses on whether and how youth outcomes vary across programs and cohorts. This includes the program’s state and region (program analysis) and the years in which youth completed the program (cohort analysis). Results indicate that there are not yet detectable differences by program or cohort. There are outcome differences by social and decision comfort, religious service attendance frequency, and parental closeness.