Age is But a Number: Kid-Run Nonprofit Youth Philanthropy Council Defies Impossibility [Video]

Meet Augustus Holm, Founder and Chairman of “California’s largest kid-run non-profit,” the Youth Philanthropy Council (YPC). Officially established in 2019, YPC is the brainchild of a group of young friends, including Coronado resident and Board Member Emilio Perez, with a desire to help other children and teenagers in San Diego. Raising over $3 million in cash and shoe donations since its inception, YPC has transformed the landscape of thinking that age creates a barrier “to philanthropy or making a significant impact.”

Holm was in elementary school when he and his classmates were first exposed to San Ysidro Health, a “non-profit organization committed to providing high quality, compassionate, accessible and affordable health care services for the entire family.” After learning that “children in San Ysidro live 10 years less than those in more affluent communities in San Diego,” Holm was inspired to act. …