Youth Taking Action
Youth Taking Action (YTA) is a California registered non-profit organization that promotes youth involvement in philanthropy. YTA is managed by a group of student representatives from the United States, Canada, and India. Guatam Jain, at the time a middle school student in California, was inspired to create a philanthropic organization after reading Craig Kielburger's book Free the Children in the summer of 2003. YTA has received seed funding from Youth Venture, a non-profit organization launched by the Ashoka Foundation in 1996. Programs
YTA hosts two programs intended to spread awareness about social issues affecting children. The Share & Care Club encourages teenagers to forgo a soda or a pack of chewing gum every month in favor of forwarding the funds to YTA select organizations. The Birthday Club encourages children to donate to charities on their birthdays. References

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Non-profit organizations based in California