ypi takes place in secondary schools in north america and the uk as part of a mandatory course, so that each student across the entire grade level/year is able to participate. students begin their ypi experience by taking part in an introductory workshop, forming teams, and working together to identify the social issues that are prevalent in their own community. once they have identified these social issues, students select one issue as their focus, and search for local grassroots charities that exist in their community to assist vulnerable members of the local population. student teams select the charity they believe best addresses their chosen issue, and begin preliminary research around the charity, its mandate and its activities. teams contact and visit their chosen charity, conducting interviews to help gain a greater understanding of what the charity does, how it operates, the impact it has and challenges it faces, and how it can be supported by young people and the larger community. students then go on to develop a presentation that will advocate on behalf of their charity and demonstrate the impact a grant to that charity would have on the community. the presentations are delivered in the classroom, and finalists are chosen to go on to deliver their presentation to a larger audience and a panel of judges as part of the ypi final presentation assembly. here, the judging panel will select one winning group to receive a $5,000 (£3,000) grant for their chosen charity. through ypi, charities receive important funding from the youth of their community, and students - acting as young philanthropists - become powerful agents of social change.