Stand Together Foundation and America’s Promise Alliance Partner to Elevate Youth Voices in Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA – Today, Stand Together Foundation and America’s Promise Alliance (APA) announced a new partnership to redefine success for youth-serving nonprofits – by placing young people’s voices at the center of social impact. The initiative kicks off with an inaugural cohort of 13 local nonprofits that will receive training, funding, and support to implement youth-centered feedback tools. This investment builds on a broader set of commitments from Stand Together in Atlanta, including separate collaborations with State Farm Arena, the Atlanta Hawks, and Café Momentum to advance bottom-up, community-driven solutions. 

Through this initiative, APA – the nation’s largest coalition of youth-focused nonprofits – will launch its first place-based cohort of nonprofit partners in Atlanta, bringing together local organizations to collaborate and deepen their impact in the city. As part of the program, APA will introduce Stand Together Foundation’s Customer First Measurement (CFM) approach, a method that helps nonprofits gather and act on feedback directly from the young people and families they serve. Participating organizations will receive hands-on support to use this feedback to improve their programs and drive better results. 

" In many cases, nonprofit success is measured either by tracking outputs like enrollment and participation, or through large-scale evaluations focused on long-term outcomes,” said Mike O’Brien, CEO of America’s Promise Alliance. "But what’s often missing is ongoing, direct feedback from young people themselves – their experiences, perspectives, and whether they felt real change in their lives. This partnership with Stand Together Foundation ensures youth are front and center in defining success and shaping the solutions that serve them." 

"Now more than ever, nonprofits need to clearly demonstrate their impact,” said APA's Atlanta Executive Director Jasmine Burton. “At the same time, organizations are stretched thin, so the tools they use need to be practical. That’s why we’re designing our capacity-building support with a human-centered lens – ensuring organizations can listen and respond to community needs and pain points in ways that work best for them, while also communicating their value and impact to donors and policymakers.” 

Read the full press release from Stand Together Foundation here.