Organizations
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes is proud to partner with the following organizations:
National Geographic Education Foundation
Strives to motivate and enable each new generation to become geographically literate.
Girl Scouts of the USA
Dedicated to helping all girls everywhere build character and gain skills for success in the real world.
National Youth Leadership Council
Building vital, just communities with young people through service-learning.
Youth Service America
Works to strengthen the effectiveness, sustainability, and scale of the youth service and service-learning fields.
Youth Venture
Invests in the ideas and capacity of youth ages 12-20 to create, launch, and lead sustainable, community-benefiting organizations.
Youth in Philanthropy—The Foundation Center
Supports youth in exploring the world of giving, volunteering, and helping.
Foundation for a Better Life
Dedicated to sharing the values that make a difference in our communities.
Roots & Shoots
A program of the Jane Goodall Institute, Roots & Shoots connects young people across the globe who share a common desire to help their communities, animals, and the environment.
Environmental Leadership Program
Seeks to transform public understanding of environmental issues by training and supporting a diverse network of visionary, action-oriented emerging leaders.
Student Conservation Association
Engages a new generation of volunteers in hands-on conservation projects and outdoor skills and leadership training.
Earth Force
Engages young people as active citizens who improve the environment and their communities now and in the future.
Leopold Education Project
A program of Pheasants Forever that educates individuals to develop a personal land ethic.
Teens for Planet Earth
A national program developed by the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Kids for Saving Earth
Works to educate, inspire, and empower children to protect the Earth's environment, and provides “education into action” environmental programs for educators nationwide.
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes is grateful for the support of and highly recommends the following organizations:
Orion Grassroots Network
REAL School Gardens
North American Association for Environmental Education
Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
The Brower Youth Awards
Wild Gift
Sierra Student Coalition
My Hero
Youth Activism Project
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