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- EIN 41-0811842
- (612) 376-8955
- Suite 310 3001 Broadway St Northeast Minneapolis MN 55413 USA
- www.search-institute.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Nonprofit Management, Youth Development
Mission: Search institute is a nonprofit research organization whose mission is to provide catalytic leadership, breakthrough knowledge, and innovative resources that enable schools, youth programs, families, and communities to help young people thrive.
Results: The DEVELOPMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS FRAMEWORK moves the question from "why" relationships matter to "how" to nurture relationships that matter. It is helping parents, youth workers, teachers, and others become more intentional, inclusive, and equitable in how they build relationships with and among young people. The DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS FRAMEWORK identifies the strengths young people need within themselves (internal assets) and in their families, schools, programs and communities (external assets) to avoid high-risk behaviors and to thrive. It has become the most widely used framework for understanding positive youth development in the world.
Target demographics: Our ultimate vision is to play a role in guiding young people from all backgrounds and circumstances in growing up on a path to thriving.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Each year, we engage thousands of educators and youth workers in hundreds of schools and youth-serving systems begin changing their practices to focus on cultivating developmental relationships with and among young people.
Geographic areas served: Search Institute partners with schools, youth-serving organizations, and coalitions across North American and around the world.
Programs: 1. We conduct and communicate findings from quantitative and qualitative studies to deepen understanding of and reframe critical issues in youth development. 2. We design and deliver engaging, research-based workshops, surveys, and other practical resources that help adults and youth improve the connections they build. 3. We develop deep, sustained partnerships that bring together the knowledge that is generated and the resources that are created for maximum impact on young people, their families, and their communities.