Financial contributions to YES Institute allow our innovative programs to continue and flourish. When you give money to YES, you become our partner in making the world safer for all youth. 92% of every dollar directly supports YES Institute’s educational programs. We maintain a gold standard of financial responsibility, and have undergone a professional audit every year since our inception in 1997.

Impact of Your Gift

All of our work is directed toward creating a future where people will not face discrimination or rejection for who they love or how they express gender. Through our innovative educational programs, we bring people together for authentic communication that can dissolve conflicts that once appeared irreconcilable, and produce remarkable shifts in attitudes and consciousness. In doing so, we reunite families, save lives, and restore the vision of a future full of possibilities for young people across the world.
 
Join Our Kiaora SocietyMembers of our Kiaora Society contribute $1,000 or more per year. The generous support of Kiaora members forms the lifeblood of our work, enabling us to provide groundbreaking education where youth are most unsafe.  For more information, click here.Planned Giving - Leave a Lasting LegacyThrough generous arrangements that name YES Institute a beneficiary of an estate plan or split interest gift, you can achieve your own financial goals while providing YES Institute with valuable security for the future. For more information, contact Eva Leivas-Andino at 786-301-3940 or Email Eva.

Other Ways to Contribute

• Join our Volunteer Speakers Bureau
  YES Institute provides education by creating dialogue in the community. Use your voice to make a difference! Take the first step by registering for Communication Solutions™.

• Apply for an internship - Click here for information.

• Become a volunteer
  Share your unique talents to expand the impact of our work. Contact us at 305-663-7195 to discuss your ideas.

• Invite YES Institute to speak
  We work in every area of the community, and we only go where we’re invited. If you’d like to open a dialogue on gender and orientation at your workplace, school, religious community, or home, call us at 305-663-7195.

“I am proud to support YES Institute. I invite others who are committed to creating a safer world for youth to join me in doing so. Reaching those most afraid and unprepared on these topics will make the greatest difference, and no one does this better than YES.” - Jonathan D. Lewis, Kiaora member

“I am inspired by the work of YES Institute, challenged to create a safer world for kids, and grateful for the chance to be a small part of such important work.” - Dennis Edwards, Kiaora member

“My great joy in being associated with YES Institute is knowing that I am making a positive difference in the lives of youth now and in the future.” - Jim Gross, Kiaora member and volunteer

“The beneficiaries of YES’ work will continue to be kids who otherwise might not have felt important, families that might otherwise have been destroyed, and a community that is safer for young people. There is nothing more inspiring than producing these kinds of results.” - Connie Barden, Co-founder, YES Institute