The Youth Service Fund (YSF) is money that is given by youth, administered by youth, and used to serve youth. However, YSF is more than simply raising money.  YSF is a commitment made by the United Methodist Youth to serve those in need –in their own communities, across the United States, and around the world.  YSF is the only authorized United Methodist fund directly related to youth.  It is the only fund over which youth have primary administrative control.  It can truly be considered “second mile” giving, because it does not replace a young person’s responsibility for giving to his or her local church. 

YSF works like this:
 

1. Money is raised by youth in the church. 
    

2. The money is sent from the church to the treasurer of the Annual Conference.  Your pastor can supply the name and address. 
    

3. Seventy percent of the money is retained in the Annual Conference:
   
               one-third goes to projects within the conference
               one-third goes to projects outside the conference
               one-third is used for YSF education and administration
   
   Youth representatives of the Conference Council on Youth Ministries (CCYM) decide how grant requests will be funded.
    

4. Thirty percent is sent to the United Methodist Division of Ministries with Youth People of the United Methodist Church, to support projects across the United States and in other countries.  Eighty percent of this amount sent goes to projects selected by the Projects Review Committee and twenty percent goes to education and administration.

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 For more information on YSF, click here.