Through hands-on woodworking and supportive mentoring, Foundations helps young people build practical skills, confidence, self-awareness, and greater hope for their future.
Guided by the Grain: Foundations brings hands-on woodworking and supportive mentoring to young people through partnerships with youth-serving organizations.
Our current work focuses on justice-involved youth. Participants practice woodworking, problem-solving, communication, and planning while building relationships with supportive adult mentors.
These experiences help young people recognize their strengths, develop skills they can carry forward, and imagine more possibilities for their future.
Deeply Ingrained uses the Five Cs of Positive Youth Development—Competence, Confidence, Connection, Character, and Caring—to help young people build strengths that extend beyond the woodshop.
We partner with youth-serving organizations to shape programming around their setting, goals, and the young people they serve.