Projects
We don't just talk about public corruption. We build the tools to address it — and the leaders committed to ending it.
Youth Fellows for the SDGs
500+ members. 15 countries. One mission.
The Youth Fellows for the SDGs program recruits young leaders from across Latin America, from different backgrounds, ideologies, and disciplines, to research and document how public corruption affects progress on the Sustainable Development Goals in their communities.
Each fellow is assigned a specific SDG and country, producing research, data, and policy insights that feed directly into the Youth Corruption Perception Index and YAC Foundation's engagement with international organizations and national governments.
Our fellows are leaders embedded in their communities, producing evidence that connects local reality to global policy.
Youth Corruption Perception Index
The first public corruption perception index built by youth, for the world.
Governments measure public corruption. Academic institutions measure public corruption. But the perspective of young people, the generation most directly affected by its long-term consequences, has not been systematically captured at scale.
The Youth Corruption Perception Index addresses that gap.
Through a three-step process, a structured survey capturing how public corruption has affected young people's lives, a public petition demanding institutional accountability, and a shareable data visualization, the YCPI turns the lived experience of young people across 15 countries into policy-grade evidence.
The findings will be presented at the United Nations and shared with governments and civil society organizations across Latin America and beyond.
Launching May 2025.
The Youth Report on Corruption and Development
Understanding how public corruption affects young people, institutions, and sustainable development across Latin America.
Public corruption is often discussed as a political or legal issue, but for millions of young people it is experienced as a direct barrier to opportunity, development, and trust in institutions. It limits access to education, employment, public services, and meaningful participation in decision-making processes.
The Youth Report on Corruption and Development is a regional policy paper developed with the support of young researchers, fellows, and contributors across Latin America. Through research, field perspectives, and youth-led analysis, the report examines how corruption weakens institutions, slows sustainable development, and disproportionately affects younger generations.
The initiative seeks to reposition public corruption as one of the principal obstacles to sustainable development and stronger institutions, connecting governance challenges with broader issues such as inequality, youth exclusion, and limited economic opportunity.
The final report will be presented to public authorities, policymakers, international organizations, and development actors, with the objective of generating awareness, strengthening public dialogue, and advancing more transparent, inclusive, and effective governance models.
Because sustainable development cannot exist without stronger institutions. And stronger institutions cannot exist where corruption is normalized.
Youth Integrity Academy
Leadership without integrity is just power. We're building something different.
The Youth Integrity Academy is a regional training program that equips young leaders with the knowledge, analytical tools, and professional networks to advocate for and practice integrity in public life, in their institutions, their communities, and their future roles in government and civil society.
Participants in the Youth Integrity Academy are not just trained, they are prepared. Prepared to recognize the mechanisms of public corruption, to build systems that resist it, and to lead institutions that reflect the standard their communities deserve.
The Academy's graduates are the first signatories of the Integrity Pledge — and the foundation of YAC Foundation's growing network of leaders committed to a higher standard of public life across Latin America.