High school students who run real nonprofits, projects and tools.https://kineticnews.org/https://kineticnews.org/a/baymin-labs/https://kineticnews.org/a/baymin-labs/At 14, Sinead Samputh turned two Inspired Builds wins into a free coding class in a Durban informal settlement.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuildhttps://kineticnews.org/a/climate-cardinals-translates-climate-change/https://kineticnews.org/a/climate-cardinals-translates-climate-change/Climate Cardinals started with a few relatives in Iran and now runs one of the largest volunteer translation efforts in the climate movement.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlanethttps://kineticnews.org/a/girls4sports-maegha-ramanathan/https://kineticnews.org/a/girls4sports-maegha-ramanathan/Maegha Ramanathan started Girls4Sports as a high school freshman. It now runs free athletic programs in 23 countries.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCulturehttps://kineticnews.org/a/project-safe-dubai-menstrual-health/https://kineticnews.org/a/project-safe-dubai-menstrual-health/Project SAFE began as a teenager's worry about her own first period and now supplies government schools in two Indian states.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHealhttps://kineticnews.org/a/techpals-nashua-seniors-tech-help/https://kineticnews.org/a/techpals-nashua-seniors-tech-help/TechPals pairs teen volunteers with seniors who need tech help, and it has spread from one Nashua high school to chapters in multiple states.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLearnhttps://kineticnews.org/a/teen-nonprofit-boom/https://kineticnews.org/a/teen-nonprofit-boom/Nobody counts them, everybody has a theory, and the college admissions question deserves a straighter answer than it usually gets.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFeatureshttps://kineticnews.org/a/thadus-codelabs-offline-coding/https://kineticnews.org/a/thadus-codelabs-offline-coding/Neth Dharmasiri and Chinmay Lal built Thadus, an offline coding course for places where the internet blinks.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLearnhttps://kineticnews.org/a/frontlines-foundation-virginia-beach-online-safety/https://kineticnews.org/a/frontlines-foundation-virginia-beach-online-safety/Frontlines Foundation, started by a Virginia Beach 15-year-old, teaches online safety to seniors and tracks data privacy laws in every state.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCivichttps://kineticnews.org/a/hewasafi-kenya-exhaust-filter/https://kineticnews.org/a/hewasafi-kenya-exhaust-filter/HewaSafi won the Africa region of the 2026 Earth Prize. A pilot on Nairobi's Thika Road backs the team's numbers.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlanethttps://kineticnews.org/a/building-financial-futures/https://kineticnews.org/a/building-financial-futures/Building Financial Futures started in 2025 with two North Carolina high schools. It now has more than 80 student-led chapters.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLearnhttps://kineticnews.org/a/exclamation-mark-literary-journal/https://kineticnews.org/a/exclamation-mark-literary-journal/Exclamation Mark, founded by high school students this year, drew nearly 300 submissions a month and just went to print.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCulturehttps://kineticnews.org/a/lockedin-phone-app-milken/https://kineticnews.org/a/lockedin-phone-app-milken/Noah Fakheri and Brian Ohebshalom built LockedIn after their Los Angeles school's phone pouches kept getting beaten.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuildhttps://kineticnews.org/a/young-coders-initiative-miami/https://kineticnews.org/a/young-coders-initiative-miami/Young Coders Initiative now runs 18 high school chapters and has handed out laptops, scholarships and hackathon prizes.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLearnhttps://kineticnews.org/a/raaha-neurodivergent-job-search/https://kineticnews.org/a/raaha-neurodivergent-job-search/Navya Tuteja's Raaha scores job postings against how a person actually works. Fortune counts more than 1,000 users.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuildhttps://kineticnews.org/a/students-for-ai-literacy-cincinnati/https://kineticnews.org/a/students-for-ai-literacy-cincinnati/Students for AI Literacy started at Walnut Hills High School in 2024 and says it has reached more than 16,000 students.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLearnhttps://kineticnews.org/a/care-for-coral-thailand-youth-reef-restoration/https://kineticnews.org/a/care-for-coral-thailand-youth-reef-restoration/Care for Coral, started by a Thai high schooler, gives young people a hands-on way into reef restoration.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlanethttps://kineticnews.org/a/how-to-start-a-nonprofit-in-high-school/https://kineticnews.org/a/how-to-start-a-nonprofit-in-high-school/Fiscal sponsor or your own 501(c)(3), who is legally allowed on a board when you are 16, and what it costs. Plus how the UK and Canada differ.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFeatureshttps://kineticnews.org/a/jdable-braille-keyboard-new-jersey/https://kineticnews.org/a/jdable-braille-keyboard-new-jersey/Jdable designs affordable assistive devices with 3D-printed parts and a volunteer network of engineers, professors and students.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuildhttps://kineticnews.org/a/sensory-ai-wildfire-sensors/https://kineticnews.org/a/sensory-ai-wildfire-sensors/Ryan Honary's SensoRy AI went from a science project to sensors in Orange County open space, with the county fire authority as a partner.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuildhttps://kineticnews.org/a/teens-on-the-world-stage/https://kineticnews.org/a/teens-on-the-world-stage/Four major prizes, one pattern: some of the most closely watched founders in the world are still doing homework.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFeatureshttps://kineticnews.org/a/coding-pals-foundation/https://kineticnews.org/a/coding-pals-foundation/A Vancouver nonprofit started by high schoolers now teaches thousands of younger kids to code, for free.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuildhttps://kineticnews.org/a/student-built-software-and-ai-tools/https://kineticnews.org/a/student-built-software-and-ai-tools/A short roundup of student-built apps, AI tools and open-source code that people other than the author actually use, with the caveats attached.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFeatureshttps://kineticnews.org/a/kundu-waste-management-plastic-bricks-nigeria/https://kineticnews.org/a/kundu-waste-management-plastic-bricks-nigeria/In Jos, Manasseh Aluga's Kundu Waste Management Project turns discarded plastic into building material.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlanethttps://kineticnews.org/a/open-sesame-stories-for-kids/https://kineticnews.org/a/open-sesame-stories-for-kids/Open Sesame started as A Month of Code in 2017. High school volunteers still show up for kids in Orange County shelters.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLearnhttps://kineticnews.org/a/robotics-for-all/https://kineticnews.org/a/robotics-for-all/Max Goetz founded Robotics For All as a Gunn High School student. It now teaches free STEM classes online and in person.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuildhttps://kineticnews.org/a/the-makers/https://kineticnews.org/a/the-makers/From face shields in 2020 to mind-controlled prosthetic arms, high schoolers with hobbyist hardware keep doing work that used to need a lab.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFeatureshttps://kineticnews.org/a/new-voters-jahnavi-rao/https://kineticnews.org/a/new-voters-jahnavi-rao/New Voters, started by Jahnavi Rao as a high school junior, trains students to register their classmates.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCivichttps://kineticnews.org/a/peer-educators-foundation-cape-town/https://kineticnews.org/a/peer-educators-foundation-cape-town/Ra-id Williams started the Peer Educators Foundation in 2025 to teach coping skills and make asking for help ordinary.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHealhttps://kineticnews.org/a/project-zul/https://kineticnews.org/a/project-zul/Project Zul teaches microcontroller programming to Class 9 and 10 students, with free kits and teacher training.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuildhttps://kineticnews.org/a/adaptive-tech-club-san-francisco/https://kineticnews.org/a/adaptive-tech-club-san-francisco/Ilana Zimmerman's Adaptive Tech Club modifies toys and devices for children with disabilities, for free.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHealhttps://kineticnews.org/a/e-cycl-india-teen-e-waste-recycling/https://kineticnews.org/a/e-cycl-india-teen-e-waste-recycling/E-Cycl collects old electronics, refurbishes what it can and works to keep sanitation workers away from toxic scrap.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlanethttps://kineticnews.org/a/404-found-code/https://kineticnews.org/a/404-found-code/404 Found Code started as a school coding club in Santa Rosa. Now it runs free Python classes for ages 8 to 18.Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuildhttps://kineticnews.org/a/small-and-mighty-the-one-chapter-nonprofit/https://kineticnews.org/a/small-and-mighty-the-one-chapter-nonprofit/Tiny, local teen organizations rarely make the news. The evidence suggests they do more of the work than we credit.Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFeatureshttps://kineticnews.org/a/esho-pashe-darai-foundation/https://kineticnews.org/a/esho-pashe-darai-foundation/Adiba Binte Ahmad Tuba's Esho Pashe Darai Foundation grew out of pandemic aid for essential workers.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLearnhttps://kineticnews.org/a/youth-medical-association-bronx/https://kineticnews.org/a/youth-medical-association-bronx/Rayhan Mehal's Youth Medical Association offers CPR classes, webinars and hospital partnerships, free to high schoolers.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHealhttps://kineticnews.org/a/students-for-coral-preservation-miami/https://kineticnews.org/a/students-for-coral-preservation-miami/Students for Coral Preservation recruits teenagers into reef science, free dive programs and a bit of local politics.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlanethttps://kineticnews.org/a/yenko-foundation/https://kineticnews.org/a/yenko-foundation/Max Owobu's Yenko Foundation puts a price on one child's school year: $1,000.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLearnhttps://kineticnews.org/a/potentia-robotics/https://kineticnews.org/a/potentia-robotics/Potentia Robotics is a student-run nonprofit with a robot named Olympian and a plan to make age irrelevant.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuildhttps://kineticnews.org/a/mental-h2o-florida/https://kineticnews.org/a/mental-h2o-florida/Idania Rodriguez built a Florida nonprofit that gives teens vetted mental health resources and real internships.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHealhttps://kineticnews.org/a/yp-foundation-india/https://kineticnews.org/a/yp-foundation-india/The YP Foundation, started in 2002 by Ishita Chaudhry, funds and trains young people to lead their own projects across India.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTCivichttps://kineticnews.org/a/spunkgo/https://kineticnews.org/a/spunkgo/SpunkGo, short for Social Media for Good, started in lockdown and now reaches young women in Africa and Asia.Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLearnhttps://kineticnews.org/a/meal4everyone-florida-food-rescue/https://kineticnews.org/a/meal4everyone-florida-food-rescue/Meal4Everyone picks up surplus food on Sunday nights and has its sights set on five chapters.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlanethttps://kineticnews.org/a/power-up-project/https://kineticnews.org/a/power-up-project/The Power Up Project has been refurbishing donated machines for local families and nonprofits since 2018, run entirely by high schoolers.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuildhttps://kineticnews.org/a/music-impacts-community/https://kineticnews.org/a/music-impacts-community/Music Impacts Community puts young local bands on a real stage and sends the proceeds to local causes.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTCulturehttps://kineticnews.org/a/book-cradle-project/https://kineticnews.org/a/book-cradle-project/The Book Cradle Project began in 2022 with a simple idea: read aloud to kids who have few books at home.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLearnhttps://kineticnews.org/a/greenkeepers-student-run-environmental-service/https://kineticnews.org/a/greenkeepers-student-run-environmental-service/A student-run service group founded at an international school now has chapters from California to Jakarta.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlanethttps://kineticnews.org/a/period-project-nc-north-carolina/https://kineticnews.org/a/period-project-nc-north-carolina/Period Project NC runs on a $13 dispenser, 120 student ambassadors and a refusal to treat this as complicated.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHealhttps://kineticnews.org/a/pygirls/https://kineticnews.org/a/pygirls/PyGirls, launched in 2023, runs camps, hackathons and a newsletter for girls in grades 4 through 12.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLearnhttps://kineticnews.org/a/aim-to-aid-houston/https://kineticnews.org/a/aim-to-aid-houston/High Schoolers AIM to AID turned one student's idea into chapters in several states.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTCivichttps://kineticnews.org/a/welcome-to-the-kinetic/https://kineticnews.org/a/welcome-to-the-kinetic/A new outlet for high schoolers who build things, and the three tests a story has to pass to run here.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTFeatures