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2026 YOUTH
LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
The Youth Leadership Academy empowers high school students with public service, entrepreneurship, networking, college readiness, and lasting mentorship.
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CULTIVATING CIVIC-MINDED FUTURE LEADERS
We help prepare the young generation to become leaders in the public, business, academic, community, and professional fields.

For the Next Generation of Leaders

ILF Civic Fellowship

We are looking for outstanding undergraduate college students who will join our Fellowship Program!

​Youth Leadership Academy

We support outstanding high school students through organizing weekly leadership workshops and trainings during the summer.

Leadership Conference & Awards Gala

ILF hosts its Annual Awards & Scholarship Gala to support, train, and empower young leaders.

National Advisory Boards

We have 20 National and Global Advisory Boards! Check them out here.

About Us

The International Leadership Foundation (ILF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes the civic awareness, public service, and economic effectiveness of American communities. Our mission is to develop young leaders in the United States in the fields of public service, entrepreneurship, and international commerce and politics through a network of business and community leaders.

Since our founding in 2000, ILF has provided scholarships and leadership training for over ten thousand select undergraduate college students nation-wide. Originally founded to serve the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, ILF is now open to all Americans.

Thank you to our Diamond and Platinum Sponsors!

Vicky Hui-Lin Chung

Luke Charitable Foundation