Alex Edgar
Gen Z philanthropic strategist & Principal of AWE Strategies
I advise foundations, nonprofits, and institutions on how to better invest in young people, share power across generations, and respond to a rapidly changing world.
We have the answers already.
Institutions have gotten good at serving young people and their communities without changing who actually decides what is needed and who makes the decisions.
My work is about closing that gap.
I help leaders rethink how they invest in young people and their communities, design programs and strategies with them, build genuinely intergenerational institutions, and turn generational change into an opportunity for better decision-making.
Young people aren’t a demographic to understand. They’re partners in figuring out what’s next.
How I Can Help
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Intergenerational Leadership Design
Helping organizations bring younger voices into decision-making spaces, building shared leadership across generations.
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Gen Z Insights and Narrative Strategy
Translating Gen Z values and behaviors into clear strategies that help organizations better engage the next generation.
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Youth-Centered Philanthropic Advising
Advising foundations on how to meaningfully invest in youth-led and youth-serving organizations, shifting power toward the people closest to the work.
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Youth Program Design
Helping organizations design youth programs grounded in research, co-creation, and structures that drive long-term impact.
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Gen Z Workforce and Talent Development
Supporting organizations as they develop young talent by designing pathways that reflect the realities of modern work and leadership.
Selected Work
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Making young Americans architects of America’s 250th anniversary.
I co-founded and led Youth250 at Made By Us, building a national initiative that positioned young people as contributors, decision-makers, and partners in the country’s 250th anniversary.
10M+ people reached
250+ organizations advised
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Rethinking work for the generations who will live longest with today’s decisions.
As the SHRM Foundation’s inaugural Losey Visiting Voice, I’m leading a national exploration of what Gen Z and the generations coming after it need from work.
The project brings together young workers, managers, HR leaders, researchers, and executives to rethink how organizations develop, support, and retain the next generation.
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What would it take to make the American Dream feel attainable again?
Launching in 2027, The American Dream Lab will bring young Americans, researchers, practitioners, and philanthropy together to understand what’s getting in the way of economic and educational opportunity, civic connection, and purpose, and develop practical blueprints for change.