4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults.
As the youth development program of the Cooperative Extension System of land-grant universities, 4-H is the nation’s largest youth development organization, empowering six million young people throughout the United States.
Through America’s 110 land-grant universities and its Cooperative Extension System, 4-H reaches every corner of our nation-from urban neighborhoods to suburban schoolyards to rural farming communities. With a network of more than 6 million youth, 611,800 volunteers, 3,500 professionals, and more than 25 million alumni, 4-H helps shape youth to move our country and the world forward in ways that no other youth organization can.