YouthNoise Social Network for Social Change Raises $2.5m

PR NEWSWIRE -- June 8 -- YouthNoise, the (non-profit) social network for young people who want to create social change, raised $2.5m from a consortium of the Omidyar Network, the Surdna Foundation, Skyline Public Works and Virgin Mobile USA. Omidyar Network is a mission-based investment group committed to fostering individual self-empowerment on a global scale. Surdna Foundation is a family foundation that makes grants in the areas of environment, community revitalization, effective citizenry, the arts and the nonprofit sector. Skyline Public Works provides administrative and grant making support for non-profit that promote civic engagement.Youthnoise has 113,000 registered users from 170 countries, with 3 million page views per month. FULL ARTICLE @ PR NEWSWIRE