To advance the 4-H youth development movement to build a world in which youth and adults learn, grow and work together as catalysts for positive change.

About Council

National 4-H Council is the national, private sector non-profit partner of 4-H and the Cooperative Extension System. National 4-H Council manages the National 4-H Conference Center, a full-service conference facility in Chevy Chase, Md., and the National 4-H Supply Service, the authorized agent for items bearing the 4-H name and emblem. National 4-H Council partners with 4-H at all levels - national, state and local - providing training and support, curriculum development, fostering innovative programming, and facilitating meetings and connections within the 4-H partnership.

Council is governed by its own Board of Trustees, made up of youth, representatives from 4-H/Extension/land-grant universities, corporate executives and other private citizens from a wide array of backgrounds.