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The GrantThe Connecticut Social Equity Council (the Council) is launching the Reimagine & Revitalize (R2) Program, a statewide community reinvestment initiative designed to expand opportunity and strengthen communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs.
Through this program, the Council is making a significant, long-term investment in Community-based organizations (CBOs) that are already doing critical work across the state. By directing funding to these organizations, the R2 Program aims to support sustainable, community-driven solutions that advance economic opportunity, promote stability, and improve outcomes for residents.
Program Priorities The R2 Program supports initiatives that align with one or more of three priority areas:
Applicants should select the priority area that best aligns with their proposed program and clearly demonstrate how their work addresses the needs of the community they serve.
Youth Service America
Youth Service America believes that youth, communities, and our democracy thrive when we all work together for the common good. YSA is a leading global nonprofit that activates young people, ages 5-25, to find their voice, take action, and acquire powerful civic and 21st Century skills as they solve problems facing their communities. YSA supports its activation campaigns with grants, training and resources, and recognition programs for young people and their adult champions. Youth-led projects use Awareness, Service, Advocacy, and Philanthropy (ASAP) strategies to create social and environmental change.
Our vision is that youth participation in working together for the common good becomes the common expectation and common experience of all young people in America. Even though youth participation rates are at or near record-high levels, we’re still leaving 3 of every 4 young people out, and participation rates are even lower among youth from underserved low-income communities and communities of color.
We Serve to Remember 9/11 Day of Service Grants
YSA’s We Serve to Remember 9/11 Day of Service Grants are for organizations, schools, and youth changemakers ages 5-25 to lead service projects on or around September 11, 2026. Programming efforts should also honor and pay tribute to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, their families, and those who rose in service in response to that tragedy.
This year, YSA will award up to 100 grants of $1,000 each. Grantees are required to engage at least 100 youth as volunteers in planning and implementing the service activities.
Reflecting on the spirit of togetherness that brought people together in the days, weeks, and months after September 11th, we are especially looking for ideas that bring together all members of the community.
Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services
The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) is responsible for the supervision, custody, and care of young people charged with a delinquent act in the District of Columbia in one of the following circumstances:
Youth can be initially committed to the agency until the age of 18 and may remain in the care of DYRS until the age of 21. The agency provides comprehensive support services to committed youth in our secure facilities as well as within the community. DYRS is designed to help young people get on the right track and successfully transition into adulthood. DYRS works with fellow District agencies, community partners, and juvenile justice experts to achieve these goals. We collaborate to implement innovative, research-based models that align with best practices in the juvenile justice and youth development fields.
Mission: The mission of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services is to give court-involved youth the opportunity to become more productive citizens by building on the strengths of youths and their families in the least restrictive, most homelike environment consistent with public safety.
Credible Messenger Initiative
The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) seeks to award one local organization that demonstrates the capability to deliver mentorship programming inside the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services’ secure facilities- New Beginnings and at Youth Services Center; and up to three organizations rooted in neighborhoods where young people and families, and Credible Messengers reside and to provide transformative mentoring to youth committed to the agency, residing in the community. Through this initiative, mentoring services, family support programming, and other programs consistent with the goals and objectives of the Credible Messenger Initiative will be offered.
About Us
The Dearborn Community Foundation, Inc., (DCF) is a community foundation, tax-exempt public charity that enables individuals, families, businesses and organizations to fulfill their charitable wishes. DCF builds and safeguards endowments for the community through contributions large and small. The endowment contributions are permanently invested to produce earnings so that these charitable funds make a difference in our community now and forever.
DCF grants support the needs/interests of the Dearborn County community in the fields of community service, social service, education, health, environment and the arts. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the Foundation was able to award grants to non-profit organizations and scholarships to students in our community.
Established in December 1997, members of our community have been turning to DCF, for nearly 20 years now to make their philanthropic dreams come true. The Foundation’s No. 1 job is to carry out the wishes of its donors in perpetuity. That’s exactly what the Foundation does in administering a total of more than 130 endowed and non-endowed funds.
DCF shares your love for its community and is here to help donors achieve charitable wishes. Please visit our Donors page to see how we can help you fulfill your philanthropic goals.
City of Lawrenceburg Youth Grant Program
Serving all Youth within Dearborn County
Maximum grant awards are $8,000 per organization per calendar year.
An advisory committee made up of representatives of the following organizations will advise the Dearborn Community Foundation on grant recommendations among grant applications submitted for consideration:
About
What is the Pizza Hut Foundation?
In pursuit of happiness, the Pizza Hut Franchisee community, in partnership with Pizza Hut U.S. is proud to announce the formation of the Pizza Hut Foundation.
Our foundation is seeking to touch the lives of over 100 youth annually by partnering with youth-serving nonprofit organizations focusing on literacy education programs to enable our team members and their peers to be career and life ready.
Pizza Hut Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization under the Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.
About the Slice of Literacy Grant
The bi-annual grant opportunity awards up to $10,000 to public libraries and non-profit organizations that are actively working to improve literacy initiatives in Pizza Hut communities.
The grants are made possible by the generosity of our customers purchase of the BOOK IT! Bundle menu item!
Algonquin Campership Award
The Algonquin Campership Fund is committed to providing financial support through campership awards to individuals, school groups, and organizations, enabling them to access canoe-tripping camps in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada.
Number and Size of Awards
Award amounts vary based on the program and will begin at $1,000 USD to support programs/projects that enhance camp and outdoor experiences for youth and families.
Allowed Use of Award
Funding Priorities Include:
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
We the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians are the most diverse confederation of Tribes and Bands on a single reservation in the United States. Our ancestors spoke 10 completely different languages, each of which had multiple dialects. Our ancestors brought with them deep connections to more than 20 million acres of ancestral territory combined, including all of Western Oregon from the summit of the Cascade mountains to the Pacific and extending into what’s now SW Washington State and northern California. Our ancestors signed many treaties with the United States. We were promised the 1.1 million acres Siletz Reservation as our permanent home, but following massive reservation reductions Congress passed the Western Oregon Termination Act in 1954 (took effect in 1956), and our federally recognized status as a tribe was also taken. In 1977 our lobbying of Congress to repeal our Termination was successful, and we became the second formerly Terminated Tribe to regain federal recognition as a Tribe.
Education
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz seeks to provide opportunities for Tribal members to reach potential, establish independence and improve quality of life through lifelong learning and education.
NWIHA – Youth Scholarship Program
Scholarship applications will be reviewed to meet the following minimum eligibility before any further review of the application will be done.
Mission: The Stamm Koechlein Family Foundation actively serves the communities of our board members, especially Richmond, Indiana and the surrounding areas. We support non-profit community organizations that enhance the vitality of the community, especially for young people.
Our goal is to build, strengthen, and sustain community life by bringing opportunity to youth.
The members of SKFF believe in the importance of their own family ties. By creating a common purpose, we hope to bring our geographically dispersed family members together in the mission of philanthropic giving as well as to create a legacy of generosity.
The Grant:
Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
We are committed to centering the experiences of those who are most impacted by the issues our region faces, and to widening access to our resources (both monetary and non-monetary) to ensure they are distributed equitably.
Our Mission
As a community-centered, equity forward institution, our mission is to improve the quality of life for those negatively impacted by inequitable systems across our region, so that we can be a region in which everyone can belong, participate, contribute, and thrive.
Enrichment Alliance of Virginia – Positive Behavioral Support
The Enrichment Alliance of Virginia, a committee-advised fund, is accepting proposals for funding up to $2,500 for trainings and other services to strengthen out-of-school time programs’ abilities to support positive behavior and safely de-escalate disruptive behaviors.
The purpose of this grant is to improve the programs’ capacity to include children with behavioral challenges while making sure that ALL children have positive camp or after-school experiences.
Impact Grants Clinton County
This opportunity invites you to pursue a bold, high-impact initiative that could significantly strengthen outcomes for our communities.
The Clinton County Community Foundation is pleased to announce the release of its Impact Grant Opportunity. This one-time, competitive funding opportunity is designed to support nonprofit organizations delivering impactful projects and services within Clinton County, Indiana. Funding may support new or existing initiatives that strengthen the community and address a broad range of local priorities.
Clinton County Community Foundation is committed to improving the quality of life for all residents of Clinton County. This grant program reflects our belief that community challenges are best addressed through strategic investment in nonprofit partners who understand the needs of local residents and have the operational capacity to implement meaningful, sustainable solutions. We invite those nonprofit partners to submit proposals through this opportunity for impact. Proposals should describe how the project will address priority areas, serve Clinton County residents, be implemented effectively, and sustain long-term impact when possible. We also encourage multi-agency partnerships that tackle complex challenges through shared resources, leadership, and vision.
HLP Hamakua Community Foundation Grants
The Foundation will provide special community service grants to support research or community-based projects, programs, or other activities ("the activity") which result in the improvement of the economic, cultural, and social welfare of the communities in the Hamakua District. These grants will be made from time to time, and not necessarily on an annual basis, although the Foundation intends to make such grants available annually.
The following are possible examples of the kinds of projects that the Selection Committee would be willing to consider in accordance with the foregoing criteria: economic development and business formation projects, cultural and education projects aimed at increasing public awareness and knowledge of the Hamakua District's historical and cultural heritage, projects to support the formation or strengthening of community youth organizations (e.g., Girls and Boys Scouts), projects to support job fairs and other employment opportunities, etc.
About Us
Interact for Health works so that people in our region are healthy and thriving, regardless of who they are or where they live. We advance health justice by tackling the root causes of unfair systems, amplifying community power and partnering with trust.
Responsive Fund
The goal of the Responsive Fund RFP is to address immediate, emerging, or unanticipated needs within the community, recognizing that opportunities to build resilience require dedicated funding.
2) In-Kind Support for Sustainability Consultations and Capacity Building
Participants in this program will receive 1:1 consulting services tailored to an organization’s identified needs. Interact for Health will work with local consultants and community partners based on needs shared by grantee organizations.
Examples of needs include the following:
Sustainability Consultations will include up to 30 hours of 1:1 support and will begin in late 2026.
About Us
Interact for Health works so that people in our region are healthy and thriving, regardless of who they are or where they live. We advance health justice by tackling the root causes of unfair systems, amplifying community power and partnering with trust.
Responsive Fund
The goal of the Responsive Fund RFP is to address immediate, emerging, or unanticipated needs within the community, recognizing that opportunities to build resilience require dedicated funding.
This funding supports the continuity of critical community infrastructure and services by addressing the time-sensitive operational and programmatic needs. Proposals for funding should focus on critical gaps or unmet needs with deep ties to community relationships. Organizations should demonstrate readiness to deploy resources quickly if funding is provided. This RFP will prioritize funding organizations essential to advancing health justice and youth well-being among our priority populations. Grants are available at three levels: $50,000, $75,000, or $100,000 for general operating or programmatic support.
WFM Community Impact Project Grants
Community Impact Project Grants are project grants available to nonprofits for up to $5,000. No financial match is required, however, projects demonstrating community support will be prioritized.
Community Impact Grants will support projects in the following categories: Placemaking, Children and Families, and Community Partnerships.
Placemaking
Examples include, but are not limited to: Projects that can demonstrate outcomes that contribute to increased livability, projects that focus on the activation of underutilized spaces such as beautification, trail improvements, tactical urbanism, blight removal, or other project-based creative interventions to transform public spaces or increase public dialog about the built environment, community vibrancy, local storytelling or quality of life.
Children and Families
Examples include but are not limited to: Projects that support reading and childhood literacy, programs that increase opportunities to connect children and families with physical, mental or financial health resources, projects that increase access to clean water for children and families at high risk for lead and other contaminants. Other examples include projects that prioritize prevention, early intervention and programs that can demonstrate the ability to measure impact related to children and families within CFM’s 22 county service area.
Community Partnerships
Projects that specifically focus on collaborative projects between two or more cross-sector or nonprofit partnerships. Examples might include but are not limited to: Projects that take a collaborative approach to address or advance an issue important to their community such as support for community visioning, charettes and asset mapping, or to support inclusive stakeholder convenings. CFM seeks to support programs that can demonstrate their intention for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) as it relates to project participation. Therefore, grant support may also include projects that lead to positive community change, positive civic engagement, and increasing community voice.
Michigan Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Mini Grant
SRTS is an international movement that makes it safe, convenient, and fun for students to walk, roll, and bike to school. The Michigan SRTS program is managed by the Michigan Department of Transportation with support provided by the Michigan Fitness Foundation, and seeks to:
Funding
Applicants are eligible to receive up to $15,000 per school, with a maximum of $120,000 per applicant for 8 or more schools. At least $7,500/school should be set aside for a Program Coordinator and/or personnel work. The grants are intended to support active transportation programs to and from school.
Youth Lead Project — Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program
The Washington State Department of Commerce is making up to $646,065 available in Youth Lead Project grant funding. The Office of Homeless Youth received awards through HUD’s Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) to provide interventions that prevent and end youth homelessness in Washington’s Balance of State (BoS) Continuum of Care (CoC).
The Youth Lead Project was developed by the BoS YHDP Youth Action Board, known as the Youth for Youth (Y4Y) Board, to embed youth voice into every aspect of the youth homelessness response system. Grant funds support professional opportunities for young adults with lived experience of homelessness to address youth homelessness through both direct service delivery activities, like street outreach and case management, and participating in leadership activities for local and statewide system change efforts.
Grant funds must be used to support youth and young adults, ages 12-24, who meet criteria for category 1, 2, or 4 of the HUD definition of homelessness at enrollment. Youth Lead Project grants are for supportive services only and do not include housing programs or ongoing rental assistance.
Upward Mobility Grants
The Upward Mobility Grant Program supports new and creative ideas that help people and families thrive in DeKalb County. Replacing the Promise Grants Program, this pilot initiative provides funding for projects that improve quality of life and help people build better lives in DeKalb County, IL.
The Foundation created this pilot program to support good ideas from the community and help turn those ideas into action.
Focus Areas
Projects should address one or more of the following areas:
Education & Youth
Health & Well-Being
Housing & Transportation
Income & Employment
Applicants may request up to $5,000. Bilingual workshops and application support will be available throughout the process.
Big Ideas, Real Impact.
Our Mission
The Seabrook Community Foundation is dedicated to expanding opportunity and strengthening the well-being of underserved youth and families in coastal communities surrounding Seabrook, WA, including Copalis, Taholah, and Copalis Crossing. Grounded in integrity, respect, and commitment, the foundation actively invests in the regions people by creating meaningful pathways to stability, health, and a more vibrant future for all.
Our Vision
To cultivate a region rich with opportunity where children flourish and every family has the support and resources to build healthy, stable, and hopeful futures.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Title I - Youth Program Services
Provides services to in-school youth ages 14-21, and out-of-school youth ages 16-24 that are intended to help youth focus on career pathways, longer-term academic and occupational learning opportunities, and provide long-term comprehensive service strategies.
The Montana Department of Labor & Industry (MTDLI), in compliance with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), is seeking applications from experienced and qualified organizations to execute essential workforce development through the WIOA Title I - Youth Program.
In doing so, the Department is seeking applicants who:
The John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood assists youth who have experienced foster care at age 14 or older achieve self-sufficiency. Grants are offered to States and Tribes who submit a plan to assist youth in a wide variety of areas designed to support a successful transition to adulthood. Activities and programs include, but are not limited to, help with education, employment, financial management, housing, emotional support and assured connections to caring adults for older youth in foster care.
The Youth Participation Initiative Program was established in 2009 to provide funding for the purpose of educating children in the areas of hunting, fishing, conservation, and safety. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) encourages applicants to focus on the education, recruitment, or retention of youth in the areas listed above or in any safety issues arising from the areas of hunting, fishing, or conservation.
About Us
The Branch County Community Foundation (BCCF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to improving the quality of life in the communities of Branch County and Colon, Michigan. The Community Foundation was established in 1991 by a group of individuals that connected from local Rotary clubs who saw the need for a community foundation supported by donors from all walks of life. In partnership with generous donors and community partners, we lead a community-wide effort to build a better future for everyone.
Funding Opportunities
We fund projects benefiting Branch County or Colon, Michigan. In making grants, the Community Foundation attempts to understand the specific objectives of each grant request and the long-term benefits the community will receive from the initiative. Scroll the list of funding opportunities below to preview the opportunities available.
Youth Advisory Council Grants
These grants support projects and programs that directly and exclusively benefit young people ages 0 – 21.
One competitive grant cycle per year by application only.
Grants for youth programs provide funding to support education, recreation, and mentorship initiatives that empower young people. The following grants help nonprofits address critical needs, foster personal growth, and promote positive outcomes for children and teens.
Discover 467 funding opportunities for youth programs, with $167.1M available. Instrumentl connects nonprofits with funding sources, offering grant-matching tools, deadline alerts, and funder research to strengthen programs for young people.
How common are grants in this category?
Common — grants in this category appear regularly across funding sources.
Over the past year, when are grant deadlines typically due for grants for Youth Programs?
Most grants are due in the first quarter.
What's the typical grant amount funded for Grants for Youth Programs?
Grants are most commonly $15,000.
Nonprofits eligible for youth program grants include youth-focused organizations, after-school programs, mentoring initiatives, and educational institutions dedicated to youth development. These grants aim to empower young people, foster resilience, and support positive outcomes for children in need. Many funders prioritize programs that offer leadership training, academic support, and recreational activities.
Grants for youth programs typically have the highest concentration of deadlines in Q1, with 29.3% of grant deadlines falling in this period. If you're planning to apply, consider prioritizing your applications around this time to maximize opportunities. Conversely, the least active period for grants in this category is Q4.
Grants for youth-focused programs support initiatives in mentorship, career readiness, mental health, sports and recreation, and educational enrichment. These grants help nonprofits address critical needs, foster personal growth, and promote positive outcomes for children and teens. Funders aim to create safe, engaging environments where young people can develop academically, socially, and emotionally.
Funding for youth program grants varies widely, with award amounts ranging from a minimum of $200 to a maximum of $40,331,313. Based on Instrumentl’s data, the median grant amount for this category is $15,000, while the average grant awarded is $594,751. Understanding these funding trends can help nonprofits set realistic expectations when applying.
The $89.9 million in available funding for youth-focused programs comes from federal organizations such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the Afterschool Alliance, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and many local community foundations dedicated to supporting youth initiatives.
To improve their success rate, organizations seeking grants for youth-focused programs should collaborate with schools and local organizations to strengthen their applications. Additionally, they should consider incorporating the following elements in their proposals:
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