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2002 Youth in Action/Community
Service Grants
Funding provided by: MetLife Foundation
Community service project grants of $500 to $1,500 are awarded to youth who take leadeship roles and partner require youth teams to identify critical issues in their communities, develop activities to address these issues, and educate other young people and adults about ways to engage in community service. Youth must be actively involved in writing proposals and implementing projects. Collaborative efforts reflecting the diversity of the community are encouraged. Grant award funds are not to be used to establish new 4-H Clubs or to fund leadership trainings. For information and applications, click on the National 4-H Council's Youth Grant web site at http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/ycc/grantinfo.htm. Grant proposals should not exceed two pages in length and must address the specifications detailed in the grant application. Proposal deadline is November 2, 2001.
After School Programs
Et tu, Fundee? The National Endowment for the Humanities invites proposals
for after-school humanities programs (history, literature, anthropology,
culture and art appreciation) for youth between the ages of 5 and 18. Programs
must start after May 2002. Grant size is $50,000. Deadline:
November 1
More Info: http://www.neh.gov/grants/afterschool.html
OR call Mike Shirley or Bonnie Gould at 202-606-8269
National Campaign Against
Youth Violence
http://www.noviolence.net
Best Buy Community Service Grants
http://www.bestbuy.com/about/communityrelations/grantsprogram.asp
2001 Application Deadlines: June 2, September
8, November 3,
Handspring Foundation
http://www.handspring.com/company/foundation
2001 Deadlines: February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1
US Department of Education: Safe
Schools/Healthy Students Initiative
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/grants.html
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
http://www.benjerry.com/foundation
The Source Youth Foundation
http://teamyouth.com/grantguidelines.htm
Hip hop with heart. The foundation believes that traditional
forms of connecting youth to home, school, and faith based organizations
are no longer the primary influences on young people's belief structure.
Instead, the greatest source of influence has become their peers, the media
and the entertainment industry. While current educational, leadership and
workforce development efforts that focus on families or skill-based interventions
have had some impact, it is evident that they must be supplemented by more
effective methods to recruit and engage urban youth. Youth service professionals
must be willing to heighten their cultural competence in ways that utilize
specific cultural content to build a bridge between urban youth culture
and workplace and educational norms. To this end, the Source Youth Foundation’s
funding priorities are unique in that they reflect the foundation’s commitment
to utilizing its influence with the urban community to transform the hip-hop
movement into a dynamic force for social change. Indeed, the Source Youth
Foundation recognizes the power of the culture it has helped to produce
and disseminate, and will look for programs that reach out to youth through
youth’s own cultural framework. Applications
must be received by December 30, 2001
General Mills, "Parental Involvement
in Education (PIE)
http://www.boxtops4education.com
Will support new or existing programs targeting parental involvement
in schools. Deadline: December 31, 2001