Responsible Sports is offering grants of $2,500 to non-profit youth sports organizations or educational athletic programs to promote responsible parenting and sportsmanship. Coaches and parents complete online coursework and subsequent quizzes for a chance at the grant awards. 6 to 7 grants are awarded depending on organization class, but applying organizations can only receive the grant once. Additionally, sport organizations must be registered with Responsible Sports and are encouraged to contact an administrator with the organization if not already in the database. Deadline is on-going.
Teens around the nation are encouraged to apply for the Prudential Spirit of Community Award for exceptional volunteer work that positively impacts their communities. Applicants must be in school, in grades 5 to 12 to apply. The top awardees are recognized by each state and awarded $1,000. Of the 102 state-level winners, a handful will be selected for national recognition in Washington, a $5,000 award and gold medallion. Nominating schools or organizations receive $5,000 grants for national placing.
The Youth Garden Grant Program (YGGP), supported by The Home Depot Garden Club, will award more than $50,000 in home depot gift cards for youth-oriented gardening programs before year’s end. Five grantees will receive $1,000 gift cards, and 95 others will get $500 cards. Most non-profits, community and education organizations may apply. Applicants must plan to with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18 in the coming year. While this specific grant is for the 2011 year, YGGP offers a new round of grants each year.
From the federal level, the Administration of Children, Youth and Families are offering funding opportunities to support effective strategies to help youth at risk of aging out of foster care develop skills to strengthen and manage their relationship with biological family members and other important individuals in their lives. The end goal is to promote a healthy transition into adulthood. Projects selected for funding will be expected to:
Increase reunification or other permanency for youth who are at risk of aging out of the foster care system;
Build protective mechanisms (i.e. self-regulation, coping, and self-efficacy) and factors with youth to promote relational competencies and the ability to successfully seek out environments and social settings that support their own positive development now and in the future;
Demonstrate effective strategies to promote connecting youth with adults in a long-lasting and meaningful way;
Develop models or strategies of youth relational competency, youth leadership, employment and educational achievement;
Evaluate the processes and outcomes of these strategies and models; and
Each project will serve as a "learning laboratory" producing knowledge about capacity-building and effective practices in the coordination and delivery of services to young people in foster care. The application deadline is July 7, 2012.
The Starbucks Foundation offers grants ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 each year for programs or services focused on youth between the age of 6 and 24. In the U.S., only 501(c)(3) non-profit are eligible. Proposals should focus on or include at least one of the following areas:
Youth active in the leadership of the organization. Telling stories of emerging young leaders. Building bridges between and among different youth communities.
The Entertainment Software Association Foundation awards grants up to $50,000 to provide programs and services utilizing computer or video game software to educate students between the ages of 7 and 18. To be eligible:
- Must be a 501(c)(3) non-profit. - Seek funding for a project that will be implemented nation-wide, or at least in two or more states. - Serve youth between the ages of 7 and 18. - Provide programs or services that utilize technology to educate.
The Women’s Foundation of Minnesota recently launched a combination of grants, research, public education, convening and evaluation to end sex trafficking of girls. Among the grants, the A FUTURE: Minnesota Girls Are Not for Sale campaign.
The Whole Kids Foundation (WKF), a non-profit by Whole Foods Market, is accepting grant applications from eligible schools and non-profits to help schools grow students’ relationship with and understanding of food through the practice of gardening.
DoSomething.org, an organization focused on “helping young people rock causes they care about,” offers to help community-based projects and programs get off the ground with the DoSomething.org Seed Grant. Read on for eligibility guidelines and deadlines.
