The Youth Service America is now accepting applications for the 16th Annual Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Youth Grants program.
Donor Name: Youth Service America (YSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/25/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
With the generous support of the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation, we will again offer project grants to youth changemakers—aged 5 to 25—to lead awareness, direct service, advocacy, and philanthropic projects that focus on ending childhood hunger in their communities.
They will again offer project grants to youth changemakers—aged 5 to 25—to lead awareness, direct service, advocacy, and philanthropic projects that focus on ending childhood hunger in their communities.
Youth applicants should provide opportunities for all of their peers to participate as volunteers, especially youth from low-income families or neighborhoods, young people of color, and youth who are often served, but not usually asked to serve – such as youth with disabilities, youth who are homeless, in foster care, in the juvenile justice system, youth who are immigrants or refugees, English Language Learners, LGBTQ+, or in military families;
Funding Information
he grant awards $1,000.
Grant Period
Projects must take place during the Sodexo Servathon (April 1 – May 31, 2026), with some activity during Youth Service Month (April 10 – May 10, 2026) and/or Global Youth Service Day (April 24-26, 2026) strongly encouraged.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposed projects must be youth-led and focus on addressing childhood hunger;
- Projects may take place in K-12 schools, colleges/universities, afterschool programs, youth organizations, nonprofits, or faith-based organizations;
- Youth applicants must live in the United States, and activities must benefit children and families in the United States. This includes American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, D.C.
For more information, visit YSA.
