The Carolyn Foundation is seeking applications for its BIPOC-led Youth Development Grant Cycle to support BIPOC-led organizations which are often underrepresented in foundation funding, make unique and valuable connections with young people, and may not be familiar with Carolyn Foundation.
Donor Name: Carolyn Foundation
State: Connecticut
City: New Haven
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000 and $20,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Guidelines & Priorities
The goal is to fund organizations providing high-quality youth development for underrepresented youth ages 13-18, grades 7-12, in New Haven, CT.
When evaluating proposals, they use research-based criteria, looking for organizations and programs that:
- Are on the Youth Engagement Continuum
- It prefer organizations that offer purposeful, significant youth development and leadership development.
- Are “high dosage”
- Programs meet often, for a significant time and extended duration. For example, a program that meets several times a week for two hours throughout the year will be rated more highly than a program that is one hour a week for six weeks.
- Are long-lasting
- Programs that work with young people over multiple years will be rated more highly than those that don’t.
- Include meaningful, supportive relationships between young people and caring adults
- will be rated higher than those that don’t. Organizations with stable, well-trained youth development staff will be rated more highly than those with revolving volunteers.
- Develop skills and spark interests or passions
- merely provide safe places to hang out.
- Have leadership and staff who reflect the students they serve
- Students benefit from seeing leaders that look like them and share lived experiences.
In addition to the above-listed research-based criteria, they will prioritize youth development organizations that are BIPOC-led for the upcoming responsive grant cycle. They define BIPOC-led as either senior management or the majority of the board. In addition, organizations should:
- Serve a large percentage (>70%) of BIPOC youth community members;
- Have annual budgets of ~ $1 million or less; and
- Operate programs in the City of New Haven, CT
Funding Information
Grant seekers can apply for one-year grants between $5,000 and $20,000. This is a competitive grant process.
For more information, visit Carolyn Foundation.
