The City of Knoxville is seeking to provide grant funding to non-profit and community-based organizations, including smaller organizations, to provide services focused on building awareness, education and prevention related to reducing youth violence.
Donor Name: City of Knoxville
State: Tennessee
City: Knoxville
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/02/2023
Size of the Grant: $500 – $3,000
Details:
The City of Knoxville’s top priority is public safety. They especially recognize the collective responsibility to create safe, nurturing environments for children and youth to grow, learn, and play. Youth violence, in all forms, has a devastating effect on youth, families, and communities; reducing youth violence requires collective and collaborative engagement.
The City of Knoxville has funding available in this round of grants to be awarded in March 2023 for programming carried out during National Youth Violence Prevention Week, between April 24, 2023 and April 28, 2023.
Awards may range between $500 – $3,000 and shall specifically support programming, events, activities, trainings, campaigns, resource development and distribution, or other activities related to participation in and furtherance of the goals of Youth Violence Prevention Week and reduction of violence involving youth. Funded activities may engage youth, adults or the community at-large.
Criteria
- To receive funding, an applicant must be a nonprofit organization with tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status or have secured a Fiscal Sponsor.
- An applicant cannot discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or disability when carrying out any aspect of the funded project.
- Funds generally will be distributed in a single payment up-front upon execution of the grant agreement. The City reserves the right to hold a portion of final grant funding until after submission and approval of an end-project report.
For more information, visit Youth Violence Prevention Week Micro-Grant.
