The Youth Neighborhood Association Partnership Program (YNAPP) offers grants for up to $2,000 for youth to create and implement neighborhood-based service learning projects of their own design.
Donor Name: City of Las Vegas
State: Nevada
City: Las Vegas
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/31/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $2,000
Details:
Youth are project leaders and work towards ways to make changes in their neighborhoods and throughout the community based on their ideas and their vision for their neighborhood.
Purpose
- encourages youth to take ownership of their neighborhoods and work with adults and local businesses to make it a better place to live
- gives them the opportunity to participate in the betterment of their communities
- taps youths’ underutilized assets and provides opportunities, resources, funds, and guidance
- enables youth to become involved in their communities by helping to improve their neighborhoods
Sample projects include, but are not limited to
- Developing care packages
- Youth art/mural projects
- Reading projects
- Services for the homeless
- Building a Little Free Library
- Community Clean-ups
Eligibility Criteria
- Youth participants between ages of 7 and 18 (from neighborhood associations, social organizations, religious groups, educational institutions, etc.) are eligible to apply for YNAPP funding.
- Any property valued at $500.00 or more must be inventoried and must be accounted for at the end of the program year.
Funding may not be used
- For overhead costs
- For salaries or wages
- For fundraising activities
- For direct donations to other organizations
- To supplement city programs or activities
- By city staff on city time
- To purchase gift cards
- Any other cost the city of Las Vegas considers unacceptable
For more information, visit City of Las Vegas.
