The United Way of Racine County’s Youth as Resources is a leadership development initiative that offers grant funding to youth-led community service projects.
Donor Name: United Way of Racine County
State: Wisconsin
County: Racine County (WI)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/20/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to and including $1,000
Details:
Youth as Resources supports and promotes young adults as capable community contributors who have valuable ideas and are able to take on responsibilities with energy and skill. It empowers young adults to develop and use their capacity to transform themselves and the world they live in through active participation in the relationships, events and institutions that impact their lives. Youth as resources also fosters partnerships between youth and adults as respectful partners who share power and decision making. It promotes the direct involvement of youth in their communities as productive workers, as agents of change and as advocates for themselves and others and encourages young adults to pursue the acquisition of new knowledge and development of new skills by providing support and challenging opportunities.
Fund Eligibility
Any group of youth (up to age 24) from community organizations, religious communities, schools, classrooms, clubs, service groups and other nonprofit organizations may apply for a grant up to and including $1,000.
YAR grants are awarded to projects that:
- Are planned, led and implemented by youth with adult advisors.
- Address a community need or problem clearly and creatively.
- Can be started and finished by the same group of youth in a reasonable amount of time.
- Have solid, well-organized plans and a realistic, cost-effective budget.
- Create and work within the community through the donation of services, talents and materials.
- Publicize the positive work being done by youth to improve Racine County.
- Include reflection activities that help youth gain insight into how they can make the world a better place.
Each YAR project must have a sponsoring organization. The sponsoring organization is required to:
- Assume all liability associated with the project.
- Demonstrate proof of IRS determination of nonprofit status.
- Complete and submit the counterterrorism compliance document.
- Receive and disburse the grant award funds on behalf of the youth group.
Each YAR project budget has three required elements:
- Project costs such as supplies, materials, rental, transportation, etc.
- Reflection costs such as photo developing, stickers, embellishments, etc. Each group will receive a blank reflection book to complete and submit; however, the group may also create a PowerPoint presentation, video or other creative form of reflection. Reflection costs may be no more than $35.00.
- Recognition costs such as certificates for participants, end-of-project celebrations, etc. Recognition costs may be no more than 20% of YAR-funded project costs.
For more information, visit Youth as Resources.
