The Professional Development Grant program offers financial assistance for youth workers to attend continuing education opportunities that will help them promote the healthy development of children and youth, with emphasis on training that Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) does not or cannot offer, and that the applicant might not otherwise be able to attend.
Donor Name: Indiana Youth Institute
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $750
Details:
Funding Information
Maximum grant available: $750
Eligible Conferences, Trainings, and Workshops
IYI’s Professional Development Grants may be used for conferences, trainings, or workshops that focus on nonprofit management or healthy youth development. Opportunities must be significantly related to the applicant’s position and agency’s mission and improve the applicant’s ability to do his or her job and the agency’s ability to foster the healthy development of children and youth. Funds may not be applied to trainings offered by IYI, nor to events that have occurred or that begin prior to the grant award decision date.
Examples of eligible conference and courses:
- National Mentoring Summit
- National Afterschool Association Conference
- American School Counselor Association Conference
- Courses at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
- National Family and Community Engagement Conference
- A social work or nonprofit management course at your local college or university
Eligibility Requirements
- Applicants must be a staff member, board member, or active volunteer of a tax-exempt organization that provides services to youth.
- Organization must directly serve Indiana youth. If located in a bordering state, applicant must provide evidence that Indiana youth are served.
- Organization must be in good standing with IYI’s finance department – no past-due invoices
- The professional development opportunity must begin after the grant decision date, which is by the 15th of the month following the application deadline.
- Grants are limited to two per organization per fiscal year. The IYI fiscal year is July 1-June 30.
- Individuals will be limited to one grant every other fiscal year.
- Any individual who was awarded a grant in the 2020-2021 fiscal year will not be eligible for 2021-2022.
- Each grant is intended to allow one individual to attend one professional development opportunity. Requests involving multiple people or multiple opportunities will not be considered.
For more information, visit Professional Development Grants.
