The Youth Empowerment Grant Program prioritizes nonprofits working in the area of youth empowerment.
Donor Name: Aspen Community Foundation
State: Colorado
City: Aspen
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/29/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The objective of this funding is to support equitable access to culturally responsive empowerment opportunities, career connected learning experiences, and critical resources that are essential to youth gaining confidence and competency to thrive, now and in the future. In collaboration with community partners, ACF’s youth empowerment efforts build resilience, improve educational outcomes, and strengthen physical, emotional, and mental health of youth throughout the Aspen to Parachute region.
ACF Seeks to support organizations making an impact through:
- Career-connected and experiential learning opportunities and postsecondary planning support.
- Opportunities for youth to learn, explore, and discover new interests and activities outside the classroom setting, and those that intentionally serve disengaged youth.
- Opportunities that support physical, social-emotional, and mental health, are culturally responsive, and grounded in youth-centered needs.
Funding Information
A total of $250,000 will be awarded through ACF’s 2025 Youth Empowerment grant cycle via 10 to 15 grants in the $15,000 to $25,000 range.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations are eligible to apply if:
- They are classified as tax exempt under the provision of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or are using a fiscal sponsor with a 501(c)(3). Or they are a government entity such as a school district.
- They serve youth ages six to twenty-four years old and provide opportunities for youth living in the Aspen to Parachute region.
- Did not receive funding via a 2025 Jonathan D + Mark C. Lewis Foundation Youth Impact Grant.
For more information, visit ACF.
