The City of Lawrenceburg is now accepting applications for its 2025 Youth Grant Program.
Donor Name: City of Lawrenceburg
State: Indiana
County: Dearborn County (IN)
City: Lawrenceburg
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/11/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Grants will be made to eligible tax-exempt organizations for programs that directly benefit youth between the ages of 0 and 18 years old. Select programs/teams, those that allow participation of a few children are not eligible to apply, when other organizations are available to offer the same recreational opportunities. Half of the total funding available is allocated to benefit youth programs where 75% of the youth reside in the Lawrenceburg school district and the other half is allocated for youth programs that benefit youth programs where 90% of the youth reside in Dearborn County.
Funding Information
Maximum grant awards are $8,000 per organization per calendar year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations serving residents of Dearborn County that are currently recognized as tax-exempt by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under IRC section 501(c)(3) or under section 501(c) are eligible to apply for grants from DCF.
- If an IRS Tax-Exempt organization is not a 501(c)(3), then the purpose of the grant request must be charitable as defined by the IRS. Grants awarded to non-501(c)(3) IRS tax-exempt organizations will be proportionate to the charitable purpose of the grant request.
- Grants are awarded only to organizations whose programs benefit the residents of Dearborn County. If your organization is located outside of Dearborn County BUT you serve Dearborn County residents – THEN the grant request should be proportionate to the number of Dearborn County residents served.
- All organizations applying for grants through the Dearborn Community Foundation must have a responsible fiscal agent or treasurer within the organization and follow adequate accounting procedures.
Ineligibility
The Lawrenceburg Youth Grant Program does not provide grant funding for the following items:
- Salaries
- Employee benefits
- Prizes
- Trophies, medals and/or ribbons/awards
- All-Star team uniforms
- Coaches uniforms
- Referee fees, umpire fees and scorekeeper fees.
For more information, visit City of Lawrenceburg.