The Community Foundation and its Forward Turn Youth Advisors will consider applications that Strengthen Positive Youth Lifestyle, Create United Youth Communities, and Encourage Community Youth Involvement in Loudoun and Fauquier Counties.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties
State: Virginia
County: Fauquier County (VA), Loudoun County (VA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/17/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Foundation has a strong preference for youth involvement in the application process. Here are some ideas for grant programs, but they’re interested in your ideas, too:
- Address substance use disorders and/or eating disorders in teens
- Educate teen users about internet safety
- Offer educational mentoring or tutoring programs for youth
- Teach tolerance and anti-bullying to teens
- Improve school attendance, reduce high-school dropout, and improve teen motivation
- Demonstrate road safety and safe driving practices
- Build meaningful links between youth, adults, and/or elderly
- Abate teen pregnancy
- Help with teen hunger, clothing, shelter, and poverty influences
- Bring awareness and helpful programs for teen depression and suicide
- Support programs that protect and preserve the environment.
Grant Making Priorities
- Proposals written by teen applicants!
- Projects / Programs that are youth-led or directly support youth
- Projects that include collaboration with at least one other student, groups of youths, faith-based organization, or charitable nonprofit
- Projects that leverage additional resources, like volunteer time, in-kind gifts of materials or supplies, or that are matched by other funding sources
- Ideas that have high impact with a small grant.
Funding Information
Grants usually range from $500 to $1,500. Grants are anticipated to be announced by April 1, 2025. Grant recipients have one year to complete a project and spend their grant funds once funded.
Eligibility Criteria
Forward Turn grant applicants may be faith-based organizations, local nonprofit organizations, government groups, or schools serving Loudoun and/or Northern Fauquier Counties. Nonprofit organizations must be a 501(c)(3) public charity in good standing with the IRS.
For more information, visit CFLNFC.
