Dow CommunityGives, a component of DowGives, creates an opportunity to encourage volunteerism in youth, grades K-12, in the Great Lakes Bay Region.
Donor Name: Saginaw Community Foundation
State: Michigan
County: Saginaw County (MI)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Youth can earn a $1,000 grant to use toward expenses like uniforms, travel costs or classroom needs, or they can choose to donate it the nonprofit of their choice.
By promoting volunteerism, CommunityGives emphasizes the importance and value of community engagement to the region’s youth and promotes a sense of community, along with a desire to give back.
Volunteer Project/Activity Criteria
- A group must have a minimum of 10 youth participants
- Volunteer project/activity must be a minimum of three hours in length with youth committing to three consecutive hours of volunteering
- The project/activity cannot directly benefit the applicant (i.e., a baseball team cannot clean a park where it plays baseball
- Completed project/activity must equal 50+ volunteer hours (example: 17 youth x 3 hours volunteering = 51 total hours).
Eligibility Criteria
- Must be made up of youth in the K-12 age range
- Must be located in Saginaw County
- Must be affiliated with a 501(c)(3) or school district (public or private)*
- Must complete an approved volunteer activity within 12-weeks after application is approved
- Must show demonstrated need.
For more information, visit SCF.
