The Youth Development Grant Program aims to ensure equal access to opportunities for all youth in Brookline, and support and enhance the well-being of youth and their families.
Donor Name: Brookline Community Foundation (BCF)
State: Massachusetts
Town: Brookline
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/06/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Youth Development Grant Program seeks to promote activities that are inclusive and represent the diversity within the Brookline community, with a focus on Brookline youth whose families earn less than the town’s median annual income or are underserved. Examples of the types of youth-related activities that may be considered for funding include:
- Programs that fill programmatic gaps, particularly for middle school aged youth and youth from low-income families
- Programs that develop youth leadership and/or create job and internship opportunities
- Programs focusing on arts and culture, environmental education, or health and fitness
- Programs that support education including early childhood education, out-of-school time programs, access to academic supports
- Programs that help ensure the basic needs of Brookline’s youth are being met
- Programs that address the opportunity gap exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic
- Programs that support the social, emotional and mental health needs of Brookline youth.
Priority Considerations
In alignment with the organizational vision, as they review proposals, they will give preference to community organizations and groups that:
- Are working to advance equity (including removing barriers to opportunities, meeting the immediate individual needs of those impacted by inequities, addressing root causes of inequities);
- Are led by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color); and/or
- Focus on BIPOC and other vulnerable or marginalized populations, including those populations most impacted by the pandemic
Funding Information
- Total amount available to grant: This fiscal year, BCF has $154,200 to distribute within the Youth Development Grant Program.
- Maximum Grant Amount: Grant requests are limited to $25,000 or below this year.
Grant Period
BCF is inviting requests for one-year Youth Development grants to be submitted through the FY25 grant application.
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c)(3) nonprofits organizations, Town departments or agencies, and community groups can apply for funding.
- For this grant program, an organization/group is considered BIPOC-led if they meet at least one of the following three criteria:
- The organization/group’s Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer or Board Chair identifies as BIPOC.
- 50% or more of the organization’s leadership staff or program directors identify as BIPOC.
- 50% or more of board members identify as BIPOC.
For more information, visit BCF.
