Deadline: 15-Jun-22
The James R. Thorpe Foundation is accepting applications for Opportunities for Youth to provide individual youth, ages 12 to 18, with the support and services needed for a successful and healthy transition to adulthood.
Giving priorities
- Support for Youth
- The Thorpe Foundation funds organizations that provide individual youth, ages 12 to 18, with the support and services needed for a successful and healthy transition to adulthood. The Foundation supports efforts that:
- Promote the development of self-awareness, self-management, and interpersonal skills needed for success in life, work, and school,
- Focus on teaching youth the academic and employment skills necessary for adulthood,
- Build participation in the arts and other enrichment activities which incorporate positive youth development goals, and
- Use reciprocal multigenerational programs that foster empathy and build relationship across-generations.
- The Thorpe Foundation funds organizations that provide individual youth, ages 12 to 18, with the support and services needed for a successful and healthy transition to adulthood. The Foundation supports efforts that:
Funding information
The Thorpe Foundation limits its support to organizations with operating budgets of $ 3 million or less (even if the program for which the organization is seeking funding has a budget of less than $ 3 million).
Geographic Focus
The Thorpe Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that are located in and / or primarily serving residents of Minneapolis and its first- and second-ring suburbs.
Types of support
The Thorpe Foundation is most likely to make general operating or program support grants. The Foundation does not support capital purchases or campaigns, or endowments.
Criteria
Organizations must have at least one paid employee to receive funding consideration. Organizations that operate through a fiscal sponsor are not eligible for funding consideration.
For more information, visit https://jamesrthorpefoundation.org/