Deadline: 21-Jan-24
The Youth Service America (YSA) is excited to announce the launch of the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Youth Grants.
With the generous support of the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation, Youth Service America is once again offering project grants to youth changemakers—aged 5 to 25—to lead awareness, direct service, advocacy, and philanthropic projects that focus on ending childhood hunger in their communities.
Funding Information
- This year, youth may apply for grants of either $250 or $500 depending on the number of youth who will be participating as volunteers (project planners, project leaders, and day-of volunteers).
- $250 grantees will be required to engage at least 25 other youth as volunteers while $500 grantees have a 50 youth volunteer requirement.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposed projects must be youth-led and focus on addressing childhood hunger;
- Projects must take place during the Sodexo Servathon (April 1-May 31, 2024), with some activity on Global Youth Service Day (April 26-28, 2024) strongly encouraged;
- Projects may take place in schools, colleges/universities, afterschool programs, youth organizations, nonprofits, or faith-based organizations;
- Youth applicants should engage youth not typically asked to serve (including, but not limited to youth with disabilities, youth who are struggling in school, and youth from low-income or underserved communities) as volunteers;
- Youth applicants must live in the United States, and activities must benefit children and families in the United States.
- Because those experiencing hunger require both short-term and long-term support, they are especially interested in projects that have a sustainability component and/or introduce long-term solutions to ending hunger. They are also looking for ideas that bring together all members of the community from young people and their families to Sodexo employees and leaders in the community.
For more information, visit YSA.