Deadline: 2-Mar-21
Youth Initiative Grants Program has been announced and is proudly supported by United Way, GenNext, and Central Okanagan Foundation. Youth Initiative Grants program supports young people up to age 25 to develop and run projects to improve their communities.
Who is eligible for Youth Initiative Grant?
- Applicants must be affiliated with a charity, a school, or a church as their sponsor organization. Sponsor organizations must be willing to assume legal and financial support for a project and support the youth leading the project.
- Grants are not awarded to businesses or individuals. Grants are given within the region of Central and South Okanagan Similkameen to projects that directly benefit the local community. Applying does not guarantee that you will receive funding.
- All applications are assessed by a Youth Initiative Grants Advisory Council who will decide which projects are awarded grants.
What are the criteria for deciding which projects receive grants?
Your project must be:
- Youth-led (proposed and implemented by youth up to age 25);
- Volunteer-based (no salaries or remunerations may be paid to volunteers);
- Based in the Central Okanagan or South Okanagan Similkameen Region;
- Beneficial to both youth and the whole community.
Eligible project costs may include:
- Promotional costs (posters, flyers, radio/newspaper ads);
- Materials related to the project – except for capital expenses such as equipment, office space, large electronics (at the discretion of the Selection Committee);
- Transportation costs;
- Food and lodging for volunteers, etc.
For more information, visit https://unitedwaysibc.com/how-we-help/kids/youth-initiative-grants/