Deadline: 08-Dec-2024
To encourage youth to devise and implement sustainable hunger-relief programs in their community, the Youth Service America is partnering with the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation to launch the new Youth Stop Hunger Innovation Grant!
Twelve grants will be awarded to cohorts of youth in the United States between the ages of 5 and 25 years old who are looking to fight hunger in their community by addressing its root causes, while also engaging other youth in volunteerism.
They know that experiences with hunger are unique to each person, but they also know from research that common factors like food waste, climate change, and poverty (including low wages, lack of affordable housing, racism and discrimination, and education and healthcare) contribute to the wider issue of hunger.
Funding Information
- Twelve $2,500 grants will be awarded
Eligible Projects
- All projects must focus on addressing a root cause of hunger in the applicants’ community. They encourage you to do some research into how hunger impacts your community, the root causes of hunger, and the impact of those root causes on your community. World Food Program USA, Feeding America, the Food Research & Action Center, and the Committee on World Food Security are great starting points. Your local food bank is also a great resource for local root causes and needs.
- Projects must include plans for program sustainability, with the intent of continuing the program after the conclusion of the award period (after June 1, 2025).
- Projects should not feature a single, one-time project such as a food drive or one-time meal preparation event.
Eligibility Criteria
- Groups comprised of 2 to 5 youth (all between 5 and 25 years old; all based in the US) who will be the primary program planners may apply. Grants will be awarded per group, not per individual within the group ($2,500 total per group).
- Applicants will need to propose a service program that will fight hunger by addressing a root cause of hunger in their community and/or take a current project to the next level. Projects must be implemented in the applicants’ community.
- Applicants must include plans for continuation, replication, expansion, and/or sustaining of their program. They will not consider proposals for single, one-off projects such as a food drive or one-time meal preparation event.
- Applicants must provide responses that are original to the program planners listed on the application. They will not consider applications with responses that are AI-generated.
- Applicants must select an organization or school to serve as their Sponsor and a staff member of that organization or school to serve as their Mentor. The Sponsor and Mentor will provide local, on-the-ground support to assist the youth leaders in implementing their program.
- Awardees should engage peers from outside of their core planning group to assist in the planning and implementation of their program. Peers should include young people of color (Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Indigenous) and young people from other underserved or historically excluded communities.
- Young people from other underserved or historically excluded communities include, but is not limited to: youth who have experienced or are experiencing hunger; youth from low-income families or neighborhoods; youth who are homeless; youth who are in foster care; youth who have disabilities; youth who are in the Juvenile Justice System; youth who are asylees, refugees, or immigrants; youth who are English language learners; youth who live in rural areas, youth who are in military families; youth who are LGBTQIA+; and younger youth.
For more information, visit Youth Service America.
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