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YOUTHadelphia 2012 Announces Grantmaking Priorities and RFP Release Open House

March 1, 2012 - 12:00pm

Save the Date for the YOUTHadelphia Request for Proposal Open House on March 1, 2012 at 5 p.m. The Philadelphia Foundation is pleased to announce the grantmaking areas for YOUTHadelphia 2012, the Youth-in-philanthropy committee of the Fund for Children. A total of up to $100,000 in grants will be available for organizations serving youth with programs focused on: Homeless Services, Mentoring, providing LGBTQ Support, and reducing Gun Violence (through services to incarcerated youth or addressing gang violence, youth violence and crime).

YOUTHadelphia is a diverse committee of twenty youth from across Philadelphia who come together to assess the needs of their peers and make grants to organizations working to meet those needs.

Organizations that provide services in the YOUTHadelphia 2012 focus areas are invited to attend the Request for Proposal Open House on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 5 p.m. at The Philadelphia Foundation's offices, 1234 Market Street, Suite 1800, Philadelphia. Applications to YOUTHadelphia will be due by 5 p.m. on April 4. Grant finalists will be asked to host a service-oriented site visit between May 3 and 17. Grants will be awarded in mid-June.

To be eligible for a YOUTHadelphia grant an organization must:

Have clear practices to empower youth
Hold a 501c3 tax exempt status or a fiscal sponsor
Have at least three years of audits or 990's
Have at least one full time staff member
Complete child abuse clearance for all staff and volunteers who work with youth

Ineligible organizations include:

Schools (K through 12): Public, independent, parochial and other private schools and programs that support curriculum development for these institutions.
Agencies with operating budgets greater than $10 million (including restricted and temporarily restricted funding).
Colleges and university academic or general purpose departments.
Centers and programs housed in universities that raise less than 75% of their funding.
Cemeteries.
General childcare agencies.
Government agencies: Agencies and departments of local, state or federal government (and their fund-raising arms).
Libraries.
Organizations that are located in and serve a constituent base outside of the geographic area served by The Philadelphia Foundation.
Organizations that discriminate against any person as an employee, volunteer or recipient of services on the basis of race, color, sex, orientation, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, handicap or marital status.
Umbrella funding organizations for the sole purpose of re-granting.