Funding Opportunities:
Youth/Transitions

Below is a list of funding opportunities related to providing medical homes for children with special needs.

Do Something Announces “Increase Your Green” School Competition
Deadline: December 15, 2008

Do Something is inviting America's middle and high schools to reduce their carbon footprint this fall through the "Increase Your Green" competition.
Participants must make concrete efforts toward reducing the environmental impact of their school during the eight-week competition. All initiatives must be youth-designed and -led. A representative from each group must submit an online report of the school or club's actions to save energy, reduce waste, and raise awareness during the competition.
Winners will be chosen based on the impact of their school's actions during the competition. The main judging categories are: 1) energy saved; 2) garbage reduced, recycled, and reused; 3) number of people involved/impacted; and 4) innovative quality of actions and ideas.

The competition is open to middle and high schools.
Participating schools are eligible for a first-place prize of $1,500, a banner, plaque, and eco-friendly gift bags. Three second-place prizes of $500 each will also be awarded. Winners will be featured on the Do Something Web site and in local press.
Students should register their club or school to receive an "Increase Your Green" action guide with tip sheets and materials (i.e., stickers, posters, flyers) to help launch the competition at their schools. The competition opens October 13 and closes December 8. The deadline for online submission forms detailing action taken during the competition is

Hilton Hotel Corporation Grants for Education, Health and Youth Programs

Deadline: Rolling

Hilton Hotels provides grants ranging from $2,000-$10,000 for education, health and youth programs. Hilton Hotels Corporation supports selected organizations with a national constituency or those that are located in communities where the company has a corporate office or a major operating presence (with primary emphasis in California and Tennessee).

Additional Information:www.hiltonworldwide.com/en/ww/company_info/philanthropy_citizenship.jhtml

Public Welfare Foundation Supporting grants for Disadvantaged Youth

The Public Welfare Foundation supports organizations that address the human needs of the disadvantaged through three essential tenets: service, empowerment and advocacy. The foundation’s primary fields of interest include improved youth access to quality education and training, adequate health services, leadership development and empowerment. The Public Welfare Foundation puts emphasis on organizations that link community and local work to other efforts to enact broader public policy change.

Administered and funded by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) brings two high school students from each state to Washington, D.C. for one week to observe the federal government in action and meet key officials. The 2005 USSYP will be held in Washington, D.C., from February 26-March 5, 2005. Students visit Capitol Hill, the White House, State Department, Supreme Court, Pentagon, and tour Washington landmarks.

The Hearst Foundation will pay all expenses for the week, including transportation, hotel, and meals.

Selection will be based solely on the outstanding ability and demonstrated qualities of leadership as elected or selected among high school student officers of the 2004-2005 school year. Any high school junior or senior student is eligible for the program provided he or she has not previously been a delegate to the program, and is currently serving in an elected or selected capacity in any one of the following student government, civic, or educational organizations: student body president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer; class president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer; student council representative; student representative elected or selected (selected by a panel, commission, or board) to district, regional, or state level civic or educational organization. Applications may be obtained through the State-level Selection Administrators (listed by state on the USSYP Web site).

Visit the USSYP Web site for complete eligibility, state deadlines, and state contact information.

William T. Grant Foundation Youth Development Research Grants

Deadline: Rolling

The William T. Grant Foundation Youth Development Research Grants will award funding ranging from $250,000 to $1.5 million for intervention research to improve youth-serving organizations. The foundation focuses on furthering the understanding of human behavior through research and improving the lives of youth ages 8 to 25. Priorities include understanding and improving social settings such as families, schools, peer groups and organizations, and how these social settings affect youth. Priorities also focus on the use and influence of scientific evidence in policy and practice.

Major grants typically are between $200,000 and $500,000 and cover two to three years of support. Projects involving secondary data analysis usually are funded at the lower end of the budget range, whereas projects involving new data collection and sample recruitment can be at the higher end of the budget range.

Additional Information: www.wtgrantfoundation.org/

Last Updated August 7, 2008