2023 Application to be Considered for a YIP Grant

Northern Piedmont Community Foundation is is an established 501(c)(3) serving Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, and Rappahannock counties; our purpose is to transform the resources of our local citizens into real growth and strength for our community.

Across the country, community foundations like ours have created programs to give people real, hands-on experience with philanthropic giving; we are following their lead with our new Youth in Philanthropy (YIP) program. YIP brings together a group of 10th-12th grade students and provides them guidance, money, and mentorship to directly fund projects that are led by or actively involve youth, or which directly serve or benefit youth. Each grant cycle challenges these young people to demonstrate leadership, solve problems, study proposals, manage budgets, work together, and finally, present their views to an audience of peers and adults.

Who is Eligible?

Any 501(c)(3) project that resides or serves a majority in our four counties is eligible for program funding if it fulfills one of YIP’s three requirements. These three requirements are:

Youth must be involved in the development of the program, or
Youth must be involved in the execution of the program, or
Youth must be served by the program.

“Youth” is defined as any school-aged person up to and including undergraduate students.

YIP will choose two finalist candidates from the pool of applicants, one of which will be awarded a grant of exactly $10,000.

Timeline

June 2, 2023: This online Grant Application becomes available at www.npcf.org/grant-opportunities/youth-in-philanthropy
July 20, 2023: Completed online application with all necessary information due.
August 8, 2023: Final two candidates will be chosen by senior board and grantees will be notified no later than August 19th, 5pm.
September–October: Students review grant applications and make site visits with final two candidates.
October 2023: YIP members deliberate and make final decision for grantmaking.
October 27, 2023: YIP presents their decision to the Community Foundation’s Board of Directors for final approval.

Grant Amount: $10,000

For more information or assistance in completing the grant application please contact us:

Renard Carlos:  (540) 349-0631,  rcarlos@npcf.org

Dede McClure: (202) 306-0157, communityservices@npcf.org

To be eligible for a grant from the Youth in Philanthropy program, your program/organization must serve youth or involve youth as program creators. Does your program/organization serve youth or involve youth as program creators?*

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One grant of exactly $10,000 will be made

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Project must start after the grant award date, i.e. later than October 21, 2023

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