Summer Youth Mini Grants

• Program serves a high number of low-income, disabled or otherwise disadvantaged youth
• Program serves youth in an outlying area with few summer alternatives for productive activities
• Program operating hours are extensive throughout the summer (i.e. every week-day all summer)
• Program serves extremely high numbers of youth,
• Program serves an at risk youth population
• Programs that provide camperships / scholarships 
• Programs that have multiple funding sources

The committee may consider additional funding based on the following:

• Organizations that provide a large number of scholarships to their Summer Program,
• Organizations that have a Summer Program that requires no fee,
• Organizations that make good use of available resources and/or collaboration,
• Organizations with programs that provide developmental and not just recreational opportunities,
• Organizations that request items that help ensure the safety of their program’s participants.

Grants to organizations that will be using funds to provide assistance for low income children will be weighted based on the criteria that is used to award scholarships. The Summer Youth Partnership encourages such programs to follow the California State Income Guidelines for 2015 as published by the Department of Housing and Community Development:

Annual Income Guidelines

Grant resources are limited, so we ask that you apply for only what is sincerely needed.  This funding is stretched to meet the needs of as many valuable summer programs as possible.