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Youth-led community project support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth-led Projects, Youth Leadership/Development, Youth Mental Health/Well-being | Amount: $5,000 - $10,000 | Deadline: Sept. 30, 2024

environmental project grants and education grants: little girl holding globe and newly sprouted tree in soil

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Youth-led climate and sustainability project support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth-led Project, Youth Leadership, Climate Change/Sustainability, Civic Engagement, Community | Amount: Up to $30,000 | Deadline: May 26, 2024

youth-led community project grants: group of youths sit and look at lake

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Youth-led community project grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Development, Civic Engagement, Community, Youth Leadership | Amount: $250 - $1,000 | Deadline: Apr. 1, 2024

Youth leader development and career training grants: female team leader leans over table talking to team while pointing at things on table

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Youth leader development and career support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Leaders/Leadership, Youth Development, Civic Engagement, Career Training, Mentorship | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Jan. 17, 2024

social justice grants: woman with facemask and microphone speaking in front of protest sign

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Social justice and change project support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Social Change/Justice, Youth Leaders, Community Organizing, Arts/Culture | Amount: Up to $4,000 | Deadline: Dec. 1, 2023

NAA next generation of afterschool leaders: 17 headshots of diverse young people

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► Newsmakers

National AfterSchool Association names 2023 Next Generation of Afterschool Leaders

17 out-of-school time professionals from across the country were chosen.

International Undergraduate Exchange Program Grants; graphic of graduation cap on globe

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Youth leadership exchange program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Youth Leadership, Youth Exchange, Youth Development | Amount: Up to $400,000 | Deadline: Mar. 31, 2023

Disadvantaged girls' and women's empowerment, education grants: Black mother and child smiling while on laptop together

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Support grants for southern organizations led by women and girls of color

GRANT FOCUS: Women/Girls of Color, Girls' Development, Youth Leaders, Gender Equity, Systemic Racism | Amount: $20,000 - $50,000 | Deadline: Jan. 13,...

childhood hunger and food access grants; children eating food at table

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Youth-led childhood hunger project grants

GRANT FOCUS: Childhood Hunger, Child Health/Welfare, Youth Leadership, Civic Engagement | Amount: $250 or $500 | Deadline: Jan. 16, 2023

community cultural diversity grants: group of people putting hands in circle

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Youth leaders addressing health impacts of climate change program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Education, Climate Change, Health, Youth Leadership, Civic Engagement | Amount: $25,000 - $50,000 | Deadline: Dec. 19, 2022

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Guest Opinion Essay

How to Empower Justice-Involved Youth Leaders

Across the youth justice community, the leadership and expertise of justice-involved youth remains untapped or is utilized in ways that disempower and...