Katie Harper Youth Hope Grants

Overview

Rochester Area Community Foundation

Everyone can take action to make our world a more equitable and vital place. Since 1972, Rochester Area Community Foundation has connected donors to the critical needs of our eight-county region, leveraging financial expertise and community knowledge to maximize impact. At the Foundation, donors are partners and every gift is an investment in a better future.

Katie Harper Youth Hope Grants

To meet the emergency needs of individual children who have been injured or experienced catastrophic illness and whose families cannot afford to pay all of the related expenses. Grants may be used for medical expenses, specialized equipment, therapy/rehab costs, transportation to treatment, or adaptive capital improvements, or other similar expenses. Grants will be paid through a nonprofit organization working with the family. Grants are limited to one per family.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations within the eight-county region around Rochester, NY (Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates counties).

Ineligibility

* The Community Foundation’s competitive grants program generally does not fund special events, fundraising campaigns, religious activities, endowments, buildings (except for historical assets), or debt retirement.