McNeely Foundation: Youth Development Through Employment Training Grant

McNeely Foundation: Youth Development Through Employment Training Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: McNeely Foundation
Last Updated: January 15, 2026

Summary

The McNeely Foundation's Youth Development Through Employment Training Grant aims to empower middle and high school youth on the East Side of St. Paul, Minnesota. By providing quality community-based youth employment and job training programs, the grant fosters the development of essential skills, ensuring a successful transition into adulthood. The foundation focuses on creating sustainable initiatives that can benefit the local community, inviting innovative proposals that align with their mission to enhance youth potential.

Overview

About Us The Foundation has historically leveraged human and financial resources to foster a thriving East Side St. Paul, Minnesota where the McNeely business developed. The McNeely Foundation was set up in the 1960s by Harry G. McNeely Sr, and his wife Adelaide Frenzel McNeely. It was originally funded with a gift of stock from their business, The St. Paul Terminal Warehouse Company. Grantmaking Focus: The McNeely Foundation funds organizations that create a more vibrant and sustainable East Side of St Paul. It will consider applications from organizations outside of the targeted geography and age group for innovative work that could be integrated or replicated on the East Side. Our four grantmaking focus areas are Youth Development Through Enrichment, Youth Development Through Employment Training, Environment, and Family & Neighborhood Stability. Youth Development Through Employment Training Goal: Middle-grade and high school youth living on the East Side will develop their abilities so they can recognize and achieve their greatest potential and make the successful transition to adulthood. Strategy: Support quality community-based youth employment and job training programming during or outside of regular school hours for middle grade and high school aged youth.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Who may apply:Organizations with an IRS classification as a tax-exempt, non-profit organization that is not a private foundationPublic agencies or schools that have been invited to applyProgram and project support is most typically funded however, general operating grants may be made as well as capital grants in very limited situations.Almost all of McNeely Foundation grants are awarded to benefit populations and neighborhoods on the East Side of Saint Paul, namely Payne-Phalen, Dayton’s Bluff, and Greater East Side, and includes the Battle Creek neighborhood in certain circumstances.

Ineligibility

Programs and projects not supported are, for example, in-school residence programs, one day events, or trips for youth.