Youth for Community Improvement (YCI) Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Geographic Scope: Worcester County, MA
Focus Areas: Youth development, community improvement, youth leadership
Eligibility: Youth-focused organizations and programs
Notes: Also appears to have scholarship component for students pursuing post-secondary education
What Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 286
- Total given
- $8.57M
- Median grant
- $16K
- Range
- $5,100–$565K
- By dollars: Massachusetts 95%, Connecticut 1%, New York <1%. Top recipient cities: Worcester, MA; Boston, MA; Leominster, MA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 33% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Boys & Girls Club of Worcester · Worcester, MA
Youth development
$565K
Worcester Historical Museum (DBA Museum of Worcester) · Worcester, MA
Arts, culture & humanities
$415K
Rural Cemetery & Crematory · Worcester, MA
Human services
$264K
United Way of Central Massachusetts · Worcester, MA
Philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations
$261K
Umass Memorial Health Care Inc · Worcester, MA
Health care
$203K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Youth programs
- Youth leadership
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