Funding Amount

Varies (2024: $15,000 total distributed)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Youth Giving Project

Overview: A youth-led grant program that empowers young people to take on active philanthropic leadership roles in their communities.

Program Details:

  • Participants run a grant cycle and are involved at every stage

  • Youth create criteria, review applications, and determine which applications to fund

  • Program duration: approximately one month

  • Participants learn about local needs, volunteer, and manage the grant distribution process
  • Impact:

  • Celebrating 10 years of the program (as of 2024)

  • Has distributed over $100,000 total to local nonprofits

  • In 2024, distributed $15,000 to five organizations
  • Geographic Scope: Gallatin County, Montana

    Eligibility: Local nonprofits serving Gallatin County

    2024 Grantees:

  • Family Promise of Gallatin Valley

  • Bozeman Public Library Foundation

  • Bienvenidos a Gallatin Valley

  • READ Montana

  • Montana Conservation Corps
  • Focus Areas: Vital community issues (e.g., winter clothing for immigrants, free lunches for youth)

    Partnerships/Support:

  • Foundant Technologies

  • Andrea and Michael Manship

  • Doll Family Foundation
  • Contact: One Valley Community Foundation, 1871 S. 22nd Avenue, Suite 1, Bozeman, MT 59718 | (406) 587-6262 | info@onevalley.org

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    youth-programscommunity-development

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