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Grant Application

YAR applications are available from October 1 through January 31. Please read this entire page before submitting a Grant Application.

YAR Mission Statement

The mission of Youth as Resources of Allen County is to challenge youth to identify community needs and to develop and implement community service projects to address those needs in order to effect positive community change.

Grant Selection Criteria

  1. Youth As Resources grants may only be used for the direct operation of a community service project, and for transportation and recognition of the project participants. Recognition costs cannot exceed 15% of the total amount for which you apply.
  2. The applying group/organization must be a not-for-profit and be able to show proof of not-for-profit status.
  3. To qualify for funding for a regular YAR grant, the project must be planned and implemented by youth from Allen County, with adults acting as partners, and meet the following YAR outcome goals:

    • To empower the youth of Allen County to plan and implement service projects to meet a community need
    • To recognize and promote youth as volunteers
    • To educate youth to become philanthropists
    • To foster youth-adult partnerships

  4. To qualify for funding for a Drug and Alcohol Consortium Grant (YAR/DAC), the project must meet this additional outcome goal:
    To reduce the number of drug-exposed, drug-impacted and drug-using children and youth ages 0-18 in Allen County
  5. The grant money may be used for the following:Meeting expenses for youth to plan project

    • Supplies and materials the youth will use in their project
    • Transportation to project sites
    • Training directly related to the service project
    • Volunteer recognition
    • Conferences (Only if the sponsoring youth group pays for half of the cost and if the participants can show how they will use what they learn to meet the grant outcome goals.)

  6. The grant money MAY NOT be used for the following:
    • Staff salaries or youth wages
    • Major equipment purchases
    • Projects conducted outside of Allen County
    • Religious instruction or conduction of worship services
    • Fund-raising or direct donations to other organizations
    • Operational or other expenses of the sponsoring organization

 

Application

Download Application

Download, print, and complete the application and mail or fax by January 31 to:

Anne Duff
Program Assistant
Leadership Fort Wayne
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
260-481-6312 (phone)
260-481-4116 (fax)
duffa@ipfw.edu