Funding, Job, & Event Highlights for Youth Service Providers
Funding Opportunities
Lowe's Hometowns
Lowe’s is investing $100 million to restore and revitalize community spaces across the country through Lowe’s Hometowns. Each year through 2026 Lowe’s selects 100 large-scale community projects, chosen from consumer nominations, to be completed in partnership with local nonprofits, Lowe’s store associates and community volunteers. Additionally, nearly 1,700 additional projects are selected and completed by Lowe’s associates across the country. Any type of project that involves the physical improvement or renovation of a community space is eligible. All grants must go to a local nonprofit, school or city/municipality that is willing and able to take on the project. Past nominations have included:
- Community Centers/Services (e.g. youth centers, senior citizen centers, veteran’s centers, etc.);
- Safe Affordable Housing (e.g. homeless shelters, tiny home villages, etc.);
- First Responder Facilities (e.g. fire stations, police stations, etc.);
- Community Revitalization (e.g. community park, community garden, renovations to downtown plaza, historic theaters, etc.);
- Skilled Trades Education initiatives (e.g. mobile training programs, high school vocational, etc.)
Deadline: February 18, 2025
Connecting Higher Education to Career Success
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Education unlocks economic opportunity, helping students turn their hard-earned degrees into quality employment. By developing professional skills, gaining experience, and building networks while in school, students position themselves to meet employer needs and succeed as they begin their careers. The Foundation is looking to fund partners who align with the goal of creating opportunities for students while addressing workforce needs, and seeks to create student pathways from college to in-demand jobs requires collaboration. Funding can be used to pilot new programming, bring proven approaches to scale, or develop the partnerships that make this work possible. Nonprofits and for-profit organizations in the United States working to support community college and/or university students are encouraged to apply. Scholarship programs are not eligible for this funding opportunity.
Deadline: February 28, 2025
Call for Kindness
Riley's Way Foundation
The Call For Kindness (C4K) Fellowship gives young leaders (ages 13-23) across the country the skills, connections, and funding they need to run social impact projects that inspire kindness and strengthen their local, national, or global communities. The Fellowship consists of a 12-month leadership development fellowship and a startup grant of up to $5,000. Fellows receive 1:1 coaching and project support, virtual skill-building sessions, an in-person leadership Retreat, mentorship opportunities, and a peer community of other young changemakers. Fellows can also apply for Continuation Grants with ongoing project support and coaching.
Deadline: March 9, 2025
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Draper Richards Kaplan (DRK) Foundation seeks to dramatically improve the lives of underserved communities across the globe by supporting scalable, innovative, and impact-first solutions that leverage existing systems and stakeholders. Its goal is to find social entrepreneurs with dynamic products or services that have a proven ability to positively impact the lives of underserved people, and nurture those organizations at the early stages by providing capacity, capital, and community. Borrowing from its venture capital legacy, we find exceptional entrepreneurs and provide them with:
- Capacity: The core of DRK's model is deep and extensive operational and technical support for each portfolio organization, both through dedicated hands-on Board service and specialist capacity-building resources for fundraising, board and organizational development, leadership, financial support, and scaling strategy,
- Capital: DRK provides up to $300,000 in either unrestricted grant funding or investment capital over a three-year period, and
- Community: DRK convenes its portfolio and alumni annually, facilitating connections and community.
Deadline: Rolling
Free Webinars and Trainings
Teaching in Troubling Times
Greater Good in Education
February 24, 2025
Upcoming Events
Elevate 2024: Sharing Power: Building Inclusive Communities
Freedom Network USA
March 26-27, 2025
Virtual
Inspiring Change, Igniting Progress
Child Welfare League of America
April 9-11, 2025
Washington, DC
Supportive Housing Summit
Corporation for Supportive Housing
April 23-25, 2025
Chicago, IL
Global Intergenerational Conference
Generations United
June 25-27, 2025
Louisville, KY
Job Openings
- Development Director & Others | DreamTree Project | Taos, NM
- Youth Advocate & Others | Comprehensive Youth Services, Inc. | Port Huron, MI
- Lead Outreach Specialist & Others | Cocoon House | Everett, WA
- Executive Assistant & Others | CEDARS Youth Services | Lincoln, NE
- CCS Program Manager & Others | Briarpatch Youth Services | Madison, WI
