More than $735,000 has been donated to multiple organizations across the country on behalf of the Youth Make a Difference program. The program awards grants to youth-led nonprofit organizations. These organizations focus on youth ages 6-25 that are taking on leadership roles and making a difference in their communities. The organizations must address one or more of the following issues:
Food security
Nutrition
Agriculture
Food politics and education
To apply, applicants must be nonprofits operating in the United States and must submit proof of their 501(c)(3) status, or affiliated with school entities, in good standing. Organizations must have an operating budget of less than $2MM.
For questions, please contact us.
Past Grant Recipients
- Open Arms Outreach – Youth Against Childhood Hunger
- IDEAS for us – Fleet Farming Program
- Katie’s Krops
- TCP Youth Leaders
- Hunger Harbor Initiative
- Boys & Girls Club of the Olympic Peninsula
- Grow Healthy
- Bold 2 Be U Community
- VolunTEEN Nation
- Youth Farm Project
- Global Leaders
- Better A Life
- CFET
- Porchlight
- Neehan Joint School District
- Hindman Settlement School
- Youth Farm Project
- Hope Gardens
- The Production Farm
- Build, Plant, Grow, Eat Repeat Garden
- Community Garden and Playground at Genesis
- Family Gardens in a Food Desert
- Garden Club and Food Forrest
- Go Healthy St. Louis
- Greenhouse Pest Management Initiative
- Healthy Lifestyles
- Hope-4-Hope Garden
- Junior Leadership Food Recovery Program
- Pinecrest Garden Buddies
- Westwood Raised Garden Beds
- Wyoming County Farm to School Initiative
- Youth Roots Program
- Youth Urban Farming Training Program
