Check It Out: New Grant Opportunity!

Grant Name:  Sodexo Youth Grants

Funded by:  Youth Service America and the Sodexo Foundation

Description: Youth Service America and the Sodexo Foundation have announced they will award a hundred Sodexo Youth Grants of $500 each to youth-led service projects in the United States that address the issue of childhood hunger on Global Youth Service Day (April 20-22, 2012). The grant program seeks to fund service projects that engage students' peers, friends, families, neighbors, Sodexo employees, and other community members in creative youth-inspired solutions to ending childhood hunger in their communities. Applicants must between the ages of 5 and 25.   

Program Areas:  Family Services, Health/PE, Homeless

Recipients:  Public School, Private School, Other

Proposal Deadline:  1/17/12

Average Amount:  $500.00

Website:  http://www.ysa.org/grants/sodexoyouth/

Availability:  All States