Youth Microgrants

Posted by Karma for Cara Foundation on January 9, 2017

Karma for Cara Foundation Invites Applications for Youth Microgrants

The Karma for Cara Foundation is a nonprofit founded by 21-year-old Cara Becker and her family while Cara was undergoing treatment for leukemia at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Cara and her two brothers began volunteering at a young age as part of their family’s commitment to community service, and at the Kimmel Center they saw a tremendous need to help support other patients and their families who were also challenged by cancer. Tragically, Cara passed away four months after her diagnosis, but her wish to help others through K4C lives on with the support of an ever-growing circle of family and friends.

To date, the foundation has awarded forty grants totaling $27,286 and has engaged hundreds of volunteers in more than a thousand hours of community service.

As part of an effort to promote and support youth voluntarism, k4C started a microgrant program in the fall of 2014 to encourage kids 18 and under to apply for funds between $250 and $1,000 to complete service projects in their communities. Examples of fundable projects include but are not limited to turning a vacant lot into a community garden, rebuilding a school playground, or helping senior citizens get their homes ready for winter.

Application deadlines are seasonal (July 1, October 1, January 1, and April 1), and decisions will be made within a month of each deadline.

For complete program guidelines, profiles of featured projects, and application instructions, see the Karma for Cara Foundation website.

DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2017

http://karmaforcara.org/get-involved/apply-for-a-microgrant/