City awards grants to 15 youth-serving organizations
A portion of the“The Imaginarium” at 916Ink on 37th Ave. Image Courtesy of 916Ink
Sacramento, CA (Mar. 23, 2023) - The City of Sacramento’s Office of Youth Development recently announced the 15 local non-profits selected to participate in the Youth-Serving Organizational Resiliency Fund grant program.
“One of the highest and best uses of our federal stimulus funding has been supporting young people and I am looking forward to seeing positive results from this program,” said Mayor Darrell Steinberg.
The Resiliency Fund supports non-profits currently providing direct services to children or youth (birth through 24 years old), whose organizational mission and vision aligns with the City’s Youth Plan.
Grantees will receive general operating support awards based on their organizational budget size ranging from $15,000 to $25,000. These awards are paired with individual and cohort-based capacity building supports and services valued at up to approximately $35,000 per grantee.
Effie Yeaw Nature Center after a storm. Image courtesy of Effie Yeaw Nature Center
“Resiliency Fund grantees are currently serving populations of young people who reside or go to school in priority neighborhoods across Sacramento,” said Lindee Lane, manager of the Office of Youth Development. “The suite of resources provided will assist grantees with addressing the organizational development areas that they themselves prioritize through a supported, yet grantee-driven process.”
This program provides opportunities to engage in deep and sometimes challenging work to strengthen and enhance organizational resiliency and build a community of practice amongst Sacramento youth-serving community-based organizations, according to Lane.
The 15 awarded grantees represent various sizes, organizational life stages, and youth-serving focus areas including workforce, mental wellness, academic support, violence prevention and more.
Grantees include:
916 Ink
Daughters of Zion Enterpryz
Department of Sound
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Feed Sacramento Homeless
GAP-VOSS
Greater Sacramento Urban League
Impact Sac
Project Optimism
Refugees Enrichment & Development Association (REDA)
Sacramento Youth Center
Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum
Street Soccer USA
The Race and Gender Equity Project
Three Sisters Gardens
The Resiliency Fund Request for Applications opened in Nov. 2022; grantees were notified last month. The grant period will run for two years beginning April 2023.
From left to right: SMUD Board Trustee Dave Tamayo, Mayor Pro Tem Mai Vang, Councilmember Katie Valenzuela, Mayor Darrell Steinberg, and Sojourner Truth Museum Director Shonna McDaniels at a visit to the museum to celebrate its expanded exhibit space.
