Youth Advisory Council Grants — Northeast Michigan

Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan

Nontraditional Participatory grantmaking

Student members of county Youth Advisory Councils allocate grants of up to $2,500 by consensus, with no staff vote, to youth-serving programs in four northeast Michigan counties.

Indicative award

up to $3k (total award)Applicants may request up to $2,500 per application cycle. No minimum is published.

Timing

Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Jan, OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-15 — 16 days awayTwo review periods a year; applications are due 15 January and 15 October, with Board approval at the following quarterly meeting.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner

Eligibility

Applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofits, schools, or government agencies serving youth in Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, or Presque Isle counties. Grants are never made to individuals, and completed projects, routine operating costs, deficits, and repeat sustaining support are excluded. A university would need a program presence serving youth in those counties.

SSWR clusters

Topics

youth mental health · substance use prevention · youth recreation · hygiene access · needs assessment

Apply at

https://www.cfnem.org/grants/yac-grant-guidelines.html

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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