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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Youth Camps, Youth Development, OST, SEL, Indiana
Deadline: June 9, 2025
“Lilly Endowment is pleased to announce the Capital Project Initiative for Residential Youth Camps. The aim of the initiative is to help Indiana residential youth camps improve the overall camp experience and outcomes for youth through new, enhanced and expanded facilities integral to quality youth camp programming. The Endowment is allocating up to $166 million for this multi-phase initiative.
- Phase 1 Planning Grants: Planning grants of up to $150,000 each will help organizations assess and prepare for a potential capital project or projects.
- Phase 2 Non-competitive Capital Project Grants: Phase 2 grants will help organizations upgrade or renovate existing facilities, build new facilities or purchase equipment or furnishings that enhance camp facilities. The Endowment expects to award Phase 2 grants to camps in amounts of up to $750,000, up to $1 million or up to $1.5 million based on the average annual number of youth they served during the last three calendar years.
- Phase 3 Competitive Large-scale Capital Project Grants: Phase 3 grants will help organizations partially support large-scale capital projects that are designed to significantly enhance and expand camp programs for youth. The Endowment expects to award grants on a competitive basis to camps in amounts of up to $2.5 million, up to $5 million or up to $10 million based on the average annual number of youth they served during the last three calendar years.”
Funder: Lilly Endowment
Eligibility: “A camp or camp network organization must meet the following criteria: [1] An applicant must be a public charity described in Internal Revenue Code sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1), (2) or (3) (other than Type III supporting organizations described in clause (i) or (ii) of Code section 4942(g)(4)(A)). [2] An applicant must own camp facilities at which it operates residential youth camp programs in Indiana. A minimum of 50 percent of the applicant’s revenue with respect to each camp location for which it seeks funding under this initiative must be generated from youth residential camp programs that the applicant operates at such location. [3] The applicant must have owned and operated residential youth camps in Indiana for the last three calendar years (2022-2024).”
Amount: Phase 1: Up to $150,000 | Phase 2: Up to $750,000 or $1 million or $1.5 million | Phase 3: Up to $2.5 million or $5 million or $10 million
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