{"title":"Duplin Foundation for Youth Advancement accepting grant applications","content":"<p>The Duplin Foundation for Youth Advancement is pleased to offer grants from its endowment fund for 2011.&#160;<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;The 2011 Sheriff&#8217;s Ball was a great success, and we were able to use the proceeds to fully fund the endowment and offer grants to local nonprofits that serve our youth,&#8221; said Ed Emory, Duplin Foundation for Youth Advancement board member. &#8220;There are so many needs in Duplin County, and the committee felt it was extremely important to put our donors&#8217; dollars to work in the community as soon as possible.\"<\/p>\r\n<p>Emory said the evaluation process will be the same as the one employed by the Duplin County Community Foundation. &#8220;This process allows us to objectively evaluate all the proposals based on the grant criteria,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\r\n<p>Grants are available to local organizations with programs focusing on youth in Duplin County.&#160; Grants are&#160;<strong><\/strong>not available for individuals, capital campaigns or capital improvements. Priority is given to proposals that incorporate a holistic approach and include one or more of the following areas:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Motivate young people to stay and succeed in school<\/li>\r\n<li>Foster positive youth-adult engagement through mentoring<\/li>\r\n<li>Strengthen gang awareness and prevention efforts<\/li>\r\n<li>Promote participation in philanthropy<\/li>\r\n<li>Provide leadership opportunities and employment skills training<\/li>\r\n<li>Increase the likelihood of a successful transition to adulthood<\/li>\r\n<li>Develop financial literacy<\/li>\r\n<li>Encourage engagement in community service<\/li>\r\n<li>Promote mental and physical health and well-being<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The detailed criteria and instruction sheet is available&#160;for download&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/DFYA_grant_instruction_sheet.pdf\">here<\/a>,&#160;and the application is available&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/2011_DFYA_grant_app.pdf\">here<\/a>. &#160;Please read the instruction sheet carefully before completing the application. &#160;The deadline is Friday, July 29. &#160;Please&#160;contact the NCCF Southeast Regional Associate, Patricia Lawler, at 910-509-7256 if you have any questions.<\/p>","excerpt":"","url":"\/news\/duplin-foundation-for-youth-advancement-accepting-grant-applications","publishedAt":1309455600,"media":0,"enableComments":false,"inMenu":false,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"d77f3fb40c4b416e91e0bdd3644679e3","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":46202,"created":1382636442,"modified":1528717319,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Duplin County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/southeastern\/duplin-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247988,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"8b10178aa81a4183abfe603576b39e50","parent":"94055cb567834e6086e95b65a88d3147","node":20889,"created":1533158896,"modified":1536247989,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}