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April 2010
In This Issue:
YPII News
-- Youth/Adult Philanthropy Event: Adventures in Philanthropy
-- Coming Attraction: YPII Family Philanthropy Toolkit
-- YP Trainings
-- Under Construction: www.ypin.org
Young Hoosier Philanthropist
-- Amber Kriech
Tools & Resources
-- 2010 Millennial Donor Study
-- Lemonade Day Indianapolis: May 2
-- Southern Indiana Youth Conference: June 18-19
-- Heartland High School Film Competition
Ways to Give & Serve
-- Earth Day: April 22
-- 2010 Indiana Youth Investment Awards
-- Power of Children Award Nominations Due 4/23
-- National Volunteer Week: April 18-24
-- Global Youth Service Day: April 23-25
Funding Resources
-- Do Something Grants
-- Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
-- ING Unsung Heroes®
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Youth/Adult Philanthropy Event: Adventures in Philanthropy
The Butler University campus is the perfect backdrop for your team's adventure at the YPII/GIFT conference, "Adventures In Philanthropy", designed to inspire the philanthropic journey of our state's youth. March Madness may have settled down a little by July 22, but the adventure in making a difference will continue!
This one-day workshop is for:
- Community foundation executives and program directors who work directly or indirectly with youth philanthropy groups
- Youth who participate in youth philanthropy councils and committees
- Community foundations interested in convening community leaders around the topic of a youth philanthropy collaborative in their community
Come as a team and join us on the Bulldog campus in Indianapolis on Thursday, July 22, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The cost is $25 per person. Stay tuned for more details!
 Coming
Attraction: YPII Family Philanthropy Toolkit
YPII is proud to serve as your link to the best resources, trainings and best practices in youth philanthropy. Recognizing a need for more family-focused tools, we set out to add to our arsenal with a resource of our own. The new family giving toolkit is in field-testing now, and provides hands-on, entertaining tools for all ages. Stay tuned for more information about this resource's official launch!YP Trainings
Is your new youth philanthropy program in need of a training in Philanthropy 101? Maybe you're planning a retreat for seasoned youth philanthropy council members and would like to concentrate on leadership and civic engagement. Whatever your education needs, you can contact Eileen Ryan at eryan@indianagrantmakers.org
to find out about YPII's customized trainings.
Under Construction: www.ypin.org
Thank you for the very positive response to our new logo! Now that the verdict is in on the look, we are working to take it online. Along with new graphics, our Web site will be spruced up with more user-friendly navigation and the most recent youth philanthropy information. Please bear with us as we make this change. A new and improved
www.ypin.org will be coming soon! |
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Hoosier Philanthropist:
Amber Kriech
Amber Kriech has always loved to read. Her passion has followed her since elementary school, and accompanied her into the East Tenth United Methodist Children and Youth Center in 2008.
While at the center, which serves low-income families on Indianapolis's east side, Amber saw that a suitable space for sharing books' magic did not exist. Her solution? Transform a leaky storage space into a new library.
Amber, a freshman at Carmel High School, freed thousands of the center's books from boxes so that she could catalog and organize them for use in the library. To add to the selection, she scoured Goodwill stores and even donated some of her favorites. With the help of her family and friends, she also installed the shelves where the collection would live. Today, a place capable of igniting Amber's love in others stands where dust once reigned supreme.
Amber was nominated for and received a Power of Children Award for her efforts. We applaud her philanthropic vision and her determination to make a difference in the life of other kids! |
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2010 Millennial Donor Study
Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates and Achieve recently conducted a study of the giving habits and engagement preferences of more than 2,000 people between the ages of 20 and 40 across the United States. The study found that when Millennial donors get involved with a nonprofit, they not only want to give financially, but also affect change, create direction and gain access to board leadership.
For more information, go to: www.millennialdonors.com/page/research-1 There you'll find the study's executive summary, full report and survey data. You can also attend a related research briefing webinar on April 15.
Learn more
 Lemonade
Day Indianapolis: May 2
Lemonade Day is a free, city-wide initiative designed to teach kids (primarily in grades K-8) how to start, own and operate their own business: a lemonade stand! Youth who are supported by a caring adult can collect a backpack full of resources to guide their participation. The materials teach kids to set goals, develop a business plan, establish a budget, seek investors, provide customer service, and give back to the community.
Learn more
Southern Indiana Youth Conference: June 18-19
Youth ages 12-18 who live in Scott County and surrounding counties and are interested in learning about philanthropy and leadership are invited to attend the Southern Indiana Youth Conference, taking place June 18-19 at County Lake Christian Retreat in Underwood. Participants will attend classes designed to help them utilize their time, talent and treasure to improve their communities; learn new ideas that have been successfully implemented by other organizations; network with other young people from throughout the area; and experience new ways to improve their lives. For more information, please contact the Scott County Community
Foundation at (812) 752-2057 or info@scottcountyfoundation.org. Download a registration brochure (PDF, 652KB)
Heartland High School Film Competition
Heartland Truly Moving Pictures is excited to announce its first annual High School Film Competition. S
ubmissions will be judged on artistic excellence, technical merit and representation of Heartland's organizational values. The 2010 High School Film Competition's theme is "hope." Submissions will be accepted until May 15, 2010. The first 100 entries are free; a $15 fee applies to all entries thereafter.
Learn more about rules, regulations and how to enter. |
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 Earth
Day: April 22
The 40th anniversary of Earth Day is coming on April 22. Thousands of groups are ready to celebrate, and Earth Day events are popping up all around the globe. From Tokyo to New York, from Togo to Buenos Aires, Earth Day Network is tracking worldwide events. To join the more than one billion people in 190 countries that are taking action for Earth Day, visit: www.earthday.org
2010 Indiana Youth Investment Awards
The Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) is currently accepting applications for its 2010 Indiana Youth Investment Awards. These awards are intended to highlight extraordinary, but often unrecognized, efforts on behalf of children and youth. Ten winners each receive a $5,000 prize to be used for professional development and to enhance their work with youth. They are also publicly acknowledged at local celebrations and receive free admission to IYI's annual Kids Count in Indiana Conference. Applicants must be Indiana-based, nonprofit, youth-serving organizations, schools, churches or government agencies.
Learn more Deadline: May 28
Power of Children Award Nominations Due 4/23
The Power of Children Awards: Making a Difference is an annual event intended to honor and further empower middle and high school students (grades 6-11) who have made a significant impact in the lives of others, demonstrated selflessness, and exhibited a commitment to service and the betterment of society. If you know a young person making a big difference in their community,
visit The Children's Museum's website for award criteria and nomination information. Deadline: April 23
National Volunteer Week: April 18-24
National Volunteer Week, April 18-24, is about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities. To download a toolkit that will help you demonstarte how volunteerism meets tough challenges and achieves lofty goals, visit:
www.handsonnetwork.org/events/nvw2010
Global Youth Service Day: April 23-25
Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) is an annual campaign that celebrates and mobilizes the millions of children and youth who improve their communities each day of the year through service and service-learning. To learn more and get involved, visit: www.gysd.org
Youth interested in serving in central Indiana should check out United Way's 2010 Youth Day of Caring. Service opportunities already exist on April 23 and 24. Learn more |
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 Do
Something Grants
DoSomething.org believes young people have the power to make a difference. It's their aim to inspire, support and celebrate a generation of doers: people who see the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action. To help support that action, the organization gives $500 Do Something Seed and Do Something Growth Grants. Young people working to start or sustain a community action project can apply for the grants at any time. Applicants will be notified of their status within 2-3 months of submission.
Learn more
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes honors outstanding young leaders who have made a significant positive difference for people and our planet. Nominations are now being accepted for 2010 prizes, which will go to five youth focused on helping their communities and fellow beings, and five young people focused on protecting the health and sustainability of the environment. Learn more at:
www.barronprize.org Deadline: April 30
ING Unsung Heroes®
Are you an educator with a class project that is short on funding but long on potential? Do you know a teacher looking for grant dollars? ING Unsung Heroes® could help you turn great ideas into reality for students. Each year, 100 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000. Applications for the 2010 awards are now available.
Learn more Deadline: April 30 |
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The Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana (YPII) is a special project of the Indiana Grantmakers Alliance Foundation and a collaborative statewide Partner Network of 40+ community partners.
See a list of YPII's partners We provide youth philanthropy educational resources, trainings and best practices to grantmaking entities and youth-serving organizations. Our mission is to grow lifelong philanthropists who give of their time, talent and treasure for the common good.
For More Information: Contact Eileen Ryan, Program Director, at eryan@indianagrantmakers.org, Jerry Finn, Program Consultant, at jfinn@ypin.org, or Misty Stanley, Program Consultant, at mstanley@ypin.org.
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