The 2024 Community Experts Fund focuses on initiatives that amplify youth voice within organizations.
Donor Name: Peter and Elizabeth Tower Foundation
State: Massachusetts, New York
County: Barnstable County (MA), Dukes County (MA), Erie County (NY), Essex County (MA), Nantucket County (MA), Niagara County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 08/30/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant initiative has been developed by the Tower Foundation’s Community Experts Team, an 18-member group of young adults with lived expertise relating to the Foundation’s funding areas.
The design and administration of this grant opportunity is spearheaded by young adults with ties to the communities where services will be delivered. Their engagement in the grantmaking process both amplifies community voice and informs grant making with the concerns, insights, and priorities of the young people that are the focus of the work.
Funding Information
Applicants may request any amount up to $25,000.
Eligible Expenses
Applicants may apply for funding to support youth leadership in their organizations in a variety of capacities. The following is a list of potential expenses. Other reasonable expenses for supporting your program work may also be considered.

Stipends for youth participation
A percentage of staff time to oversee and manage youth engagement activities
Transportation and accommodation (e.g., transportation for young people to programming and related overnight expenses)
Program supplies and food
Community and recreational programming
Outreach and promotion of youth leadership opportunities
Technology and equipment (e.g., laptop or Zoom costs)
Training (within or outside of the agency).

Eligibility Criteria
Eligible organizations are youth-serving nonprofit organizations that:

Work with young people with an intellectual disability, learning disability, mental health challenge, or substance use disorder; and
Currently provide services in one or more of these regions:

Massachusetts: Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, or Nantucket County
New York: Erie or Niagara County.

For more information, visit PETF.