Batting 1000 Endowment for Children and Youth
Young people who care about their communities are increasingly getting involved in philanthropy.
By forming youth advisory committees (YACs) within local community foundations, young people come together to raise money, build endowment funds and make grants to local youth projects. YACs are in their teens and twenties, with a lot of ideas and energy to bring to the table.
There are already YACs in more than 55 communities across Canada, and the momentum is building.
In 2004 we launched the Batting 1000 Youth Advisory Council (YAC) within the Saskatoon Community Foundation. Our YAC enhances the quality of life for Saskatoon children and youth by disbursing grants from the Batting 1000 Endowment for Children and Youth. The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) has announced its sixth round of grants for the spring of 2010. In 2010, the Youth Advisory Council gave preference to projects in the following priority areas:
- Environmental Stewardship: Protection, conservation, and sustainability of our environment and promoting its awareness in the community.
- Diversity: Promotion of cultural awareness and acceptance
- Abuse Prevention: Helping people prevent abuse or helping them deal with currently existing abuse problems. These types of abuse could include emotional, substance, physical, and sexual abuse.
- Human Development: Promoting positive growth in youth including recreational opportunities.
- Family Support: Positive programs that supports healthy relationship in families.
- Poverty Relief: Assisting families with children or youth directly affected by poverty and supporting relief efforts.
- Education: Promoting and organizing recreational activities such as visual arts, physical activities, field trips and other extra-curricular activities in schools.
In 2010, the Youth Advisory Council made the following 9 grants totalling $32,520.00:
Project |
Organization |
Amount |
Summer Fun |
Saskatchewan Abilities Council |
$3,000.00 |
I.D.A. Program |
Community First Development Fund of Saskatoon Inc |
$3,200.00 |
Heart of the City Piano Program |
Saskatchewan Music Educators Association |
$4,000.00 |
Performing Arts for Youth |
Family Service Saskatoon |
$2,740.00 |
SDHHS Youth Programming |
Saskatchewan Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Inc. |
$3,500.00 |
SPLIT |
SOSE Coalition (Save Our Saskatoon Elms) |
$4,000.00 |
After-School and Weekend Drop-In Classes |
Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Programming Inc. |
$4,580.00 |
Student Wellness Initiative Toward Community Health |
SWITCH |
$4,000.00 |
Dignity Fund |
Care & Share Saskatoon Inc. |
$3,500.00 |
Are you 14 to 19 years old? Would you like to become a member of the Youth Advisory Council? Click here to download the application. Fill it out and email it to office@saskatooncommunityfoundation.ca.
Apply online here. 2010 Batting 1000 grant applications are due Friday, March 5th, 2010, by 5 pm.
Go to our contact us page to have a representative of The Foundation contact you about the Batting 1000 Youth Advisory Council.