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YPC Awards Grants to nonprofits serving youth
July 27, 2020
This spring, the Youth Philanthropy Committee (YPC) of the Hamilton Community Foundation awarded nearly $40,000 in grants to 11 different nonprofit organizations that will have a significant positive impact on our community. YPC is the youth grant making arm of the Hamilton Community Foundation. Twenty high school students from Hamilton, Badin, Ross and New Miami School districts are active with YPC.
Committee members evaluate grant applications based upon nine separate factors, including the program’s goals and objectives, community support, sustainability and the program’s ability to address an important community need for area youth.
The following non-profit organizations received a grant from the YPC this spring:
| Boys and Girls Club of Hamilton | Educational Board Games | $ 1,500.00 |
| Butler County Educational Service Center - TIP | Summer Tip Adventures | $ 1,620.00 |
| Butler County Family & Children First Council-Pause | Pause for Parent's Play for Kids | $ 4,825.00 |
| Caring Closet | Project Dignity | $ 5,000.00 |
| Hamilton Living Water Ministry | Summer Camp | $ 1,995.00 |
| JEE Foods | JEE Foods Mobile Grocery | $ 5,000.00 |
| Junior Achievement of OKI Partners | Hamilton Schools | $ 4,320.00 |
| National Inventors Hall of Fame | STEM at Ross Schools | $ 2,300.00 |
| PARACHUTE | Be a child's Voice | $ 1,000.00 |
| Salvation Army | Summer workbooks | $ 5,000.00 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace | Build Day | $ 5,000.00 |