{"id":236074,"date":"2026-07-05T14:23:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/236074\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:23:39","slug":"erie-county-community-foundations-youth-advisory-council-awards-grants-to-nonprofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/236074\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie County Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council awards grants to nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"

At its June 2026 meeting, Erie County Community Foundation<\/a>\u2019s Board of Directors awarded $17,700 in charitable Youth Advisory Council grants to numerous Erie County nonprofits, schools and municipalities.<\/p>\n

In total, Youth Advisory Council distributed funds to 16 separate projects in this grant cycle, according to a news release.<\/p>\n

Erie County Community Foundation\u2019s Youth Advisory Council consists of 14 junior and senior students from seven Erie County high schools, including Edison, Huron, Margaretta, Perkins, Sandusky, Sandusky Central Catholic\/St. Mary and Vermilion.<\/p>\n

Students serve a two-year term and learn about community needs and philanthropy.<\/p>\n

The 2025-26 Youth Advisory Council encouraged grant proposals that aligned with its priority areas: mental health, job training, childcare, youth programming, access to healthy food, preserving Lake Erie\u2019s waterways, supporting senior citizens and animal welfare.<\/p>\n

Grants generally range from $250 to $2,000 and are for one year. Grant projects must serve Erie County residents, the release said.<\/p>\n

Youth Advisory Council receives funding for its grantmaking program from Erie County Community Foundation and its community partners Sandusky Rotary Club Charitable Foundation Fund Inc., the Mylander Foundation and the Dorn Foundation.<\/p>\n

The grantmaking program covers a wide variety of needs throughout Erie County.<\/p>\n

Organizations awarded<\/p>\n

\u2022 Back to the Wild Inc., $1,966 for carnivore diets for wildlife rehab patients and ambassadors<\/p>\n

\u2022 Boots to Grasses Therapeutic Horsemanship Program, $405 for I Gallop<\/p>\n

\u2022 Campbell Christian Community Center, $1,000 for the Dignity Project: Confidence, Self-Care & Growing Strong<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cancer Services, $1,000 for Care for Kids<\/p>\n

\u2022 Care and Share Inc. of Erie County, $1,600 for hygiene \u2014 Keeping It Clean<\/p>\n

\u2022 Erie County Agriculture Society, $1,184 for protective cages for 4-H static displays at the Erie County Fair<\/p>\n

\u2022 Erie County Public Defender\u2019s Office, $1,500 for Project Strength<\/p>\n

\u2022 Family Health Services, $1,088 for McKeen Pharmacy capacity expansion<\/p>\n

\u2022 Harbourtown Fine Arts Center, $1,720 for Inclusive Summer Theatre Camp<\/p>\n

\u2022 Humane Society of Erie County, $1,500 for Humane Trap Initiative<\/p>\n

\u2022 Huron Public Library, $450 for Unearth A Story: Resources for Summer Reading and Related Programs<\/p>\n

\u2022 Obediah\u2019s Hope: An Equine Ministry of First Christian Church, $586 for bits and bridles and saddle pads<\/p>\n

\u2022 Road to Hope INC, $500 for Road to Hope peer transportation model<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Parkvue Community, $1,250 for Parkvue Pals<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Salvation Army \u2014 Vermilion, $750 for backpacks bags and personal hygiene<\/p>\n

\u2022 Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church \u2014 Youth Group, $1,200 for supplying the needy through a Blessing Box<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At its June 2026 meeting, Erie County Community Foundation\u2019s Board of Directors awarded $17,700 in charitable Youth Advisory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,16443,74250,138,137,101720,8270,101719],"class_list":["post-236074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-county-community-foundation","tag-erie-county-ohio","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-grants-awarded","tag-nonprofits","tag-youth-advisory-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}