Haigh-Scatena Youth Leadership, Empowerment & Advocacy Fund
As one of the first female winemakers in California, Isabel Haigh created the Haigh-Scatena Foundation in the late 1960’s. She was a proponent of Social Advocates for Youth in the 1970’s, which created a mentorship program for kids involved in the juvenile justice system. The Foundation’s focus expanded over time to include youth empowerment, leadership development, and community organizing. When the Haigh-Scatena Foundation closed, this fund was created to support programs that promote youth leadership, empowerment, and advocacy in Mendocino County.
Previous grants have the Mendocino Film Festival in expanding it youth internship program to Fort Bragg High School, the Anderson Valley High School Service learning program for a service learning project to ascertain if it is possible to reopen Paul M. Dimmick Campground in Navarro, for Acorn Partners in Education to support student participation in the Catalina Environmental Leadership Program, to support the Leadership Mendocino Youth Leadership Project, and to support teen leadership training through the Caring Kitchen Project.
In 2019, the Community Foundation welcomes proposals from non-profit organizations and high schools interested in improving the lives of youth and families, thorough youth empowerment, leadership development, and advocacy.
Criteria:
The project must:
- Promote students “initiating, learning and doing” to solve a problem;
- Demonstrate the betterment of the community as a whole;
- Exhibit additional funds, resources, and volunteer support associated with it.
Total available funding: $1,500; Grant range: $500-$1,500
Deadline for Submission: This grant program is now closed for the 2018-2019 grant cycle
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