The Yolo Community Foundation (YCF) is pleased to announce its second round of funding for its Buck Education Grant Program. The program aims to support new or existing education efforts in Yolo County that can scale over the course of a two to three year period.
In its inaugural year, the Yolo Community Foundation provided grants to the Center for Land-Based Learning, the Davis Arts Center, the MK Level Playing Field Institute, Tuleyome, the Yolo Basin Foundation and YoloArts. Two grants were awarded to programs in the School of Education at UC Davis.
Grant requests of any amount up to $10,000 will be considered for the following:
– Increasing literacy and supporting reading at grade-level
– STEM-related education
– Arts education
– Early childhood education
– Encouraging parent engagement
Proposals are due October 31, 2018 by 5 p.m. Information and instructions for applying can be found here.