Fund Description

United Way of Racine County's Youth as Resources (YAR) empowers young people to make a positive difference in Racine County through grant making and community service. YAR provides grants to fund youth-designed, youth-led community service and service learning projects. YAR projects feature youth as planners and volunteers while creatively addressing specific community needs or problems, such as environmental, social and cultural awareness issues. 

Fund Eligibility

The Youth As Resources (YAR) fund is a partnership with Racine Unified School District's middle school academies: Academies of Racine at Mitchell Community School, Academies of Racine at Gifford and Academies of Racine at Jerstad-Agerholm. 

Any group of youth in the middle school academies eighth grade capstone class may apply for a YAR grant up to and including $500. 

Application Process

Funding request submissions require two elements: a grant application and a short video that describes the project plan. 

Click the link to download the YAR Fund Description and Application:

YAR Fund Description and Application

Once the application and video are completed submit them to Katie Tuttle, Special Projects Manager, at ktuttle@unitedwayracine.org. 

Reporting Requirements 

The youth group is required to submit a report to Katie Tuttle at ktuttle@unitedwayracine.org within 30 days of the completion of the YAR-funded project. 

The reporting requirements are comprised of two parts: 

1. A recording of the capstone presentation.
2. A written report.