Jeffersonville, Ind. – Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) has awarded Youth Link Southern Indiana a grant totaling $500,000. The funding will help Youth Link strengthen programs serving young people in southern Indiana and build the organizational capacity needed to deepen its impact over the next several years.
IYI made the grants in connection with Strengthening Youth Programs in Indiana (SYPI), an initiative Lilly Endowment Inc. launched in 2023. The initiative seeks to help youth-serving organizations working throughout the state improve their abilities to promote the academic, physical, and social well-being of young people, ages five through 18.
With this support, Youth Link will be able to sustain program expenses for resource coordinators, Centerstone Mental Health services, and Extended Day Learning scholarships. It will also support capacity building expenses including fundraising efforts and data collection. The work is expected to help Youth Link continue to provide programming that breaks down barriers to student success.
“We are grateful for this investment in our organization and in the young people we serve,” said Tricia Wall, Executive Director of Youth Link. “This grant will allow us to strengthen the systems, programs, and partnerships that help youth thrive.”
Youth Link Southern Indiana is one of 168 youth-serving organizations awarded SYPI grants totaling more than $40 million. A full list of grant recipients is available here.
About Youth Link Southern Indiana
Youth Link Southern Indiana works within schools to remove barriers to student success by connecting young people and their families to essential resources, caring relationships, and enrichment opportunities. Through its programs, Youth Link helps ensure every student has the support they need to thrive.
About Indiana Youth Institute
Indiana Youth Institute’s mission is to improve the lives of all Indiana children by strengthening and connecting the people, organizations, and communities that are focused on kids and youth. IYI is Indiana’s premier source for high-quality data on child well-being and data-informed action to address challenges Hoosier children face. It leads the FIVE by 50 vision as a connector and convenor to ensure that every child will have a network of five caring, supportive adults in their life by the year 2050. Visit iyi.org to learn more.
About Lilly Endowment Inc.
Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based, private foundation created in 1937 by J.K. Lilly Sr. and sons Eli and J.K. Jr. through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly and Company. While those gifts remain the financial bedrock of the Endowment, the Endowment is a separate entity from the company, with a distinct governing board, staff and location. In keeping with the founders’ wishes, the Endowment supports the causes of community development, education and religion. Although the Endowment maintains a special commitment to its founders’ hometown, Indianapolis, and home state, Indiana, it funds programs throughout the United States, especially in the field of religion.
Contact:
Christina Gutowski
812-280-0028
cgutowski@youthlinksi.org
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