Grantmaking Research & References

This page contains various resources pertaining to the Youth Investment Program’s grantmaking activities. It includes information to help grantseekers develop competitive proposals, as well as extensive research, background material, and GIS maps used by the Stewardship Council to identify areas of greatest need. We encourage you to explore this page to find the information that best meets your needs. However, our staff is always available to assist you and answer questions, so please contact us at any time.

2009 Grantseeker Resources

  2009 Grantmaking Plan (PDF, 112 kb)

  California Population Density Map (PDF, 3.35 mb)

  Grant Budgeting Presentation (PDF, 96 kb)

  2009 Grant Workshop (PDF, 2.8 mb)

  Grant Contract Template (PDF, 34 kb)

  2009 Catalyst Grant Application Template (Word Doc, 136 kb)

  2009 Impact Grant Application Template (Word Doc, 148 kb)

Grantee Center

Click here to view your previously submitted applications.

Grantee Resources

This section contains resources for past and current grantees including grant reporting tools.

  Grant Report Form - Word (Word File, 336 kb)

  Grant Report Form - Excel (Excel File, 49 kb)

Report Submittal: Click here to submit your grant report!

Stewardship Council Reports and Presentations

In this section, we have made some of the Stewardship Council's research and background materials available for download. These documents include reports on our field-wide findings from 2005 such as a funding landscape report, a focus group report and listening session summaries. In addition, we have made our Youth Data Maps available for your reference.

  Settlement Agreement (PDF, 192 kb)

  Fundraising Landscape Report – July 2005 (PDF, 388 kb)

  Grant Search Results for Environmental Education (2001-2004) (PDF, 188 kb)

  Focus Group Report: Bakersfield, San Jose, Richmond and Chico – July 2005 (PDF, 340 kb)

  Summaries of YIP Listening Sessions – Sacramento (PDF, 84 kb)

GIS Maps

Northern and Central California Data

  Population Density (PDF, 1.3 mb)

  Population Less than 18 in Poverty (PDF, 1.5 mb)

  High School Drop-Out Numbers (PDF, 1.3 mb)

  Overweight Students by Assembly District (PDF, 1.2 mb)

  Unfit Students by Assembly District (PDF, 1.2 mb)

  Benzene Concentration & Agricultural Pesticide Use (PDF, 1.2 mb)

Regional Data

  Bakersfield Area Population Less than 18 in Poverty (PDF, 676 kb)

  Bay Area Population Less than 18 in Poverty (PDF, 1.2 mb)

  Sacramento Valley Population Less than 18 in Poverty (PDF, 784 kb)

Metropolitan Area Data

  Bakersfield: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 1.1 mb)

  Chico: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 738 kb)

  Eureka: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 833 kb)

  Fresno: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 1.1 mb)

  Modesto: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 1.2 mb)

  Oakland: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 1.7 mb)

  Oroville: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 894 kb)

  Redding: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 1.1 mb)

  Sacramento: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 1.8 mb)

  Salinas: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 790 kb)

  San Francisco: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 1.6 mb)

  San Jose: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 2 mb)

  San Luis Obispo: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 702 kb)

  Santa Cruz : Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 934 kb)

  Santa Maria : Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 685 kb)

  Santa Rosa : Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 1.1 mb)

  Stockton: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 1.1 mb)

  Ukiah: Youth Living in Poverty (PDF, 567 kb)

Grantmaking Plan Archives

  Youth Investment Program 2007 Grantmaking Plan (PDF, 166 kb)

  Youth Investment Program Grant Making Pilot Plan 2005-2006
(PDF, 220 kb)