Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation Offers Mini-Grants

Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation is seeking funding applications from Wilkinsburg-based groups and organizations that support academic and civic endeavors of youth in the borough.  

A total of $3,000 is available and may be awarded in its entirety or in smaller amounts to multiple groups.  

Applications are available at the WCDC website, www.wilkinsburgcdc.org, or at the WCDC office, and must be submitted by March 30.

Applications will be evaluated on the number of Wilkinsburg youth that are served, projects that support low to moderate income individuals or census tracts, and improvements that can be measured.  

Further consideration will be given for partnerships or collaborations, projects that support the mission of the WCDC, and planned documentation of the project, such as reports, photos, or potential media coverage.

Past recipients include The Wilkinsburg Boys & Girls Club, which received the first grant in 2010, putting five more Wilkinsburg youth through nine weeks of summer camp; and the Wilkinsburg Community Ministry, which supplemented its Youth Meal Partnership program in 2011.

More information is available at http://www.wilkinsburgcdc.org/programs-and-projects/education-and-youth.

All projects must be completed by Aug. 31. Successful applicants will be notified by April 30.