To be eligible for an YFYI grant:

• The Project must be located in San Francisco and services must be provided to residents of the city and county of San Francisco.
• The project must be completely youth led but would need an adult ally for emergency purposes.
• Project must be led by youth between the ages of 13 and 17 (there must be project leader[s] under the age of 18 throughout the contracted length of the project).
• The project must have a non-profit organization to act as a fiscal sponsor to monitor all financial transactions.
• ALL sections of the YFYI application, which require answers or information, must be completed.
• Youth ages 13-17 MUST develop project idea and complete application.
• Project travel expenses (ie. Trips, hotel, airfare, etc.) must be under 20% of overall budget costs (this excludes local transportation).

*YFYI will also consider the following:

• Participation of civic institution(s)
• Institutional change
• Community participation
• Community change
• Service learning
• Number of volunteers
• Beneficiaries of project
• Reasonable and well thought out budget

Upon receiving grant money from YFYI, it is required that:

• Youth and adults involved in project keep must direct communication with YFYI
• Youth and adults will meet with YFYI whenever necessary
• Youth and adults will provide YFYI with all receipts to account for money spent
• Youth and adults participate in all YFYI events