Humboldt Sponsors Offering Grants to Benefit Local Youth

This is a press release from Humboldt Sponsors:

Humboldt Sponsors, a local nonprofit, charitable organization dedicated to raising funds solely to benefit the youth of Humboldt County, is pleased to announce the 2022 grant application cycle is now open.

Humboldt-based nonprofit organizations seeking funding assistance for programs serving local youth are invited to apply, including first-time and eligible former applicants. Grants are to be used exclusively to benefit Humboldt County children and cannot fund salaries, stipends, or administrative expenses.

Each year in April, Humboldt Sponsors announces its newly selected grant recipients and officially recognizes the valuable programs and services they provide. This year, Humboldt Sponsors awarded 44 individual grants to local youth-related organizations, which totaled $86,506. Since 1973, Humboldt Sponsors has distributed nearly $2,700,000 in grants to benefit Humboldt County children.

These individual grants support many diverse activities and programs for local youth, such as scholarships and camperships for recreational and cultural activities, youth leadership projects, as well as the purchase of educational, learning and play materials for children. In addition, Humboldt Sponsors’ grants have assisted youth-oriented programs that provide basic needs.

“We are able to raise most of the funds needed to support our many grant requests with the proceeds from our various fundraising events,” stated Grants Chairperson Kim Cobine. “These events include our virtual online auctions, direct mail outreach, and pre-COVID – our popular annual rummage sale and various other fundraiser events.”

 A fillable grant application form and all supporting materials may be downloaded from Humboldt Sponsors website: www.humboldtsponsors.org. Funding decisions will be completed by March 31, 2022.

Completed 2022 grant application packets must be submitted to Humboldt Sponsors by the postmark deadline of February 11, 2022, in order to qualify for consideration. Application packets should be mailed to Humboldt Sponsors Grants Committee, c/o Kim Cobine, 1770 Campton Rd., Eureka, CA 95503.

For additional information on the Humboldt Sponsors HUGS Grants Program, contact Kim Cobine at [email protected]. To learn more about Humboldt Sponsors and to find out how to become a member, email [email protected], go to www.humboldtsponsors.org, or follow the group on Facebook and Instagram.