Grants

Grants are awarded partially based on how well they align with supporting the purposes of Boone County 4-H Foundation and the purpose for 4-H:

PURPOSE

a. 4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential working and learning in partnership with caring adults. The mission of 4-H is to provide meaningful opportunities for all youth and adults to work together to create sustainable community change. This is accomplished within three primary content areas, or mission areas – civic engagement and leadership, healthy living, and science. These mission areas reiterate the founding purposes of Boone County 4-H.

b. Illinois 4-H prepares youth to solve Illinois’ problems by producing the leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, stewards, and builders we need. 4-H builds good leaders by giving them safe environments to practice all the skills needed to be successful leaders.

c. To promote and support 4-H activities at the local, county, state, national, and international levels.

d. To cooperate with individuals, groups, institutions, and organizations whose purposes are in accord with those of Boone County 4-H.

e. To support the work of the Boone County 4-H Federation, 4-H Clubs and 4-H Groups of Boone County, Illinois.

CRITERIA

1. Must be an active Boone County Illinois 4-H Club or Group.

2. As a recipient of this grant, the 4-H Club or group agrees to submit a written or in-person overview of the use of funds to the Boone County Illinois 4-H Foundation Board of Directors.

THE COMPLETED & SIGNED APPLICATION MUST BE RETURNED TO

Boone County 4-H Foundation

University of Illinois Extension - Boone County Office

205 Cadillac Court, Suite #3

Belvidere, Illinois 61008