About Imagine for Youth Foundation
Help children achieve a healthy, active and educated life.
Focus Areas
youth developmentsports & recreationeducationscholarshipsbasic needs (shoes, clothing, school supplies)
Funding Style
program supportrestricted/project-specific fundingoperational/programmatic supportshort-term or single-program grants
About Imagine for Youth Foundation
A $100,000 program-support grant to Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc stands out in Imagine for Youth Foundation’s recent giving and points to a pattern of larger operating-style awards tied to youth-serving work. The foundation’s stated purpose is to help children achieve a healthy, active and educated life, and its grant programs mirror that aim through education, sports and recreation, scholarships, and basic-needs support such as shoes, clothing, and school supplies. Recent grants show a mix of direct community support and youth-focused program funding. In Buffalo, the foundation awarded $50,000 to Oshei Childrens Hospital for program support in 2025, while another $25,000 went in 2023 to John R Oishei Children's Hospital for the same purpose. The same year as the largest grant, it also made a series of smaller program-support awards to youth-related organizations in Florida, Oregon, Colorado, and California, indicating that the foundation backs both local initiatives and broader youth and family-serving organizations. Its active programs add more structure to that approach: Ohio High School Scholarships, IN FOR YOUTH Grant, A Teacher’s Wish, Kicks for Kids, and recurring event sponsorships such as the Micah Hyde Youth Football Camp. Together, those programs show a funder that uses scholarships, school support, equipment donations, and event-based grants to meet children’s needs across multiple settings.
What Imagine for Youth Foundation Funds
Education support appears in several forms. Imagine for Youth Foundation gave $25,000 to John R Oishei Children's Hospital in 2023 for program support, and its active programs include Ohio High School Scholarships, which awarded $1,000 college scholarships to 10 seniors from ten Northwest Ohio high schools in 2020. The foundation also runs A Teacher’s Wish, a school-support program that helps with supplies, field trips, and school-related fees. Basic needs are another clear theme. The foundation’s direct community grants have included a $2,500 donation to Fostoria City Schools' Care Closet, along with support for unpaid lunch fees. Those actions fit its stated interest in shoes, clothing, and school supplies. Sports and youth development show up in both grants and programs. It provides Kicks for Kids resources for underserved youth, and it has sponsored the Micah Hyde Youth Football Camp through tiered sponsorships that fund camp operations and foundation programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$295K
Total Assets
$1.2M
Total Revenue
$540K
Total Expenses
$450K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $44K and $81K, with a median of $63K.
25th Percentile
$44K
Median
$63K
75th Percentile
$81K
Geographic Reach
National11 states funded
About 5% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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