DMF Youth offers two core programs, an After-school Series and Summer Camps. Both are free to participating families and blend dance, fitness, and arts education with a Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and life skills–based curriculum designed to help youth build confidence, resilience, and positive relationships. DMF Youth’s capacity-building goal is to strengthen their fundraising and operational infrastructure so that by 2027 they can hire a full-time Development Director who will focus on donor cultivation, partnerships, and long-term sustainability. To achieve this, DMF Youth will invest in systems, structures, and processes that reduce the current over-reliance on the Executive Director and ensure their development function is stable, diversified, and positioned for growth.
This grant will strengthen DMF Youth’s fundraising and operational infrastructure, leading to the hiring of a Development Director.
