Summer Youth Programming

The following organizations were selected by the City of Columbus to receive funding to support summer youth programming for 2026:

100 Black Men of Central Ohio 
Leadership Academy “Elevate Saturday’s”

A Tribe for Jazz
Jazz Lab Summer Experience

Actors’ Theatre of Columbus
The Globe School Youth Summer Camp

Advanced Technology Education
Rising Leaders: Business & Workforce Academy

All THAT – Teens Hopeful About Tomorrow
Elevate Futures: Summer Workforce Academy

Always With Us Charities (A.W.U. Charities)
The ACE Program

Asian American Community Services
AACS Healthy Asian Youth (HAY) Summer Program

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio 2026 Enrichment Experiences

Boys and Girls Clubs of Columbus DBA Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Ohio
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio 2026 Enrichment Experiences

Broad Street Presbyterian Church (Bronzeville StrongStart Youth Learning Initiative)
Bronzeville Youth Summer Brain Gain Enrichment Program

Capital City Young Aviators
2026 Summer Young Aviators Program

Central Community House
Youth Are Central Summer Camp

City of Grace Church
CBUS Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA)

City of Refuge GoodLife Foundation
The GoodLife Youth Summer Enrichment 2026

Classic For Columbus, Inc.
Classic For Columbus Academy (CFC Academy) – Summer Youth Program

Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center
Kids Club

Columbus Dream Center
Summer Youth Mentorship Programs

Columbus Housing Partnership, INC, dba Homeport
Summer Youth Enrichment Program (Summer Camp) at Emerald Glen

Columbus Literacy Council (CLC – THE HIVE)
Future Ready ’26: Dream, Build, Achieve – Expanded Workforce & Career Academy

Columbus Urban League
Columbus Urban League VLOG Digital Journalism & Media Career Exploration Program

Community Arts Project, Inc. dba The King Arts Complex
King Kids

Community for New Direction
CND Summer Engagement Program

Community of Caring Development Foundation
Food is Life

Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS)
Summer Development and Movement Program

Directions for Youth & Families
Directions for Youth & Families Summer Programs

Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio
Summer Learning Academy

Eckerd Youth Alternatives, INC
ArtRageous Out-of-School Time Programming

EPIC Youth
EPIC Summer Program

Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services
Summer Youth Enrichment Program (SYEP)

FACCES Family Adolescent and Child Community Engagement Service
FACCES Education: Summer Program

Femergy
Femergy® Chica Summer Experience

Final Third Foundation
Final Third Foundation Summer Camp

Franklin County Historical Society dba COSI
COSI Connects2You: Columbus Neighborhoods Summer STEAM Initiative

Gladden Community House
Gladden Summer Camp

Godman Guild Association
GGA Summer Youth Camp and Young Adult Programs

Greenleaf Job Training Services, Inc
EmpowerU

HEART 4 KIDS
COLUMBUS YOUTH SOUND MIND SOUND BODY

Highland Youth Garden
Green Teens at Highland Youth Garden

Horizon Science Academy
Sunny Studies at HSACE

I Know I Can (IKIC)
IKIC College and Career Summer Bridge Programming

Community Action Agency
BOSS UP

Jaded Unprotected Volatile Youth Services, Inc.
I WAN 2 LIVE

Jazz Arts Group
Columbus Youth Jazz Summer Workshops

Kaleidoscope Youth Center
Drop-in Center

Kingdom Image Arts
Kingdom Kidz Summer Camp

LEAD WITH PURPOSE
LEAD WITH PURPOSE SUMMER ACADEMY

Lead, Mentor, & Grow Inc. 501(c)(3)
LMG Ignite: Futures in Motion

Leaders Emerging and Developing
Algebra 1 Level Up

Legacies United Foundation
Green Grid Leadership Academy: Urban Gardening Camp

Legacy Youth Academy
Lead & Inspire Summer Enrichment Program

Linden Block Party 614 DBA We Are Linden
Youth Ambassadors Initiative

Look Ma’ No Hands Non-Profit Organization
Look Ma’ No Hands Summer Series

Lower Lights Ministries
Community Learning Center (CLC)

Makerspace Central
MOVES (Motivational Opportunities for Versatile & Engaging STEAM)

Maroon Arts Group
ARtsway

Mid-Ohio Board for an Independent Living Environment
“Natural Movement”

Minority Mental Health Alliance
SHE Heals. SHE Wins. (Strength. Healing. Empowerment.)

Momentum Excellence Inc.
Summer Enrichment Intensive, Momentum

National Skilled Trades Network
FirstSkilled Training Youth Program

Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Youth & Young Adult Employment Program

NCBC Human Services Corporation
Thrive 360 – From Cradle to Community (Summer Leadership Cohort)

Neighborhood Athletics
Neighborhood Athletics Summer Youth Program

Neighborhood Design Center
CoLab Studio

New Birth Christian Ministries
New Birth Summer Enrichment Program

Ohio Black Expo
Dream Path Summer

Ohio Hispanic Coalition
Niños en Acción Summer STEAM Academy

Ours Brothers Keepers
OBK Summer Youth Violence Prevention Program

P2i Global Foundation
P2i Summer Youth Impact Camp

PAST Foundation
Power Up Your Potential (PUYP)

PGA REACH Southern Ohio Foundation
Clubs Fore Kids

Proyecto Mariposas
The Creativity Within

Pyramid Community Development Corporation
Community SMARTNet Initiative (CSI)

Remember Us Urban Legends
Hustle and Grow Landscaping

Reset Tomorrow
Pathways to Purpose Summer Enrichment

Rickenbacker Woods Foundation

Road to Success High School
Linden FutureReady Summer Institute

SACDO – Sudanese American Community Development
Sudanese American Summer Youth Program

Schealthness Inc
Freedom Schools

SEE BRILLIANCE
STEAM on the Block: Igniting Innovation in Our Communities II

Somali Community Association of Ohio
Ohio Capital Summer Program

Sonlight Community Services
Sonlight Summer School Program

South of Main Futures
South of Main Futures Youth Summer Program

St Mary School Inc
St. Mary School Summer Camp

St. Stephen’s Community House
Summer STEM Camp

St. Vincent Family Services
Therapeutic Summer Programming

TECH CORPS
Techie Camp

The African American Male Wellness Agency
AAMWA Summer Youth Skill Up Program

The Buckeye Ranch
Summer Bridge Program

The Center for Healthy Families
Summer Youth Workforce Program

The Flyt Foundation
S.O.A.R. Academy

The Hardy Center
The Hardy Center Summer Camp

The Ohio State University Foundation
LiFEsports Summer Camps at The Ohio State University, Milo Grogan Community Center, Adams Community Center, and Linden Community Center

The Willie & Vivian Gaddis Foundation
Jump Start Compass Summer Intensive: ACT/SAT Bootcamp + College & Career Lab

Think Make Live Youth
Summer Workforce & Social Justice Program

Trades of Faith Inc.
Project GENESIS Summer Internship Program

Urban Lacrosse Academy
Urban Lacrosse Academy Learn to Play

Urban Resurrection Community Development Corporation
Science, Math, Arts, Reading, andTechnology (SMART) Summer Enrichment Program

Urban Strings Columbus
Urban Strings Summer Impact Experience

We Amplify Voices
WAV Club Summer Camp

What Would Marcus Do
The M.P. Empowerment Academy

Women Just Like Me
Girls of Destiny Summer Camp

WrightChoice Mentoring
FutureFWD Careee Xploration

YMCA of Central Ohio
YMCA Summer Teen Experience

Youth Mind Builders
YMB Mental Wellness Enrichment Summer Program

YWCA Columbus
YWCA Kids Place (YKP) Summer Camp