YOUNG VISIONARIES
Make Your Impact On The World!
Some people believe entrepreneurship is just about making money.
Not us!
We believe it can and should also be used for making the world a better place!
The purpose of the Young Visioinaries Fellowship is to encourage young people to exercise their entrepreneurial skills to make a positive impact on their community, however you define your community. It could be your school, neighborhood, city, region, a demographic group, an ethnic group, or any other group.
You choose where you see a problem to be solved or a gap to be filled - and then plan a project or business to solve the problem or fill the gap.
You don’t have to cure cancer (although that would be cool), but you will need to be visionary and entrepreneurial as you plan how to make your mark on your community.
Believe In A Dream will select 1 registered BIYB member each quarter from Northeast Indiana to receive a $500 Young Visionaries Fellowship grant.
You can apply at any time. Just go to the BIYB Members Only page to apply. (If you need to register as a BIYB member first, just click here. You’ll receive an email with the password for the private BIYB Members Only page.)
For 2023, our schedule is …
Spring - Applications due by April 30. Awards announced by May 31.
Summer - Applications due by June 30. Awards announced by July 31.
Fall - Applications due by September 30. Awards announced by October 31.
Winter - Applications due by November 30. Awards announced by December 31.
Quarterly award recipients will also be recognized on stage at Believe In A Dream’s annual fundraising Gala (usually held in the Fall). At the Gala, we will announce one of the quarterly award recipients as the Young Visionaries Fellow Of The Year and award that person an additional $1.000 grant.
Young Visionaries Fellowship Winners
2024 FELLOWS:
$500 Spring Award - Hilmija Hasic, Discard Normality
2023 FELLOWS:
$500 Spring Award - Connor Wuelller and Nash Brown, Intellikits
$500 Summer Award - Chloe Park, Da Capo Piano
$500 Fall Award - Kyla La Rue and Lydia Yoder, True Blue
$500 Winter Award - Kamiah Fomby, One Day At A Time
2022 FELLOWS
The 2020 cohort of Young Visionaries is a diverse group who are all doing wonderful work in our community. Their stories will lift you up! Click on their photos and then hover over the photo to read their stories of impact.
$1,000 Award - Anya Ramrakhiani, Fort Wayne Hygge Tutoring
$500 Award - Edward Sun, Second Strings
$500 Award - Emergence Kisonga, Helping Immigrants and Homeless Families
$500 Award - Kendall Stuckey, Dogs For Vets
$500 Award - Cory and Milo Buwalda, Boys Bracelet Business
2021 Fellows
Our 2021 Fellows are an amazing group of young people who are doing amazing good work to make our community a better place. Congratulations to all. You make our future bright!
$1,000 Award - Elayna Hasty, G.A.B. Girls [Girls Against Bullying]
$500 Award - Madeline Phuong, A Second Chance Fort Wayne
$500 Award - Scotlyn Moncur, Bear's Beanies
$500 Award - Dayani Guevara, Stronger Together Latinx
$500 Award - Taryn Martin, Girls Who Code
2020 Fellows
We were pleased to announce five awesome young people (teams, in most cases) who are working hard to make a difference in Northeast Indiana communities!
Please join us in celebrating …
Amayah Singpradith, 18 (Allen County)
Amelia Johnston, 17 (LaGrange County)
Tyler Hunter, 17 (Allen County)
Aubree Hall, 17 (LaGrange County)
Katlyn Borchelt, 18, and Hannah Mekaru, 17 (Allen County)
2019 Fellows
We were pleased to announce five awesome young people (teams, in most cases) who are working hard to make a difference in Northeast Indiana communities!
Please join us in celebrating …
Aliviah Cartwright, 15 (Allen County)
Cheyenne Moss, 16 (Allen County)
Irasema Hernandez, 18 (Allen County)
Landon Topliff, 17 (Wabash County)
Simon Twiss, 17 (Allen County)
