WILMINGTON — Forty-six high school seniors, juniors and sophomores will experience the triumphs and challenges of being philanthropists this year through the Delaware Community Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Board. 

The YPBs include students from public, private and parochial schools. The DCF gives the New Castle County board $15,000 and the Kent and Sussex County student boards $10,000 each to award to local charities. The students work together to choose a focus area, solicit and review grant applications, conduct site visits and decide how to distribute the money to have the greatest impact.

Grant applications will be available at delcf.org/grants in early December and will be due in January.

“The Youth Philanthropy Board program does more than give kids the chance to make a difference,” DCF President & CEO Stuart Comstock-Gay said. “It gets them out into the community to experience firsthand the impact their work has on people’s lives.”

This year’s participants are: 

Kent County 

Tyasia Cannon, senior, Dover High School

Noah Dixon, senior, Lake Forest High School

Brenna Geidel, junior, Caesar Rodney High School

Lily Griffiths, senior, Smyrna High School

Samra Iqbal, junior, Caesar Rodney High School

Malini Lodhavia, senior, Dover High School

Hanifah Ouro-Sama, senior, Dover High School

Marlie McMillan, senior, Milford High School

Melissa Mesidor, junior, Milford High School

Amman Rather, senior, Caesar Rodney High School

Jennifer Vil, senior, Polytech High School

New Castle County

Mae Thomas, senior, St. Andrews School

Joshua Green, junior, Tatnall School

Gabriella Adams, sophomore, Ursuline Academy

Samantha Harrington, sophomore, St. Georges Technical High School

Evan Quigley, junior, Salesianum School

Jamie Marshall, sophomore, Appoquinimink High School

Claire Bolarinwa, senior, Archmere Academy

Fiona Fawcett, senior, Charter School of Wilmington

Maya Levine, senior, Cab Calloway School of the Arts

Naiya Patel, junior, Charter School of Wilmington

Paige Zhang, senior, Tower Hill School

Makale Harvey, junior, Howard High School

Layahna Williams, senior, Freire School 

Fatama Afrin, sophomore, Mt. Pleasant High School

Naomi Innocent, sophomore, Las Aspiras Americas

Dua Hussain, senior, Conrad Schools of Science

Avery Zwickert, junior, St. Marks

Sussex County

Jacob Adkins, senior, Delmar High School

Mirta Angel-Gabriel, junior, Laurel High School

Abby Betts, junior, Cape Henlopen High School

Peyton Campbell, senior, Sussex Academy

Vicky Chan, junior, Indian River High School

Daykhi Conquest-Carey, junior, Sussex Central High School

Brooke Emeigh, senior, Worcester Preparatory School

Michael Fagundes-Rocha, junior, Sussex Central High School

Joscelyn Gamarra-Gutierrez, senior, Seaford High School

Prabh Kaur, senior, Sussex Academy

Quinlyn Long, senior, Cape Henlopen High School

Hussain Mahdi, junior, Cape Henlopen High School

McKenna Miller, junior, Indian River High School

Stella Pogwist, junior, Sussex Tech High School

Ashlyn Toppin, senior, Laurel High School

Doralynn Ventura-Lopez, junior, Sussex Academy

Katie Whaley, junior, Sussex Tech High School

Kathy Zhang, junior, Worcester Preparatory School