Deadline: 31-Jul-21
Asian American Futures and Gold House are proud to announce the launch of the inaugural Gold Futures Challenge, an exciting, online model for philanthropy that will award ten prizes ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 to Asian American and Pacific Islander (“AAPI”) organizations for projects that ensure their communities are Seen, Heard, Empowered and United.
The Gold Futures Challenge aims to unite AAPIs across the country behind common goals and inspire increased participation among all generations of AAPIs in philanthropy, volunteerism, civic engagement and social innovation.
In addition to awarding grants and mentorship, the Gold Futures Challenge will provide an online space for the public to learn about a wide range of innovative and impactful projects and programs across the country that will improve AAPI communities.
Each completed application will be promoted on the GFC website on its own page with buttons for direct donations and ways for people to volunteer for the project.
They are looking for bold, innovative, and creative proposals that activate new interest in supporting their evolving AAPI communities. Together the winning organizations will create progress that will change the course of the AAPI future!
Categories
Projects will impact one of the four (4) themes (the “Themes”) as described below:
- Seen
- Accurate and meaningful representation for AAPI individuals and communities.
- Heard
- A strong, unified voice that effectively advocates for AAPI needs and causes.
- Empowered
- Ensuring that all AAPIs have the resources and agency to positively affect their own lives and the lives of others.
- United
- Having a unified, pan-Asian identity, lifting up other AAPI groups and allying with other communities of color, rather than struggling against each other.
Award Information
- The Finalist that receives the greatest number of valid online votes (first place) will receive a grand prize of $100,000 for a one-year period.
- The second and third place Finalists will receive a grant of $75,000, the fourth, fifth, and sixth place will receive $50,000, and the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth place will receive $25,000.
In addition to monetary prizes to support the winning programs, their winners will also receive the following non-monetary awards and opportunities:
- All TEN FINALISTS will receive a membership into the Gold House Future Network: a community of leading next generation API creatives and founders. Future Network members receive career acceleration, mentoring and/or skill-building, and directed networking across industries.
- The TOP FIVE FINALISTS will receive a 1-year membership to Resilia, a technology platform that helps nonprofits to increase their capacity and funders to scale impact.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, for-profit, fiscally-sponsored project, or governmental organization serving AAPI individuals or communities.
- The organizational work can be in a particular neighbourhood, community, city, county, region, state, or have a national impact. Both new and existing projects are eligible for submission.
- Applications MUST:
- be in English;
- describe a project that would be implemented in its entirety;
- describe a project that will impact one or more of the four (4) themes (the
- “Themes”) as described in detail in section eight (8) below;
- be capable of being implemented fully with the amount awarded in the Grant;
- be capable of being implemented within 12 months of Grant award; and
- provide a level of detail sufficient to show each of the specific activities to be carried out by the Applicant and others, if any, necessary to achieve the principal goal(s) of the project.
For more information, visit https://goldfutureschallenge.org/apply/