Deadline: 30-Aug-2024
Digicel Foundation is pleased to announce the 20 for 20 for 20 Build Jamaica Grants to empower local communities and foster sustainable growth.
For two decades, Digicel Foundation has been at the forefront of community development in Jamaica.
Categories
- Projects funded under Build Jamaica grants may fall under the following categories:
- Social Enterprises
- Support for innovative ventures that address social or environmental challenges while generating sustainable revenue. This category may include funding for social enterprises focused on issues such as poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability, and community empowerment.
- Youth Development
- Projects aimed at empowering and supporting the youth population through initiatives such as mentorship programmes, leadership training, educational workshops, and recreational activities.
- ICT Development
- Funding for projects that focus on enhancing access to and utilization of information and communication technologies (ICTs) within communities. This could include initiatives such as establishing computer labs and providing digital literacy training.
- Environmental Sustainability
- Projects aimed at conserving natural resources, mitigating climate change impacts, and promoting eco-friendly practices. Projects in this category may involve reforestation efforts, waste management programmes, and community gardens.
- Social Enterprises
Funding Information
- Organisations can apply for grants of up to $2,500,000 for a Build Jamaica grant.
Eligibility Criteria
- The grants target registered not-for-profit groups and social enterprises. They don’t typically award individual grants or scholarships. If your organisation is not registered with the Companies Office of Jamaica, they encourage you to submit proof of registration with the Council for Voluntary Social Services, RADA, SDC, the Ministry of Education and Youth or other professional organisations.
Ineligible
- Individuals seeking assistance for personal reasons, this includes scholarships, sectarian or religious organisations whose services are limited to members of one religious group; religious programmes; endowment funds, development campaigns or funds directed towards deficit reduction or operating reserves; fundraising events or sponsorships (walk/run, golf tournaments, sports teams, tickets, tables, benefits, raffles, souvenir programmes, advertising, fundraising dinners, etc.); trips: conferences; seminars; festivals; one-day events (unless they are part of an approved programme activity); documentaries, videos or research projects/programmes (unless this can be shown to align with the Foundation’s funding objectives and criteria directly; trust funds; organisations that channel the funds received to third parties and organisations formed to combat specific diseases and or conduct medical research.
For more information, visit Digicel Foundation.