Applications open for Youth Climate Justice Fund

Deadline: 1-Jul-24

The Youth Climate Justice Fund is providing core flexible funding to emerging youth climate justice groups.

Funding Information

• Groups can apply for grants of up to USD 20,000.

They specifically look for groups who are:

• Cultivating diverse leadership rooted in fair and equitable climate action with community power.
• Raising ambitions and commitments on climate & socio-environmental justice.
• Holding policymakers accountable to their promises and strengthening community power.

Eligibility Criteria

• You should consider applying if:
  • Your group or collective is led by young people aged 35 years and below. In order to be eligible for a YCJF grant, the majority of your leadership must be young people or the individuals with decision making power should be aged 35 years and below.
  • Your group, network or collective is based in East Asia and Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, Europe and Central Asia, and North America.
  • Applicants from high-income countries should belong to a minority or underserved groups to be considered for funding. Groups that focus solely on international engagements without any community-based work are ineligible to apply.
  • You believe in and exhibit inclusive organizing, collective action and intersectional movement building.
  • Your group, network or collective is based in North America or Western Europe but is led by young people who are discriminated against and/or marginalized based on class, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, background, etc.
  • Non-partisan, non-violent, and legal movements.

For more information, visit Youth Climate Justice Fund.