Deadline: 29-Sep-21
Are you part of a collaborative (a group of two or more organizations) designing and/or implementing strategies for systems change? If yes, then apply for a System Innovations grant to lay the groundwork for systems change and/or to take steps to create system-wide change.
The grant funds one or both of the following:
- Groundwork: Planning and preparing for systems change
- Implementation: Putting research, theories of change, and plans into action
System Innovations Grants support collaboratives to better understand, strategize, and work collectively to strengthen systems so they work better for youth, while prioritizing Indigenous and Black young people.
Funding Information
- Maximum $250,000
- Term Length: Minimum 2 years and Maximum 6 years
Eligibility Criteria
Collaboratives eligible to apply to the System Innovations grant:
- Must reflect the communities and populations served. This means that partnering organizations reflect communities served in terms of both mandate, leadership, and staff teams.
- Must include young leaders in both groundwork and implementation as the intended beneficiaries of the systems change work
- Have the capacity to lead culturally responsive youth-centred systems change
- Can be newly formed or have been working together for some time
- Include partners from diverse sectors and backgrounds relevant to the system in focus and vision for change. This includes, but is not limited to Indigenous and Black organizations, organizations led by and serving specific communities, grassroots groups, youth-led groups, system partners, and community networks. They recognize that collaboratives will enter this process in different stages of readiness. If there are collaborative members missing that you consider essential to the work, you will have the opportunity to describe how this collaborative will secure their engagement as part of the application.
- Have clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities
For more information, visit Ontario Trillium Foundation.
For more information, visit https://otf.ca/our-grants/youth-opportunities-fund/system-innovations-grant