Deadline: 15-Jan-21
The Captain Planet Foundation is welcoming for its ecoSolution™ Grants to build the next generation of environmental stewards and change-agents.
The Captain Planet Foundation has supported educators and their work to facilitate youth-led projects that result in positive impacts to the environment of a school or community.
Captain Planet Foundation grants are intended to:
- Empower youth by providing hands-on environmental stewardship opportunities;
- Inspire youth and communities to become agents of change for their environment;
- Serve as a catalyst for education that uses the environment as a context for applied and STEM learning.
Funding Information
- ecoSolution™ Grants range from $500-$2,500 and are intended to support solution-oriented, youth-led projects that result in real environmental outcomes.
Ineligible Funding
Funds may not be used for:
- Capital or building campaigns, purchase of real estate, or endowments;
- General operating expenses;
- Salary or contract services;
- Beautification or landscaping projects;
- Travel costs or field trips that are not an essential part of the proposed project (if included, identify the purpose of the field trip under “project activities”);
- Scholarships;
- Expensive equipment that can only be used once or by a few;
- Promotional items such as t-shirts, flyers, postcards, etc.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organizations eligible for monetary support through Captain Planet Foundation must:
-
- Be exempt from federal taxation under the IRS Section 501 (includes most schools and nonprofit organizations), or have a fiscal sponsor that meets this criterion.
- Maintain an annual operating budget of less than $3 million (only for nonprofits)
- Projects must:
- Be based in the U.S;
- Be solution-oriented;
- Be project-based;
- Be youth-led;
- Result in demonstrable environmental outcomes.
For more information, visit https://captainplanetfoundation.org/grants/ecosolution/