Deadline: 29-Sep-21
Are you a youth-led grassroots group or a youth-adult partnership? If yes, then apply for a Youth Innovations Test grant.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Youth Innovations Test Grant for a project designed to support other youth in your community in one of these three areas:
- Research a new concept or issue
- Strategize around issue(s) affecting people you want to support
- Test a new project idea
Find inspiring solutions to issues facing young people. Youth Innovations Test grants support youth-led and youth-adult partnerships to research important issues, explore different approaches, and test new ideas.
Funding Information
- Maximum $85,000
- Term Length: Minimum 1 year and Maximum 3 years
Eligibility Criteria
Your group may be eligible if it meets the definitions of a youth-led group or youth-adult partnership, and:
- Is led by youth, ages 29 years or under, who share identities and experiences with those they will engage in project activities
- Exists independent of a larger organization. This means the group has autonomy to choose their Organizational Mentor, design the project, identify group members, and plan for the future.
- Is based in Ontario
- Has three or more core members
- Is either an unincorporated group or an incorporated non-profit organization with independently managed revenues no higher than $50,000 in either of the last two years.
- If group is incorporated as a not-for-profit; board members and day-to-day management continues to meet youth-led and youth adult-partnership models
- Agrees to work with an Organizational Mentor (OM).
For more information, visit https://otf.ca/our-grants/youth-opportunities-fund/youth-innovations-test-grant