With grants up to $1 million over three years, this funding opportunity will support community-based organizations and Tribal organizations throughout California that strive for health equity, focus on youth ages 12 to 26, and work on culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate prevention, outreach and education projects.
Donor Name: Elevate Youth California
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/26/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The goal of this funding opportunity, the Standard Track, is to expand youth and young adult substance use prevention through policy, systems and environmental change.
In this current round of funding, The Center is seeking applications from community-based organizations and Tribal organizations that:
- Support youth engagement that focuses on youth activism, specifically in communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs
- Possess cultural humility and responsiveness with staff and organizational leadership who reflect the racial, ethnic and cultural community they intend to serve
- Prioritize harm reduction and public health solutions that focus on positive messages to prevent substance use disorder
- Develop culturally and linguistically appropriate social justice youth development, peer-to-peer support and mentoring programs that are healing-centered, trauma-informed and focused on youth ages 12-26
- Utilize an intersectional approach to health equity through policy, systems and environmental Change.
Funding Information
Up to $1,000,000 for three years for 501(c)(3) community-based organizations, Tribal organizations and coalitions/collaboratives.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations must meet the following minimum requirements:
- The organization must have an office located in California.
- The organization must provide services in California.
- Are a 501(c)(3) community-based organization or Tribal organization with established and trusted community relationships. Fiscal sponsorships are eligible. Also open to coalitions of organizations and collaboratives, as long as the backbone organization is an eligible applicant.
- Applicant organization must not have an active Elevate Youth California grant. Elevate Youth California funded partners whose current award ends November 2022 are eligible to apply. Fiscal sponsors are the exception and are allowed to submit for a new fiscally sponsored project that was not awarded a previous Elevate Youth California grant.
- Have demonstrated experience partnering with young people of color and other marginalized communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs.
- Applicant organizations and collaborative partners must deeply engage and reflect the proposed communities served that are disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs. Grantee partners should have a history of working with impacted communities, including representation on the board and staff, clients served and neighborhoods served.
- Applicant organizations and their partners must have demonstrated evidence of inclusivity and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation or military status in any of its activities or operations.
For more information, visit EYC.