Elevate Youth California is seeking applications for its ‘Supporting Capacity Building for Community Organizations’ funding to strengthen the capacity of emerging grassroots community-based organizations and Tribal organizations throughout California to use innovative programs and practices for substance use disorder prevention among youth ages 12 to 26.
Donor Name: Elevate Youth California
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/04/2022
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $400,000
Grant Duration: 2 years 6 months
Details:
Elevate Youth California is investing in a statewide movement to expand youth and young adult substance use prevention through policy, systems and environmental change, focusing on communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs. Elevate Youth California is grounded in social justice youth development, 1 2 which expands the concept of a positive youth development framework and addresses social factors including racism, xenophobia and other racial inequities youth face as they develop into adulthood (Ginwright & Cammarota, 2002). Social justice youth development recognizes these systemic forces and supports young people in developing the skills and knowledge to transform the systems that influence their lives, neighborhoods and broader community.
Funding Information
$100,000 to $400,000 for 30 months (2 years, 6 months) for 501(c)(3) community-based organizations, Tribal organizations and coalitions/collaboratives.
Project Period
Grants will cover activities for the following time period May 16, 2022, to November 15, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Must have an office located in California
- Provide services in California
- Are a 501(c)(3) community-based organization or Tribal organization5 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. 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.
- 6 Grantee partners should have a history of working with impacted communities, including representation on the board and staff, organizational leadership, 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.
- Applicant organization must not have an annual budget in 2021 that exceeds $1 million. Pass-through, non reoccurring funding for COVID-19 immediate relief (i.e., food, shelter, utility assistance, etc.) can be excluded from the 2021 budget requirement.
- Applicant organizations must demonstrate a need for capacity building within the organization and be able to provide a work plan to address those needs.
- Applicant organizations must have paid or volunteer staff members.
- Applicant organizations must take community-driven approaches to program implementation.
For more information, visit Supporting Capacity Building for Community Organizations.
