ABOUT THE FUND
Ahead of the crucial 2024 elections, Blue Future is thrilled to make investments in youth organizing nationwide.
Blue Future’s 2024 Youth Power Fund is a grant and leadership development opportunity for progressive student organizers and local youth-led organizations.
The goal of the Fund is to support local youth-led organizations and youth organizers with direct funding and community organizing training to unleash youth voter engagement in key Congressional districts and competitive Senate states for the 2024 election.
Past projects have included:
- direct voter contact
- public education efforts
- cultural organizing & creative strategies for youth engagement
APPLYING
WHO CAN APPLY?
We’re looking for young people who are connected to youth-led organizations in their community or at their school. Any young person (ages 16-25) who supports progressive values and is ready to organize to help progressives win in 2024 is invited to apply! Youth-led organizations are also welcome to apply as an entity.
WHAT IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS?
We have a 3-step, rolling, application process:
- Young people / youth-led organizations are invited to submit a Project Summary as soon as possible. through this link: https://bit.ly/BFYPF2024
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The deadline will be July 22, 2024, at 11:59 pm PST.
- As applications are submitted, we will invite applicants to interview with our team between July 15 – 30.
- We will accept our first round of grantees on August 9 and then work closely with them to support their local organizing through the 2024 election, with a focus on leadership coaching.
FUNDING
HOW MUCH FUNDING CAN I RECEIVE?
We can fund up to $5,000 dollars per organization/school/Congressional district.
Our vision is to pay up to a $1,500 stipend to compensate youth organizers, and up to $3,500 will be allocated for volunteer mobilization support including:
- stipends for volunteers
- training costs
- transportation + food for door-to-door canvassing
- food/snacks at weekly phone and text banks
However, we trust local, youth organizers to lead because you know what works best for your community.
We are open to alternative budget proposals. Budgets are a key component of the Project Summary application.
Questions? Send an email to our Co-President, Nick, at [email protected].
We strongly encourage people of color, immigrants, women, transgender and non-binary people, and people with disabilities to apply.