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Past Grants

Since its inception, The Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing has re-granted over $5 million of support to the field of youth organizing.  In addition to a general grantmaking pool, below are FCYO's previous grantmaking initiatives that were developed in order to target, maximize and leverage resources for youth organizing.

ReGenerations: Leadership Expansion for Environmental Justice (ReGen: EJ)

(2006 - 2009) ReGen:EJ was a multi-year initiative that supported 11 environmental justice organizations across the country.  Its goal was to increase effectiveness in youth leadership development; provide opportunities for strategy and model sharing between organizations; and document effective models of multi-generational community organizing that contribute to the sustainability of effective leadership in the environmental justice movement. TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED: $1,050,000

New York City Opportunities Funds (NYCOF)

(2005 - 2007) NCYOF was open to New York City community organizing groups that were actively engaged in youth organizing, specifically in low-income communities.  The NYCOF provided small grants to address typically unmet technical assistance needs and/or collaboration projects defined by youth organizing groups. TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED: $50,000

Emerging Youth Organizing Grants

(2005 - 2008)  Emerging Youth Organizing grants was a three-year initiative designed to support capacity of new youth organizing efforts in organizations whose youth organizing work was less than three years old.  TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED: $330,000

Roots Initaitive

(2003 - 2005) The Roots Initiative was a three-year capacity building initiative focused on organizational development, network development, and the creation of field building, standard practices and tools. Roots engaged a cadre of 10 youth organizing groups from across the country, each of which received multi-year general support grants.  TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED:$1,140,000

Looking Forward: Youth Leading the Way Toward a Sustainable Planet

Looking Forward: Youth Leading the Way Toward a Sustainable Planet

(Click here to download the Report.)

We are pleased to release our report “Looking Forward: Youth Leading the Way Toward a Sustainable Planet”, which captures lessons learned from our grantmaking intiative, ReGeneraions: Youth Leadership Expansion for Environmental Justice (ReGen/EJ).  Through ReGen/EJ, a three-year grantmaking initiative that supported grassroots and youth-led efforts in environmental justice, FCYO provided grants, technical assistance, and convening opportunities to a cohort of grantees.  This report provides case studies in two key areas – climate justice and clean water – and highlights the multiple impacts ReGen/EJ made on individual young people, organizations, the environmental justice community, and mainstream environmentalism.  FCYO is honored to have served the 11 organizations of the ReGen/EJ cohort and to serve the movement for environmental justice.  We celebrate the victories and significant accomplishments within the environmental justice movement, and through this report, reflect on the significant contributions and leadership that have come from young people.

FCYO releases 2010 Youth Organizing Field Scan

FCYO conducts national field scans using a combination of quantitative and qualitative research to document trends, challenges and opportunities.  Field scans provide an opportunity to inform FCYO’s strategy and to help advocate for the field of youth organizing.

We at the Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing are very excited to announce the release of our 2010 Youth Organizing Field Scan.  Please click here to download the publication.

Many thanks to the organizations who participated in our surveys and regional conversations.  For a full list of participants, please click here.