Youth Ocean Action Grants

Description

YouthToSea is happy to offer a small grant to each of our participants, the Youth Ocean Action Grant! The Youth Ocean Action Grant is open to each of the participants in either Ocean Bridge or YouthToSea. These grants support your service projects; to elevate your capacity to benefit your community, and ocean health & literacy through your service project.

Individual applicants can be awarded up to $500.00 for the delivery of their community service projects. You can only apply once. The amount awarded will be dependent on the requirements of the project, and the reach/impact of the project. If you want to work together with other participants for your service project, you can pool your grant monies and be awarded $500 per participant. In other words, if there were 4 participants all contributing and collaborating on one project, you could, as a group, be awarded up to $2000.00 on that particular project.

Feel free to reach out to your program specialists should you require assistance in the ideation, planning and/or delivery phases. Keep in mind that selected projects will be highlighted and promoted on Ocean Bridge platforms, so please consider ways to share your project (ex. videos, blog posts, creative reflection pieces) that can be showcased either prior to- or shortly after the project is completed.

Task

Go through the ideation process, either with your program specialist or on your own, and come up with a clear project idea. Feel free to use the project planning template.
Come up with a budget using the budget template. Please use exact costs for each item.
Once you have a project description, idea of your time line, and budget, you are ready to apply for funding!
Click here to head over to the form to apply.
Within two weeks, you will hear if you were successful with your grant application. You will be contacted by your program specialists if there are any questions before we accept your application.
Yay! Your application has been accepted! You will be sent a grant acceptance email. Please fill out an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) form and sign your contractual agreement.
Once you've done your paperwork, we will sending you the awarded money.
Please SAVE ALL YOUR RECEIPTS!
Once you're project is done, you will have to submit all your receipts along with a brief project report to our wonderful program administrator, Addie, within 30 days of completing your project.

Learning Objectives

The Youth Ocean Action Grants are available for:

Youth that are currently participating in either Ocean Bridge or YouthToSea
Projects that are undertaken on volunteer time as a part of either the Ocean Bridge or YouthToSea program
Projects that have a positive impact on ocean or waterway health & literacy, and benefit your community
Projects that address either one or several of the four Ocean Wise conservation areas: climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, and unsustainable resource extraction

Grant funding can be used for the following:

Any equipment or materials needed for the project (either purchased or rented)
Room or space rental
Professional development or training needed to properly carry out the project
Fees for service to pay individuals contributing professional expertise to the project (up 1/3 of total awarded funds can be used for fees for service)
Promotional materials for the service project
Snacks or food required for service project

Considerations:

Up $200 of the microgrant money can be used for fees for service
All equipment purchased for the community service projects under these microgrants will be donated to Ocean Wise after project is completed
10% of grant monies awarded will be withheld until receipts are provided for equipment and services purchased for the project up unto that point
You will submit a project report within 30 days of project completion
All receipts for purchases and services will be included in a project report that will be submitted within 30 days of the project completion

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