Impact Funding Resources
Access to small grants, funding, and resources is one of the biggest hurdles for young local organizers in the Global South. Roots seeks to bridge that gap by providing financial grants, mentorship, and resourcing for promising youth-led campaigns.
Roots has launched a project to provide funding to support youth-led projects, initiatives, research, or campaigns that advocate for climate justice through an intersectional lens, have strategies rooted in radical systemic change; and reach new, persuadable audiences, and create intergenerational ties.
Grant recipients will also have access to a range of resources and support networks, including Roots trainings and workshops, Climate Justice Camps, and opportunities to take on leadership roles within these programs. They will also be provided with media and digital support.
Roots has launched a project to provide funding to support youth-led projects, initiatives, research, or campaigns that advocate for climate justice through an intersectional lens, have strategies rooted in radical systemic change; and reach new, persuadable audiences, and create intergenerational ties.
Grant recipients will also have access to a range of resources and support networks, including Roots trainings and workshops, Climate Justice Camps, and opportunities to take on leadership roles within these programs. They will also be provided with media and digital support.
Start Date14 Mar 2025 End Date14 Apr 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 10k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderRoots,Greenpeace Greece
Grant
Roots,Greenpeace Greece
Roots has launched a project to provide funding to support youth-led projects, initiatives, research, or campaigns that advocate for climate justice through an intersectional lens, have strategies rooted in radical systemic change; and reach new, persuadable audiences, and create intergenerational ties.
Grant recipients will also have access to a range of resources and support networks, including Roots trainings and workshops, Climate Justice Camps, and opportunities to take on leadership roles within these programs. They will also be provided with media and digital support.
We will offer grants for between 10-15 grassroots youth-led initiatives, with a focus on groups in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia and South Asia.
Your group/organization does not need to be legally registered in order to be eligible to apply. Roots is open and committed to supporting both unregistered groups as well as those that are legally registered as non-government organizations in their countries. However, we will not consider applications from for-profit groups or business ventures.
Preference will be given to projects that demonstrate some, or all, of the following characteristics:
• Community-driven approach: Projects, initiatives, research, or campaigns originating from grassroots efforts at the local level, driven by the community.
• Ambitious and transformative community solutions: Applicants should demonstrate innovative strategies focused on transformative, intersectional, and equitable solutions to address the root causes of the climate crisis.
• Support for marginalized communities: Initiatives actively engage and provide aid and assistance to marginalized communities, including but not limited to, sharing activist knowledge, capacity-building, facilitating leadership workshops, organizing networking events, and hosting climate-focused programs.
• Promotion of intergenerational collaboration: Priority will be given to initiatives that address and foster relationships across generations, seeking to bridge the intergenerational gap and reach audiences beyond existing echo chambers.
• Wellbeing: Groups that put an emphasis on the wellbeing of their membership and building resilient structures within their groups and communities.
