The Youth Climate Justice Fund provides core flexible funding to emerging youth climate justice groups. In 2023, we committed funding to 50+ groups globally with a total of $700,000 from 1,800 applications.  

2024 Applications Call is now open! Eligible local and national groups can apply for grants of up to USD 20,000 from June 3rd to July 1st, 23:59 UTC. Criteria and grantmaking process are described below. 

Eligibility Criteria

1. Your group or collective is led by young people aged 35 years and below. In order to be eligible for a YCJF grant, the majority of your leadership must be young people or the individuals with decision-making power should be aged 35 years and below.
2. Your group, network or collective is based in East Asia and Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, Europe and Central Asia, and North America.*

3. You believe in and exhibit inclusive organizing, collective action and intersectional movement building. 
4. Your group, network or collective is based in North America or Western Europe but is led by young people who are discriminated against and/or marginalized based on class, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, background, etc.
5. Non-partisan, non-violent, and legal movements.

*Applicants from high-income countries should belong to a minority or underserved group to be considered for funding. Groups that focus solely on international engagements without any community-based work are ineligible to apply.