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Funding: Global Catalyst Grants

Global Agents for Change

Deadline: September 8th 

The Deal: Global Agents for Change works to address global poverty. They coordinate bike tours throughout North America and Europe and each year they choose different groups to fundraise for. This year that process of choosing a group is being opened up into a competition.  They are offering two grants of up to $40,000 dollars. You have to be under 30  and be seeking a sustainable solution to poverty. Read more on their site.

+Dreamnow: Global Agents for Change have been friends with us since the beginning and we are big supporters of their work. We most definitely give them a stamp of approval and encourage you to apply if you have an idea you think is going to make a difference. 

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Funding: Refresh Everything

 

Pepsi + Good Magazine
Deadline: Now

The Deal:  Pepsi in partnership with Good Magazine is giving out over a million dollars over the next eight months to any idea, individual, organization or business that does good. The first chance to apply just opened so apply at refresheverything.ca in Canada and refresheverything.com in the United States. 

+ DreamNow: DreamNow through Dev Aujla is one of the ambassadors for the project and we are both working with grant recipients to make sure their projects are successful and telling people to apply--- so get out there and apply. 

Scholarship: Social Justice Campus Scholarships

Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund

Deadline: April 1st, 2010

The Deal - The Davis-Putter scholarship fund provides grants to students working for peace and justice. If you are active on your campus in the United States running, advocating or generally standing up for issues then this is a chance to get some money to pay for schooling. Grants are for both graduate and undergraduate students with the maximum grant being $8000.

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Funding: UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund

UN-HABITAT

Deadline: April 15th, 2010

The Deal - The UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund is now accepting applications. The fund specifically promotes the aims of the Millennium Development Goals and promotes UN-HABITAT's agenda to build more sustainable and equitable cities throughout the developing world. They give out one million dollars in small grants that range from 5-25 thousand dollars to initiatives run by 15-32 year olds. Last year, 33 different countries received money. 

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Funding: Refresh Project

Pepsi

Deadline: Rolling 

The Deal:  Although this is a well publicized opportunity and another 'get your friends to vote to win' site it is still worth mentioning. Pepsi instead of showcasing a new Super Bowl ad decided to do something different-- this is it. They hired Good Magazine to help them structure, create and publicize the Refresh Project which awards five, twenty-five and fifty thousand to individuals, groups, and organizations with good ideas. If you had success rallying your own friends around competitions like Chase or Aviva then you might as well try for this. 

Award: Brower Youth Award

Earth Island Institute
Deadline: May 15^th 2010

The Deal: The Brower Youth Awards are given to six young environmental leaders each year from the ages of  13 to 22.  In addition to the award, you receive $3000 dollars in cash, a week-long trip to San Francisco,  training, access to media, contacts and a chance to present your work at the Bioneers Conference. This is a great opportunity for all individuals between the ages of 13 - 22 living in North America.

+ DreamNow: We first connected with the Brower Youth Award team at the Bioneers Conference three years ago. They are a great group and do a really good job providing support and recognition to youth leaders in the environmental movement. Several of our friends have won over the years and they all have great things to say-- from the speaking engagements to the award ceremony itself. 

Fellowships: Deshpande Innovators Challenge

Deshpande Foundation

Deadline: January 15, 2010

The Deal: An interesting twist on the volunteer abroad model the Deshpande Foundation has various fellowships for individuals that want to work in the 'sandbox region' of India. They are partnered with Ashoka and have identified nine key issues in the region and if you propose a solution they will fund you to travel to India and implement the project with your team. They also have shorter term and area specific opportunities. It is an interesting blend of funding for start-up social enterprises and travel abroad experiences. 

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Funding: Alberta Environment Project Grants

Alberta Eco Trust

Deadline: Rolling

The Deal:  If you are a young person  (16-29) and have an idea for an environmental project in Alberta then the Alberta Eco Trust's grant program called Young Environmental Stewards will give you $5000 dollars to make it happen. They have been given $100,000 over two years by Trans Alta and they need to give it away. The application is pretty simple, so get an idea, get some friends together and apply. 

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Funding: Movers and Changers- $25,000

MTV U

Deadline: October 16th, 2009

The Deal: MTV U is holding a competition called Movers + Changers which is looking for a business idea that both makes money + changes the world. They use TOM's Shoes as an example but look like they are open to any business plan that does good and makes money. The top three finalists get to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange and the winner gets the money. Unfortunately, the competition is only for US residents.

+ DreamNow: This is dramatically related to all the work that we have been doing to help people make money and change the world. If you want to follow the latest work that we are doing join the facebook group here.  

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Funding: New Mythos Research Grant

Opus Archives

Deadline: September 15th 2009

The Deal:  The Opus Archives houses a collection of archives from Joseph Cambell and a number of other scholars focussed on psychology, mythology and the humanities. They are offering 5-7 grants of between 3 to 5 thousand dollars for people to do research in their archives in Santa Barbara, California. It sounds like a real opportunity to delve into storytelling, the orgins and creations of myth and who we are as humanity. The great thing is researchers are encouraged to manifest their work in any creative form they wish. 

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