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	The Alliance for Justice offers the Co/Motion Youth Gun Violence Prevention Initiative Challenge Grant. The purpose of this grant is to support youth-designed and youth-led campaigns to end gun violence. Through a competitive process, matching grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to qualifying organizations and agencies for youth-driven initiatives. The Alliance for Justice is particularly interested in proposals from organizations that have demonstrated leadership, vision, and commitment to youth voice and youth-led initiatives. Applications are accepted year-round. For an application, contact: Alliance for Justice CO/Motion Program Eleven Dupont Circle NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20036 fax: 202-822-6068 Please forward questions to Kellye McIntosh phone: 202-822-6070 e-mail: Kellye@afj.org web: http://www.comotionmakers.org/grants.html Do Something is a national nonprofit organization that trains, funds and mobilizes young people to be leaders who measurably strengthen their communities. Do Something Grants support young people under the age of 30 who have creative, problem-solving ideas to improve their community. Do Something Grants provide up to $500 to young people with proposals that target a specific community issue, demonstrate a concrete plan of action, provide a detailed budget and display adequate supervision and accountability. Grants are awarded three times each year. For Do Something grant applications, contact: Do Something 423 West 55th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10019 phone: 212-523-1175 fax: 212-582-1307 e-mail: mail@dosomething.org http://www.dosomething.org The Forum for Youth Investment is offering a six-month paid fellowship (October 2001-February 2002) to young practitioners (20-30 years of age with 4-5 years of experience in leadership roles) involved in grassroots work with youth. Applicants should be in a transition or growth period in their career, interested in exposure to new ideas, people, and experiences as well as access to national efforts. Young people of color and those working in urban or rural high-poverty communities are encouraged to apply. Needed for the application are a resume and letter of intent, three references with contact information and letters of recommendation, and 2-3 writing samples. It is still possible to apply, but the application must be sent ASAP. For further information or to apply, contact: Aisha Cooper, Interns/Fellows Coordinator The Forum for Youth Investment 7014 Westmoreland Avenue; Takoma Park, Maryland 20912 phone: 301-270-6250 e-mail: aisha@iyfus.org web: www.forumforyouthinvestment.org The Foundation Center’s Philanthropy News Digest (the RFP Bulletin) lists grants and funding sources around the country for youth and family-related projects and programs. Descriptions of the various grants and application deadlines and materials can be found at http://www.fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/youth.html. Fundraising Action Training is a weekend-long training that explores the basics of grassroots fundraising including asking for money, writing letters, and developing an annual plan. Fee: $200 Center for Third World Organizing 1218 E. 21st St., Oakland, CA 94606 phone: 510-533-7583 e-mail: training@ctwo.org http://www.ctwo.org The Funding Exchange is comprised of fifteen foundations. The priorities of the Funding Exchange are as follows: Funding grassroots groups addressing fundamental political and economic changes; Affording community activists a primary role in grantmaking decisions; Supporting risky funding decisions; Forging links between donors and activists working together to challenge the status-quo; Building a strong movement of progressive donors organizing within their own class; and Providing different vehicles for people with a wide range of financial resources to support organizing for fundamental social change. Groups which are denied support from traditional funding sources because they are too small, too new, too outspoken or too controversial are welcome applicants. The Funding Exchange 666 Broadway, Suite 500, New York, NY 10012 phone: 212-529-5300 fax: 212-982-9272 FEXEXC@aol.com http://www.fex.org/fxc.html The Goi Peace Foundation and the World Peace Prayer Society are sponsoring the 2nd Annual International Essay Contest for Young People. The United Nations has designated the decade 2001-2010 as the "International Decade for A Culture of peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World". The theme of this year’s essay is "respect for life". There are two age categories for children to age 15 and young adults aged 16-25. Essays must be 800 words or less and written in English, Spanish, German or French and received by July 31, 2001. The awards will be presented in Tokyo, Japan in October 2001 and winners’ travel will be paid for by the sponsors. There is a cash award. For more information, contact: International Essay Contest c/o The Goi Peace Foundation 1-4-5 Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093 JAPAN fax: 81 (3) 3239-0919 e-mail: wpps@worldpeace-jp.org Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT), a joint venture of the Center for Third World Organizing and the Southern Empowerment Project, strengthens the fundraising skills of individuals and organizations working for social justice. GIFT runs a six-month internship program for people of color. Evette K. Brandon Center for Third World Organizing 1218 E. 21st St., Oakland, CA 94606 phone: 510-533-7583 e-mail: training@ctwo.org http://www.ctwo.org New Voices is a national program to help nonprofit organizations bring innovative new talent to their staffs. Its Fellowship Program awards salary-support grants to small nonprofits demonstrating a commitment to cultivating and strengthening the leadership potential of "new voices." Eligible organizations address issues in the fields of international human rights, women's rights, racial justice, migrant and refugee rights, peace and security, foreign policy and/or international economic cooperation. For more information, contact: AED/New Voices 1825 Connecticut Ave, NW Washington, DC 20009 phone: 202-884-8051 e-mail: newvoice@aed.org web: www.aed.org/newvoices Resist is a national foundation that funds small budget groups who struggle towards a broad vision of social justice, while continuing to oppose political and institutional oppression. Resist formed in 1967 to oppose the war in Vietnam and to support draft resistance. Resist remains a political organization committed to radical social change. Their grants start at $500 and go up to a maximum of $2000. Resist also publishes a popular pamphlet, Finding Funding: A Beginner’s Guide to Foundation Research (the full text is available on the Internet). Contact: Resist 259 Elm Street, Suite 201, Somerville, MA 02144 617-623-5110 http://www.resistinc.org YouthVision is a program that gives young people the opportunity to design creative ways to resolve problems in their schools and communities. YouthVision is now accepting proposals from people ages 9-22 to create projects that address conflict, prejudice, or violence in their school or community. For thoughtful and creative responses, YouthVision will either help provide connections to local resources, draft press releases, or supply a guide on how to build an idea into a project. Some proposals will also receive start up money and assistance in implementing their idea. To submit a proposal, find out more information, or ask questions, contact: David Griffin, YouthVision c/o Streetlaw, Inc. 1600 K Street, NW Suite 602 Washington, DC 20006 phone: 202-293-0088, ext. 227 e-mail: YouthVision@ncpc.org http://www.youthvision.net/chall.htm

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