Application

 The World We Want Foundation is currently accepting applications from Young Global Citizens to create and implement Social Action Projects.

 

Get Started

Download the  Project Summary Application and the Application Guidelines.

How It Works

A Team of Young Global Citizens and their Project Mentor(s) complete a Project Summary Application.

Young Global Citizens may be students in a classroom, members in a club at school, or members in a social service organization, faith-based organization or associated with other organizations working together to affect positive change in their community.

Project Mentors may be classroom teachers, school administrators, service learning coordinators, or members of community or faith-based organizations. Mentors guide the team throughout the process. If the project receives a micro-grant from the Foundation the Mentor assists the team in managing the funds and delivering the resources to the team through a Partner Organization.

Partner organizations are approved 501)c)(3) nonprofit organizations and corporations under U.S. tax laws.

Once the Project Summary Application is completed, a Team Member must Create An Account in order to upload the application to the Foundation for consideration.  The Foundation will review the Team's application, contact you if additional information is required, and notify you if your Social Action Project has been approved or not approved.

 
 

Global Micro-Grants Criteria

Teams, Mentors and Partner Organizations

To empower Young Global Citizens making positive social change in their communities, our Global Micro-Grants program works to impact the lives of young people in need of resources to help succeed in addressing challenges of the 21st century.

 Our core objectives include the following:

  • Enhancing academic success through project based learning, civic engagement and effective use of technology through digital media
  •  Supporting social action projects that offer evidence-based and promising approaches to solving local challenges generated by students, guided by mentors
  • Connecting individuals with teams, mentors and a partner organization resulting in community building
 What We Fund

Our Global Micro-Grants program supports social action projects that:

  • Address a societal challenge, problem or need in the community
  •  Show evidence of sufficient organizational capacity to successfully carry out the proposed work and achieve the proposed social action project outcomes
  • Demonstrate the direct involvement in program design, implementation, and/or evaluation of multiple community stakeholders, including representatives of the populations that will benefit from the work
  • Have evidence of meaningful social impact at the stakeholder level, or if a new approach, uses a logical theory to test based on research, teamwork, and a collaborative implementation with measurable results of the outcomes
  • Lead to change at an organizational or systemic level
  • Leverage partnerships with public or other private organizations

 What We Don’t Fund

  • Event sponsorships, including fundraising, membership, and promotional events
  • Individuals
  • Fraternal or political organizations (including lobbying), as well as projects that include religious proselytizing
  • Projects that discriminate in policy or practice on the basis of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation, or religious belief
  • Scholarships for higher education
  • Training programs