COAL Grassroots Accelerated Education Microgrant 2025 (up to ₦2,000,000) – YOA

Deadline: May 16, 2025

Applications are open for the COAL Grassroots Accelerated Education Microgrant 2025. The Custodians of African Literature (COAL) by means of the Grassroots Accelerated Education Fund invests in group-led initiatives that enhance studying outcomes for out-of-faculty and underserved kids in Nigeria. Instead of a handout strategy, they co-create options with grassroots educators who finest perceive the wants of their communities.

After a profitable 2024 pilot that supported 125 kids, with 13 transitioning to formal faculty, they’re increasing in 2025. This fund helps tasks that construct formal and casual inclusive studying for underserved kids and youth in Plateau State.

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Selected tasks can be eligible for a micro grant of as much as ₦2,000,000, relying in your venture’s scope and scale. In some instances, we could think about bigger grants for tasks with potential for widespread influence.

Additionally, each profitable and unsuccessful applicant will obtain technical and institutional help within the following:

• Corporate governance for non-revenue administration
• Project administration within the improvement sector
• Basics of monitoring, analysis and studying
• Resource mobilization
• Financial administration
• Accelerated schooling fashions
• Child safeguarding and safety measures.
• Youth volunteers to help the implementation of profitable initiatives and lots of others.

Eligibility

• Open solely to legally registered, non-revenue, group-based mostly organizations and social enterprises working in Nigeria.
• Projects should concentrate on bettering literacy in grassroots, low-revenue, and underserved communities in Plateau State.
• Initiatives should be regionally led with robust group involvement, together with mother and father, educators, authorities, and different stakeholders.
• Applicants will need to have a transparent 12-month implementation plan with a timeline, funds, and anticipated outcomes.
• Preference is given to tasks with lengthy-time period sustainability and scalability potential.
• Innovative approaches (e.g., play-based mostly, know-how, arts-based mostly studying, artistic strategies) are inspired to spice up engagement and outcomes.
• Organizations will need to have sturdy child safeguarding insurance policies and practices in place.
• A dedication to monitoring, analysis, and studying is required for steady enchancment and accountability.
• Projects ought to prioritize marginalized and underserved kids and youth as much as age 18.
• Applicants will need to have an organizational checking account as funds won’t be disbursed to non-public accounts.
• Past micro-grant recipients could reapply, displaying scalable and/or a brand new mannequin for continued influence.

Application

• Interested organisations ought to submit a proposal by downloading and filling out the proposal template below.
• After finishing the proposal template, fill out the application form to supply further details about your group and venture. Before submitting your application, add the finished proposal and different further supporting paperwork acknowledged within the proposal template.
• Make positive that every one the knowledge included in your application is full, as you will be unable to make any adjustments to your application as soon as it’s submitted.

For extra data, go to COAL Grant.