BYI Indigenous and Black Youth Community Action Grant 2025 – YOA

Deadline: May 25, 2025

Applications are open for the BYI Indigenous and Black Youth Community Action Grant 2025. After a yearlong break of studying, strategizing, relaxation and regrouping, the Black Youth Initiative (BYI) are stoked to carry ahead the fourth cycle of funding. The hope is to proceed making use of the learnings and teachings they’ve gained to additional uplift their communities.

In the primary cycle, their intention was to create accessible methods for Indigenous and Black group-minded youth in BC to get funded throughout COVID-19 lockdowns. The second cycle continued to deliberately help Indigenous and Black youth particularly specializing in group organizers, grassroots activists, pupil organizers, birthworkers, sexworkers, victims of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), amongst others. The third cycle was targeted on the continuity of this a lot wanted help in addition to increasing our attain past the city panorama.

Cycle 4 builds on the momentum of the valuable studying and efforts they’ve seen and heard from Indigenous and Black youth. Through this cycle they wish to encourage intercommunal collaboration, deepen a way of solidarity and attain youth who’re nonetheless on the margins of funding areas.

Funding

• Individual fund award: $1,000 CAD
• Group fund award: $2,000 CAD

Eligibility

• Open to Indigenous and Black youth residing in what’s colonially generally known as “British Columbia.” 
• People figuring out as Black; a descendent of the African/Caribbean Black diaspora; Black-mixed; Afro-LatinX; or Black Indigenous individual.
• People figuring out as Indigenous to Turtle Island, presently residing in so-known as “British Columbia”.
• Priority can be given to of us between 18-30 years outdated.
• Applicants who’ve beforehand acquired funding in Cycles 1, 2, or 3 are usually not eligible to apply.

Application

They prioritize accessibility, don’t really feel held again by “grant writing” language. Feel free to put in writing as colloquially, detailed and coherently as attainable. For of us preferring to reply the shape in audio or video type you’ve got the choice to connect audio and video to your application.

• Describe your meant undertaking to them:

*Word rely: 300-500 phrases or Audio/Video: Max 5 minutes

Here are among the issues to the touch on:

• Name of undertaking – if topic to alter or short-term you might tell us on the application
• Individual undertaking or group undertaking – what number of group members will you’ve got, a bit about different group members i.e. names, pronouns, roles, and so on
• Is this a newly conceptualized undertaking or an ongoing one?
• What the undertaking goals to do/ obtain for you or your group or your self
• What are you most wanting ahead to in your undertaking?
• Anything else they need to learn about you or your group?

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to BYI Grant.