We will fund movements, collectives, community groups and organisations led by people 16 - 35.

Social movements, campaigns, community organising and advocacy that is led by young people - particularly those from affected communities.

Research, think tanks, support services, political parties, education, youth development programs. We are open to funding organisations that engage in research, services, youth development and education but it shouldn’t be the primary focus of the proposal.

The pūtea for this fund is from Quatro Trust.

The original long term and short term grantees were decided by a panel of 14 people, viewable on our ‘Our People’ Page.

From 2025, the organising of the Fund has adjusted to be run by the long term grantees, who will organise the distribution of short term grants, and public offerings (webinars).

We prioritise whakawhanaungatanga and relationships and we take a high-trust approach to funding people not fixed outcomes. We know social change requires long-term and flexible funding.

For multi-year grant recipients, we will facilitate a zui once every six - 12 months where grantees will be asked to share the outcomes of their mahi, their learnings and the challenges they see. This will allow the organisations to build relationships and see collective opportunities for change.

For one-off grants, an end of project report will suffice. We will accept this report in a variety of ways e.g. video, audio, report, oral, phone call, Zoom, presentation. We will ask recipients if this can be made public or at least shared with other grantees to encourage cross-movement knowledge exchange.

We organise hui on an annual basis to nurture strong relationships across movements and encourage knowledge sharing.

No! We are more interested in funding communities with good ideas and strong relationships than we are particular legal entities or organisational structures.

We are looking for youth-led movements, collectives or communities who take organised action to build collective power, transform systems and create new futures. In particular we are looking for:

• A collective vision, dream or imagining for the future

• An articulation of how you think change will happen, what your movement will do to achieve it and how you will know if it’s working

• Ideas that have the potential to become transformational

We are especially interested in funding:

• People with lived experience of the kaupapa they work on

• Movements that are intentional in their efforts to build power across difference

• Ideas that are innovative. We understand systems change requires experimentation

• Strategies that strengthen and nurture connections and relationships within movements - we think this is particularly important after years of lockdowns and the pandemic

• Things that are good for movement health e.g. initiatives that support wellbeing or up-skilling in facilitation, mediation and conflict resolution

That said, we know we do not have all the answers and so we are ultimately interested in your analysis of what the world needs and how your idea will meet that need <3

You can send Te Raukura O’Connell Rapira an email on teraukura@youthmovementfund.org.nz and they will do their best to connect you with someone on the committee who can answer your question! You can also book a time to kōrero with them here: https://calendar.app.google/KeQg9W64CjDeWebu6