Applications are currently being accepted for the Youth Climate Justice Fund 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Youth Climate Justice Fund
The Youth Climate Justice Fund (YCJF) provides direct funding to youth-led initiatives that promote climate justice, social equity, and community-driven environmental action. The fund prioritizes leadership rooted in fairness, accountability, and intersectional organizing, with a strong emphasis on empowering communities most affected by climate change.
Benefits of Youth Climate Justice Fund
YCJF offers flexible grant funding based on the scale of the applicant group.
Grant sizes:
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Up to USD 20,000 for local or community-based groups
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Up to USD 40,000 for national-level groups
Funding is intended to help youth-led movements expand reach, deepen impact, and sustain organizing efforts aligned with climate justice principles.
Youth Climate Justice Fund Requirements
- Your group or collective is led by young people aged 35 years and below. In order to be eligible for a YCJF grant, the majority of your leadership must be young people or the individuals with decision making power should be aged 35 years and below.
- Your group, network or collective is based in East Asia and Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, Europe and Central Asia, and North America.
- Applicants from high-income countries should belong to underrepresented communities to be considered for funding.
*Groups that focus solely on international engagements without any community-based work are ineligible to apply.
- You believe in and exhibit inclusive organizing, collective action and intersectional movement building.
- Your group, network or collective is based in North America or Western Europe but is led by young people who are discriminated against and/or marginalized based on class, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, background, etc.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
01 March, 2026
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