Grants provided under YouthPower Learning
Inspired by research needs and topics identified by the Communities of Practice and in response to other research needs, YouthPower Learning uses grants under contract to engage with youth and contribute to the learning of the network. Since inception, seventeen grants have been awarded.
You can access the grant information and deliverables on YouthPower.org (see links below).
The objective of the most recent RFA and grant program is to engage low- and middle-income country youth-serving and youth-led organizations in efforts to collect and share learning, and to capture new evidence and approaches to improve young women’s economic opportunities.
The following grantees were selected:
• Asante Africa Foundation
• Disabled Women Empowerment Center
• Dream Factory Foundation
• Kibera Community Empowerment Organization
• Safeplan Uganda
• The Biz Nation
• Visionaria
The objective of the third RFA and grant program was to advance the evidence base for youth civic engagement in effective peacebuilding or in countering / prevention of violent extremism.
The following grantees were selected:
• Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia, Tajikistan
• Association Malienne pour la Survie au Sahel (AMSS)
• United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY)
• Equal Access
The objective of the second RFA and grant program was to advance the evidence base for gender-transformative positive youth development.
The following grantees were selected:
• Mercy Corps: Girl Research and Learning Power (GRL Power)
• Waves for Change: Moving beyond data disaggregation: utilizing evaluation systems to promote gender equality in sports development for youth at scale
The objective of the first RFA and grant program was to engage US and developing country youth-serving and youth-led non-profit and for-profit organizations in efforts to further assess, evaluate, document and disseminate innovative work in positive youth development (PYD) and cross-sectoral youth programming.
The following grantees were selected:
• Education Development Center, Inc.: Identifying Cross-Cutting Non-Cognitive Skills for Positive Youth Development
• JA Worldwide: Amplifying the Voice of Young People around the World
• Komo Learning Centres: KLC Youth-Led Club Documentary Project
• Restless Development: Inspire, Influence and Inform: a video series highlighting young people’s role in Positive Youth Development programs