Grants for Climate Justice Youth Activists

Grace Church and the Diocese of Olympia are here to support youth grades 8–12 who are passionate about climate justice.
Do you have a project that would further climate justice in Kitsap County?
We encourage you to apply for a project grant. 

Qualifications

Youth from 8th to 12th grade may apply. A group application is preferred but individual application is allowed. All applicants must have an adult supervisor or qualified teacher to receive the funds and oversee the project. 

Focus of the Project

We seek projects that support Kitsap County youth to further climate justice in Kitsap County. Grants for 2025 will range from $500 to $1,500. Different communities have different needs. Examples of possible projects could be:

  • Enhancing climate awareness by encouraging students take their home carbon footprint as part of their school curriculum and then exploring how to reduce it before they graduate.
  • Working together to determine your school carbon footprint and then looking for ways to reduce it.
  • Developing materials to educate students and the community about the likely effects of climate change here and how to prepare for them. 
  • Researching specific ways that you can restore or adapt our Kitsap ecosystem to climate change.
  • Identifying communities in our county that are more vulnerable to climate change and considering how best to protect them. 
  • Determining an unmet climate justice need in your community and how best to address it.
  • Securing further climate justice education by participating in trainings such as Climate Reality Project.
  • Create a climate education project in your school.
  • Creating a network of all concerned climate justice youth and their teachers or adult supporters in Kitsap County. 

Timeline

  • Applications will be due on January 15, 2025. 
  • Awards will be made on February 20, 2025. 

Technical Support

Our group includes climate scientists, local, national, and global climate activists, climate artists, and climate writers. We are familiar with local and national training opportunities for youth.

For more information and for questions,email John Kydd, climatejusticeyouth@gracehere.org.

→ Apply online here.

Additional resources

Read the Bishop's Climate Justice Report.