Applications Open: 2020 ELS Civic Ignition Grant
February 6, 2020
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[Applications Open: ELS Civic Ignition Grant!]
Do you have an innovative civic or community project happening in Europe? Burners Without Borders wants to seed fund your project!
This grant gives anyone the opportunity to submit a collaborative, creative, and principle-focused project with a chance to receive up to a $1,500 grant (USD). Applications are due March 25th at midnight!
Learn more and apply here: https://bmanbwb.wpengine.com/projects/civicignition-els2020
What is the ELS Civic Ignition Grant?
The Civic Ignition Grant is aimed at funding innovative community projects within the Burning Man Global Network. We are interested in programs that will create collaborations, produce direct actions, utilize the 10 Burning Man Principles, reproducible, and creatively tackle local problems. This ELS edition of the Civic Ignition Grant is aimed at funding civic activation across Europe.
We are interested in programs that create collaborations, produce direct actions, utilize several of the 10 Burning Man Principles, are reproducible, and creatively tackle local social problems. This grant gives anyone the opportunity to submit a collaborative, creative, and principle-focused project with a chance to receive up to a $1,500 grant (USD).
Timeline:
– Grant Opportunity is announced on February 14th.
– Deadline for grant submissions is March 25th (Midnight)
– Workshop Participants will review the grant proposals at the 2020 workshop in Tallinn, Estonia (April 3)
– Grant recipients will be announced the following weekend
Apply here: https://forms.gle/ABbn2tcJFCeospPw7
What’s special about the ELS Civic Ignition Grant?
Submissions to the 2020 ELS Civic Ignition grant cycle will be workshopped and judged by a group of participants and community leaders that attend this year’s European Leadership Summit in Tallinn, Estonia. This group will be using the submissions as material to review and workshop while learning how to administer their own civic grant programs.
Who is eligible to apply?
Individuals, Groups, and Not-for-Profits are all eligible to apply. We encourage projects be endorsed by a local Burning Man Regional Contact. The RC does not need to be a project lead, or heavily involved with the process, rather they are simply endorsing the project and the leaders who are submitting. We recognize not all regions have local RC’s and we encourage you to apply even if no RC is able to endorse.
How much can you ask for?
The maximum grant that maybe awarded is $1,500 (USD). We encourage your project’s viability to not be solely dependent on this grant. Think about other sources of funding that might be available. Grants awarded could be less than the full amount.
What types of proposals will likely not get funded by this program?
Programs that are solely based on artistic endeavors and do not have a community or civic aspect will most likely not be considered for funding. Funds should not be used for direct fundraising, chapter promotion efforts, or for paying people for their work.
What follow-up will be expected by grant recipients?
All recipients will be expected to submit written reports on what they have accomplished and learned in the course of their projects, along with accompanying visual media. This media will be hosted on the Burners Without Borders website.
Suggestions for a quality grant proposal:
– Look at the BWB Grant Impact & Criteria Document to see how we think about grants.
– Reach out to your local Burning Man Regional Contact and ask if they might be an advisor.
– Watch our video “How to write Quality Grants: Burning Man 101”
(Starts rough but gets going at (9:00 in)
– Listen to our podcast “Targeted Grant Writing: with Meta-Regional Jacqui Latendresse”
Who won the Civic Ignition Grant in the past?
See all our past Civic Ignition rounds and read updates from grant recipients here.