Ontario Trillium Foundation — Youth Opportunities Fund – System Innovations Grant

Business Size: small, medium

Region: Ontario, rural, remote and/or Northern communities

Demographics: youth (12-29), Indigenous, Black, racialized, newcomer, Francophone, 2SLGBTQIA+, girls and young women, youth living with disabilities and/or special needs, youth living with mental health needs and/or addictions, youth in conflict or at risk of being in conflict with the law, youth in care or leaving care, youth in low-income situations or from low-income families, youth who are homeless or at risk of being homeless, youth at-risk of dropping out or have dropped out of school, youth not engaged with education, employment, and training programs

Revenue Range: From $500K

Other Criteria: lead organization (charitable organization or not-for-profit incorporated for at least 5 years in Ontario or Federally, or a First Nation, or a Chartered Community Council), primary purpose and reputation for delivering community-based programs with direct community benefit in Ontario, clear mandate and track record for serving and engaging youth between the ages of 12-29, transparent governance with minimum three active board members (more than 50% at arm's length relationship), experience building and managing cross-sector partnerships and contributing to systems change initiatives, financial capacity, stability, and diversified revenue to sustain operations beyond the grant, complies with OTF’s political activity guidelines and in good standing with OTF and the Government of Ontario, not currently holding an active System Innovations grant, collaborative work (group of two or more organizations), collaborative agreement required and signed by application deadline, collaborative members reflect communities served and come from diverse sectors, collaborative has capacity to lead culturally responsive, youth-centered systems change work, project focused on identifying opportunities for system improvement and creating thoughtful strategies for change, meaningful youth engagement (youth help identify challenges, create solutions, participate in decision-making at leadership level), priority for Indigenous or Black-led collaboratives