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THE VISIONARY FREEDOM FUND

Grant Application

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A 2020 VISION FOR YOUTH

JUSTICE: THE VISIONARY

FREEDOM FUND

The Visionary Freedom Fund will invest in multiple movements’ abilities to develop and implement long-term, transformative visions for youth justice anchored in the principles of collaboration, interdependence, fundamental transformation and enduring community power.

This full proposal should take no longer than 1 hour to complete.

If you have any questions or need any support in completing this application please contact:

visionaryfreedomfund@gmail.com

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APPLICATION * Required

1. Organization

3. Last Name*

5. Role/Relationship to Organization*

2. First Name* Organization contact or the name of

the person filling out the form

4. Pronouns*

6. Email Address*

7. Telephone Number*

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APPLICATION* Required

8. Is your organization a 501c3 or do you have a 501c3 fiscal sponsor?* Mark only one oval

10. Organization Social Media Handles

9. Organization Website Or fiscal sponsor/social media

profile that has the most up-to-date

information

11. How did you hear about the Visionary Freedom Fund Grant?*

YES NO

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APPLICATION: LEADERSHIP Tell us more about who is going to lead the proposed work and their relationship to the communities they’re working with.

* Required

12. Who is your leadership accountable to?* 1-2 paragraphs is sufficient

13. Tell us about the project leadership/decision-makers and their relationship to the proposed work. Please include the most important/relevant information.* No more than five people

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APPLICATION: LEADERSHIP Tell us more about who is going to lead the proposed work and their relationship to the communities they’re working with.

* Required

14. Any additional information about the communities that your leadership come from and how they are in relationship/accountable to community.

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APPLICATION: PROPOSAL DETAILS* Required

15. Please provide a summary of your proposal for which you are requesting funding for. 1-2 paragraphs is sufficient

16. Can you share 1-3 sentences on how your project will build towards transformative change for young people?

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APPLICATION: PROPOSAL DETAILS* Required

17. What will be your metrics of success? Can include both qualitative

and quantitative metrics

18. How will your proposal sustain its leaders and people it engages throughout the project?

19. What additional support beyond resources would be helpful in making the proposal successful?* This information will only be used

to identify capacity needs and

gaps. It will not influence the result

of your application. Examples

include: communications support,

partnerships, program planning,

fundraising help

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APPLICATION: PROPOSAL DETAILS* Required

20. Please upload a file that tells us about your project and vision. (Written, video, etc.) Please answer the following questions in your upload: How do you define visionary and what is visionary about your work/proposal? What are the core values that drive your work? What will be different as a result of your work? Having trouble uploading? Email the file to

visionaryfreedomfund@gmail.com - you will receive a

confirmation email when it is received

Files Submitted:

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APPLICATION: BUDGET* Required

21. Upload a Project Budget Need help? Check out this budget template

Files Submitted:

22. What amount are you requesting from the Visionary Freedom Fund?* ($25,000 - $100,000 for one

to two years)

23. Any additional information you want to provide about how the money will be spent?