CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

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Listed below are current opportunities which are updated regularly.

National Youth Sport Survey

DEADLINE: Nov 30

Project Play has launched a National Youth Sport Survey: Ask Kids What They Want. Please share this survey with your networks that include families and sports-related organizations.

Find out more about the survey.

TAKE ACTION:
Share with your networks.

Call for Civic Science Fellows Host Organizations

DEADLINE: Dec 15

Innovative organizations across sectors are invited to apply to host a 2026-27 Civic Science Fellow. The next Civic Science cohort will explore three cross-disciplinary streams:

  • Change rooted in science
  • Change rooted in communities
  • Change rooted in policy

TAKE ACTION

Learn more & apply to be a host partner.

Arts for All Roadtrip

DEADLINE: Dec 21

The Wallace Foundation is supporting Roadtrip Nation to send three young people (18+) out to discover how they can stay creative in life, even if they don’t pursue an arts-related career.

They’ll travel across the country to meet inspiring leaders across a wide range of careers whose paths were made possible because of their arts experiences, proving that the arts are vital and important for all of us. Along the way, these individuals will gain real-world insights, career inspiration, and invaluable mentorship—all while being filmed for Roadtrip Nation’s public television series.

TAKE ACTION

Share the application with anyone who might benefit from this opportunity.

New Initiative Providing Free Supports to Nonprofits

DEADLINE: n/a

Nonprofit GPS is a national, field-driven collaboration helping nonprofits navigate business model risks and make well-informed decisions to keep their missions strong.

Led by Nonprofit Financial Commons, BDO Nonprofit & Grantmaker Advisory Services, and Philanthropy New York, with tools from StrongNonprofits.org and insights from regional networks nationwide. Supported by the Wallace Foundation and other foundations.

Nonprofit GPS helps organizations make well-informed decisions and navigate business model risks to keep the mission alive, even in the most disruptive times. Nonprofit GPS offers connection to peer wisdom through a nationwide network, access to practical tools for financial risk assessments and planning for uncertain times.

TAKE ACTION

Sign up for the listserv to receive their latest updates.

Connected for Kids

DEADLINE: n/a

Connected for Kids is a new effort focused on building a shared national vision for flourishing in the elementary years, in partnership with Child Trends and the Thrive Center at Georgetown University.

TAKE ACTION

To learn more and engage, you can:

  • watch the launch webinar 
  • subscribe to their newsletter 
  • sign their statement of support

Elevating the Voices of Educators of Newcomers (EVEN) Fellowship

DEADLINE: Jan 4

The National Newcomer Network, a project of The Century Foundation, seeks K-12 educators who want to actively push back on negative portrayals of U.S. immigrants to apply for the Elevating the Voices of Educators of Newcomers (EVEN) Fellowship.

The EVEN Fellowship is a paid, five-month program for teachers who work directly with newcomers, children of immigrants, and/or English learners—and who want to tell the world the many ways these children make our schools and communities better.

TAKE ACTION

Apply for the fellowship and share with your networks.

The Center for Native American Youth Fellowships

DEADLINE: Jan 14

The Center for Native American Youth seeks Native youth leaders (18-24) looking to make an impact in their communities to apply for the 2026 Center for Native American Youth Fellowships.

CNAY provides tailored sovereignty, leadership and advocacy trainings, unique opportunities for education and knowledge sharing, and micro-grant support to complete a community action project of Fellows’ choosing.

TAKE ACTION

Learn more and apply for the fellowships.

2026 Community Collaboration Challenge

DEADLINE: Jan 16

With support from the Leon Lowenstein Foundation, the Challenge provides $5,000 – $10,000 awards to communities to support collaboration that expands and pilots evidence-based K-12 student supports: high-impact tutoring, mentoring, student success coaching, postsecondary transition coaching, and/or wraparound/integrated student supports.

TAKE ACTION

Apply and share with your networks.

Amplify Her Incubators

DEADLINE: Jan 30

Amplify Her® Incubator, by Amplify Her Foundation, is a 6-month program that equips women leaders with training, mentorship, and funding to turn bold ideas into action. Focused on systems-level change, the Incubator supports initiatives that improve the lives of women and girls in New York City.

TAKE ACTION

Find out more and apply.

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