About People’s Climate Innovation Center

People’s Climate Innovation Center (Climate Innovation), a fiscally sponsored project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs and network partner of Movement Strategy Center works nationally to build capacity for and deploy community-driven solutions to climate change rooted in racial justice. Despite deep roots, historic, and present realities of racism and oppression, we know the depth and breadth of communities’ expertise and assets far surpass the vulnerabilities placed upon them. Through innovative program design, leadership development, capacity-building, training, and facilitation, we support these frontline communities–along with governments, institutions, and funders–in their work to ensure a more beautiful, just, and sustainable world. Our staff brings expertise in program design and facilitation, training, planning, strategic communications, and evaluation, which is all in service to our community-driven framework and commitment to moving resources and power to meet the needs and priorities of frontline communities. Climate Innovation offers a whole-systems approach to movement building by elevating solutions that are community-driven, interconnected, and that intervene at multiple levels to shift and subvert traditional top-down planning to be accountable to and led by those who most closely experience climate injustices.

Application criteria:

Applicants must:

  • Identify as Black, African, Afro-Latinx and or part of the Afro-Indigenous diaspora, Indigenous, and/or as a Person of Color.
  • Be based and implement their project in one of the following places: the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • Be 18-32 years old (OK to be turning 18 by  December 1, or turning 32 during the project year).
  • Complete all evaluations and final Impact & Narrative Reflection
  • Attend a virtual Awardee session and orientation
  • Provide Scheduling for Optional Peer Cyphers
  • Complete a Reflection Project due December 2025
  • Special note:  Only one person may apply on behalf of a group or collective. All collective members must be BIPOC,  between the ages of 18-32 and meet eligibility requirements.
  • If your collective project is awarded funds, the funds  will be dispersed to the primary  applicant on behalf of the project team.

Application Timeline: 

  • Applications Open: Tue Aug 6th (5 wks)
  • Application Closes: Tue Sept 10th 5:00pm Pacific
  • Internal Application Review Period: Tue Sept 17th – Thur Oct 17th (4 wks)
  • Notification of Awards: Mid Nov
  • Awards will be disbursed- Dec
  • Fund  Awardee Orientation: Wed Nov 20, 11:30 am PT
  • Peer Cyphers TBD- Dec 2024/ Dec 25 2025
  • Reflection Project Due- Dec 2025

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION VISIT, YCLC