Youth to the Front Fund: “The Creatives” Frontliners 2024

In 2024, Youth to The Front Fund is growing to uplift, support, and fund more:

• Artist Collectives
• Cultural Storytellers
• Creative Organizers
• Heritage Keepers

Focus Pillars

• Civics & Community Engagement
• Education Equity
• Climate Justice
• Arts & Social Justice
• Health & Healing Justice

Funding Information

• Apply for grants up to $20,000.
• Provides funding & resources that support exhibitions, bold movements, and program initiatives addressing systemic inequalities
• Cultivates a community of creative organizers and cultural storytellers
• Supports creatives & collectives through cross-networking & collaborations with critical thought partners in arts and social justice

Sectors

• Visual Arts: Painting, Drawing, Sculpting, Photography, Filmmaking, Media, Digital Art, Illustration, Graphic Design, Graffiti, Street Art, Fashion Design, etc.
• Performance Arts: Dance, Theater, Experimental, etc.
• Music: Songwriting, Production, DJ-ing, etc.
• Writing & Literary Arts: Poetry, Prose, Spoken Word, etc.
• Creative Changemaking: Curation, Cultural Storytelling, Creative Organizing, Cooking & Culinary Arts, Folk Arts, Inclusive Video Game Design and Development, etc.
• Holistic Healing, Community Spaces & Sports: Holistic Health Practices, Integrative Medicine, Wellness, Mind-Body Therapy, Community Sports Programs, Youth Sports Development, Inclusive Sports Initiatives, etc.

Eligibility Criteria

• They welcome you to apply if you are at the forefront of fighting systemic recism, inequality, inequaty and injustice in the united states or around the world as a:
  • BIPOC or BIPOC-ally
  • Creative or Collective
  • Under 30 Years Old
  • They encourage fellow artists, cultural workers, and creative folks to apply.

For more information, visit We Are Family Foundation.