Innovation Grants Program

The Seybert Foundation Innovation Grants Program provides one-time grants for specific research or proof-of-concept purposes, intended for emergent or existing Philadelphia-youth-serving nonprofit organizations wishing to either a) test a bold new approach OR b) pursue a time-sensitive opportunity that could lead to significant change. Donor Name: The Seybert Foundation State: County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 10/07/2024 Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000 Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned Details: Priorities Priority will be given to those projects or initiatives that, theoretically, could help an organization dramatically increase the impact of its services to Philadelphia youth, whether by altering an existing model or by testing a new model. Primary areas of interest are projects that support innovation in the following areas: Afterschool/Out-of-School-Time Programming College/Career Readiness Early Childhood Education Reform Foster Care System Juvenile Justice Reform Skills Trainings/Workforce Development Social Emotional Learning Unhoused Youth Youth Advocacy/Voice Youth Health and Wellbeing Youth Leadership or Entrepreneurship Youth-focused projects outside of these issue areas may also be considered. Funding Information The 2024 Innovation Grants Program will award approximately $120,000 in grants to youth-serving nonprofits. Individual grants will range in size from $20,000-$60,000. Innovation Grants Program funds can be considered Projects and organizations that have discovered new and better ways of solving pervasive problems that impact children and youth Seemingly small interventions that when scaled, can have significant impact to addressing a big problem New, high-potential concepts for projects that require validation and can be validated for under $60,000 Existing projects and organizations that have discovered potentially highly scalable models that require testing and that can be tested for under $60,000 Projects and organizations led by entrepreneurial leadership teams who are skilled at testing new ideas cheaply and quickly  Teams that possess rare operating knowledge in a particular domain or that have discovered counter-intuitive realities in a domain that will lead them to success where others have failed  Eligibility Criteria Nonprofit organizations serving Philadelphia youth as their primary target population. Seybert defines “primary” to mean that more than 50% of the organization’s overall target population must be Philadelphia youth. For more information, visit The Seybert Foundation.