Flint Kids Can Win $1,926 Grants to Change Their Community

Flint kids don’t have to wait until they’re grown up to make a difference, and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is proving it in a very cool way.

How Flint Kids Can Turn Ideas Into Action

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Mott Foundation is awarding a grant for every year it’s been around, with each project receiving $1,926, a nod to the year the foundation was founded. The grants are designed specifically for Flint kids and teens who have ideas to help the people and neighborhoods around them.

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MLive reports that the foundation is inviting students, with the support of a teacher or program leader, to pitch projects that make a real impact. From helping classmates, to improving their block, to creating something brand new for the community, this is youth leadership in action. As Mott Foundation President and CEO Ridgway White put it:

Flint kids are changemakers and future entrepreneurs, and now they’re being given the resources to prove it.

How the Mott Foundation’s Relay Grants Work

The grants will be awarded in a unique relay-style format. Mott staff will select the first five projects, then those students help choose the next five, and the process continues until all grants are awarded. There are two application deadlines, February 20 and October 9, with up to 50 projects selected in each round.

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This initiative is part of a much larger commitment. The Mott Foundation plans to give $2 billion over the next decade, with more than 60 percent focused right here in Flint.
If you’re a student with an idea, or an educator who believes in your kids, this is the moment. Flint’s next great ideas might already be sitting in a classroom. Now let’s make them reality.