National Youth Fund (NYF)

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Interested to champion social change? If your answer is YES, allow us to power-up your initiative with the National Youth Fund (NYF)!

The $100M NYF encourages and supports ground-up youth initiatives and innovations that benefit the community.

The National Youth Council seeks to champion and catalyse community and social causes through partnerships with Youth Sector Organisations including youth social enterprises, schools, Institutes of Higher Learning and other community partners. We also welcome applications from youths/youth leaders who have strong track record of community involvement. Applicants must be Singaporean/ Singapore Permanent Resident aged between 15 and 35 years.

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The NYF supports:

Youth Development and Youth Action

The NYF aims to support initiatives that address the needs of youths, provide opportunities for personal development, and inspire positive change in Singapore.

Youth Programmes and Capability Development (YPCD) – Projects that contribute towards youth leadership development, development of various youth segments aligned with focus areas such as Jobs and Future of Work, Mentoring, Youth Mental Wellbeing, Support for Vulnerable Groups. Capability development projects that create resources to benefit youths and youth-related programmes, or uplift and develop capability of other youth sector organisations with the sharing of knowledge and resources.

Research – Projects that deepen the understanding of salient youth issues or trends. This could include:

i. Emerging trends that would inform NYC and/ or other youth sector practitioners in programme planning;

ii. Programme evaluation of programme models, and recommendations for good practices to be scaled-up; or

iii. Observation studies which could be contextualised and pilot-tested in Singapore.

Youth Leadership Development (YLD) – Outstanding youth leaders who wish to pursue training and development in reputable local and international platforms with the intent of leading community projects/initiatives or starting new positive social movements.

If you're keen to find out more about NYF, look here for more details!

Applications

Interested youths/ organisations may submit your applications online via the OurSG Grants portal. Individuals can access the portal using your SingPass, while organisations can access using CorpPass. For a successful and smooth submission of application, please ensure that your SingPass/ CorpPass account is ready before applying.

Applications for the NYF YPCD grant will only be accepted during the thematic partnership grant call periods provided they fall within the specified themes and will be evaluated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Applications for the NYF YLD and Research grants are open throughout the year.

Please note that all application documents must be submitted at least 2 months before the start of your project.

NYF Youth Programmes and Capability Development (YPCD)

The NYF YPCD grant window is currently closed. Please refer to the table below for more information on the past NYF thematic partnership grant calls for FY22-23.

Outcomes Measurement

NYC has developed an Outcomes Measurement Toolkit aimed at helping grant recipients of the NYF measure the effectiveness of their programmes in achieving youth outcomes.

Organisations applying for the NYF YPCD grant and requesting for/ awarded a grant of more than $5,000 will be required to measure and report the impact of their programmes using NYC’s youth development outcomes. Applicants will be required to select relevant youth development outcomes and indicators using the NYF Outcomes Survey Generator, and submit it via the OurSG Grants portal with the grant application. You may refer to the toolkit in the downloads section.

Applicants requesting for a grant of over $50,000 are also required to submit a programme Logic Model, via the OurSG Grants portal.

AskPL Grant Consultation Clinics

To better support partners in your partnership journey with NYC, the Partnership Lab (PL) team will be organising a series of AskPL Grant Consultation Clinics during the NYF YPCD partnership grant call period. The AskPL Grant Consultation Clinic is an optional initiative for interested NYF YPCD grant applicants to connect with NYC first before applying for a grant during the partnership grant call application period. It is a dedicated session that provides an opportunity for interested applicants to speak with our Partnership Managers on a 1-on-1 basis, for up to an hour, to seek advice on your project scope/ idea for project refinement and clarification on your queries.

To sign up for a session, please download and fill in the AskPL Enquiry Form and email the completed form to partnership_enquiries@nyc.gov.sg.

Documents for download

Grant Scheme

NYF Youth Programmes/Capability Development (Thematic Grant Call basis)
Closed: 15 November 2023 to 31 January 2024: Social Capital

Past 3 Themes:
- 5 June to 18 August 2023: Social Cohesion
- 13 December 2022 to 28 February 2023: Jobs and Future of Work/ Environment and Sustainability
- 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022: Youth Mental Wellbeing/ Youth Civic Discourse

For Application:
1. NYF Outcomes Measurement Toolkit (this includes a guide to developing a programme logic model)
2. NYF Outcome Survey Generator (please complete this survey to generate the outcomes and indicators to be tracked for your NYF YPCD grant submission)

NYF Application Template
1. Proposal Template
2. Budget Template
3. Endorsement Letter
4. Bank Details Form

For Closure/Claims:
1. NYF Youth Programmes/Capability Development Progress Report for multi-year projects with more than 2 disbursement tranches
2. NYF Youth Programmes/Capability Development Final Report
3. Endorsed Statement of Accounts (for projects awarded grant of up to $50k)/ Endorsed Financial Statements for Project audited by Public Accountant (for projects with a grant of above $50k)
4. NYF List of Youth Leaders, Volunteers and Participants (for projects with Letters of Award dated on and before 31 March 2023)
5. NYF List of Youth Leaders, Volunteers and Participants (for projects with Letters of Award dated from 1 April 2023; Excel Format or Google Form)

NYF YLD (All year-round application)
For Closure/Claims:
1. NYF Youth Leadership Development (YLD) Report
2. Statement of Accounts

NYF Research (All year-round application)
For Closure/Claims:
1. Project Report (including sample and methods, results and findings, policy and practice implications)
2. Statement of Accounts

NYC Logos for download
For projects supported by the NYF, please credit NYC through the usage of one of the following NYC logos with the endorsement liner, “Powered By”, at all applicable platforms.
1. NYC logo (full-coloured version)
2. NYC logo (white-coloured version for black/dark backgrounds)
3. NYC logo (black-coloured version for white/light backgrounds)
Artwork files can be provided upon request, should there be a need to resize the above logos to suit your publicity needs.

Enquiries

For general enquiries on the NYF, you may contact our Partnership Managers at partnership_enquiries@nyc.gov.sg.

We look forward to receiving your applications and working with you!

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