Children's Rights Innovation Fund (CRIF)

📢 Sharing Our Year-End Newsletter 📄 As 2024 comes to a close, we reflect on a year that has shown what can be achieved when we work together across sectors, geographies, and generations. From our historic AGM in Nairobi, where changemakers and funders united, to the launch of our Youth for Impactful Philanthropy (YIP) Fellowship and collaboration with Children's Rights Innovation Fund (CRIF) and We Trust You(th) Initiative, this year has been a powerful reminder of the impact of collective action. 🌍✨ We also want to take a moment to celebrate and thank Zoe Trout for her incredible service to ECFG over the past four years. As she transitions into a new role, we extend our heartfelt congratulations! As we look ahead to 2025, we wish you a restful and nourishing end to the year—may it be filled with meaningful time spent with moments of joy and all the restoration needed to embrace the challenges and opportunities ahead. 💛 Together, let’s continue building momentum for change in the new year! 🔗 Read more in our latest newsletter: https://lnkd.in/g8vQN3Wt] Children's Rights Innovation Fund (CRIF) We Trust You(th) Initiative Mtoto News Global Fund for Children Global Fund for Women The Fund for Global Human Rights World Childhood Foundation Firelight Oak Foundation Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)

🎉After an incredible journey through 2024, it’s time for us to lay down our tools and take a well-deserved break for the holidays. This year has been one of bold dreams, ambitious targets, and invaluable lessons from navigating both triumphs and challenges as the #CRIF Team. Yet, we’ve drawn endless inspiration from all of you - our allies, young leaders, donors, and partners. We will officially shut down today, 19th December 2024 and resume work on 6th January, 2025, ready to continue from where we left off. Wishing you joyful celebrations and a prosperous New Year in advance! From all of us at #CRIF!

🥳We’re excited to introduce the outstanding youth activist leaders of our 2024 Collaboratives for decolonize! and What’s Possible. These remarkable changemakers are leading the way in deciding which organizations or individuals will receive grants through each grant portfolio. They played a pivotal role in designing the application process and are now making key decisions to move resources to their peers in Nigeria, Kenya, the Caribbean and across the world. PS: The Collaborative is a cohort of young activist leaders who decide how funds are allocated within each grant portfolio at #CRIF. 🏷️Click here to learn more about these incredible young leaders 👉 https://lnkd.in/dym-RCrs We Trust You(th) Initiative Purposeful Foday Bangura Aya Elzein Polina Vyzhak African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Disability Rights Fund Echidna Giving Elevate Children Funders Group EngenderHealth Fondation Botnar Girls First Fund Global Fund for Children Global Fund for Women William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Ignite Philanthropy Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky

🌍✨ We’re thrilled to celebrate Kamori O., one of our Youth for Impactful Philanthropy (YIP) Fellows, who represented Thailand as a youth delegate at COP29 in Azerbaijan two weeks ago!  ✨🌍 Kamori shared her reflections on COP29, expressing excitement about seeing progress in gender equity and youth inclusion, though highlighted the need for more attention to children’s and women’s rights, and greater inclusion of the LGBTQIA+ community. Her voice reminds us that tackling the climate crisis requires intersectional, inclusive solutions that center youth power. Philanthropy has a crucial role to play in enabling this vision by investing in youth-led movements and amplifying the leadership of young changemakers, like Kamori, driving transformative change in their own communities. Let’s continue championing the next generation of leaders and funding the bold, innovative solutions they bring to the table! 🌱💡 📣 Read more about our five incredible Youth for Impactful Philanthropy (YIP) Fellows: https://lnkd.in/ga6CrKrV Alana Foundation COP29 Azerbaijan Laís Fleury Mtoto News Brian King Tasimba Andrew Daira Velasquez Fonseca Evie Prokesh Naadu Awuradwoa Addico, MPH Kwasi Adu Manu Caesar Kaba Kogoziga Children's Rights Innovation Fund (CRIF) Global Fund for Children Global Fund for Women Emmanuel Marfo Porticus Van Leer Foundation The Fund for Global Human Rights Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) sheela bowler @zoe Sadaf S. #YouthLeadership #COP29 #ClimateAction #YIPFellows #IntersectionalEnvironmentalism #YouthPower #GenderEquity #YouthForImpactfulPhilanthropy #Philanthropy #YouthLedChange

💥We can’t wait to announce the #CRIF Collaboratives and the grant awards that will follow! In the meantime, we want to take you through the entire process so you can see what each stage looks like for the young decision-makers at #CRIF. Share this with fellow activists or applicants for decolonize! or What’s Possible grants to help them better understand the processes that ultimately lead to grant awards at #CRIF.🌟 We Trust You(th) Initiative

From August 15th to September 28th, CRIF made waves with the launch of our double call for proposals for the decolonize! and What’s Possible grants. This dual call marked a historic moment for us as a Children’s Rights Funder towards honouring the vision, resistance, and transformative work of young people. We received an overwhelming response: ✨ decolonize!: Over 200 applications rolled in from Kenya, Nigeria, and the Caribbean, from Black Youth Activists using Arts in pursuit of justice. 🌍 What’s Possible: A staggering 1,200+ applications flooded in from every corner of the globe, submitted by youth-led groups (ages 11–28). These applications have been reviewed by the decolonize! and What’s Possible Collaboratives, whose members will be announced soon. Keep an eye out for more insights into the processes that brought this all to life. For now, here’s a visual breakdown of the applications by region.📊✨ We Trust You(th) Initiative Purposeful African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Disability Rights Fund Echidna Giving Elevate Children Funders Group EngenderHealth Fondation Botnar Girls First Fund Global Fund for Children Global Fund for Women William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Ignite Philanthropy Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky

“Take a risk, don’t let the current norms or big trends limit your thinking - you have our support and trust to do what is calling to you. You don’t need a perfect logic model or algorithm - trust in yourselves, in your community, and take this unique opportunity to be brave and show the sector where the future is going!”-What’s Possible Donors to their Youth Collaborators. Also, hear directly from donors about the change that needs to happen in philanthropy for young people in this Letter to Youth Activists below:🌱 https://lnkd.in/dHMWDn9z We Trust You(th) Initiative Purposeful

https://lnkd.in/dBS4z6JW We asked: What's Possible when donors follow young people’s lead on the issues they care about? These responses will amaze you! 🔥🌟 We Trust You(th) Initiative Purposeful Elevate Children Funders Group

We know that young people are deeply invested in their pursuit of liberation, bringing expansive, joyful, and creative energy into their work. However, this often shrinks when typical grant structures with stringent rules are imposed before they get funded for the important work they are leading in their communities. Watch to see how #What’s Possible challenges the philanthropy/donor sector to reimagine a better and more intentional relationship with young people! 🌱 We Trust You(th) Initiative Purposeful https://lnkd.in/dKkFWPvz

🥳 As the What’s Possible Youth Collaborative - comprising children and youth activist leaders- prepare to decide on how and where the grants will be moved based on the criteria they developed, here’s a brief video reminder of why this funding portfolio exists: to shift power to young people and reimagine how funding works. A special thanks again to the 12 donor collaborators who are making this vision a reality We Trust You(th) Initiative Purposeful African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Disability Rights Fund Echidna Giving Elevate Children Funders Group EngenderHealth Fondation Botnar Girls First Fund Global Fund for Children Global Fund for Women William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Ignite Philanthropy Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky 🌿🧡 https://lnkd.in/d_AHAcvK