Proven ideas and funding for your community

Teach teens how to work with local leaders and take effective political action to fix local problems.

Music Will (formerly Little Kids Rock) gets kids playing the music they know and love within minutes of picking up an instrument.

Organize a community cleanup to remove litter from the Chicago River and help transform it into the thriving natural resource it's meant to be

Host a regular micro-granting dinner to celebrate and support creative projects in your community.

Welcome new arrivals with dinner in your community. Join a welcoming movement built around food, language and social interaction.

Leverage evidence-based play strategies to transform the culture of your recess, classroom, or youth program!

Let Grow Play Club creates safe spaces where children of all ages enjoy unstructured free play together whilst adults step back, helping kids develop crucial social skills, resilience, and independence naturally.

Organize a regular community gathering in your local area to celebrate a love of the written or spoken word.