Ford College Community Challenge

Launched in: 2008
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Application Timing: Feb. - April

Ford Fund invites students to develop and submit ideas for innovative projects that address community needs – ranging from safety to workforce development to access to mobility, and more. Each year, up to 10 proposals are selected to receive a $25,000 grant to implement their project, allowing students to take an active role in making people’s lives better and helping their community become a more sustainable place to work and live.

This year, Ford College Community Challenge is asking college students to develop creative community-building projects that address local needs, around the theme Making Lives Better by Building Sustainable Communities.

Up to 10 winning proposals will be selected to receive $25,000 each.

Winning student proposals must consider, in a unique way, a tangible, unmet community need, tied to one or more of the following categories:

• Mobility
• Water
• Social Enterprise
• Safety
• Workforce Development
• Community Need

READY TO APPLY?

Send your completed proposal submission form and signed request for proposal to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

2021 Timeline

February 23, 2021
Applications open

March 17, 2021
Information Zoom call

April 7, 2021
Proposals due

June 2021
Grant winners selected

Fall 2021
Winners publicly announced

Fall 2021 – Summer 2022
Projects implemented