It's Our Money

The Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) is running a participatory budgeting process designed by youth, for youth, in partnership with the Coro New York Leadership Center PB Youth Fellowship Program. The goal of the project is to engage and empower young people to decide how to spend $100,000 of expense funding on projects that meet their needs, address their interests, and strengthen youth engagement across the city.

Youth provider organizations will be invited to submit proposals that directly address the ideas and needs youth identify in the first stage of the project. Youth votes will determine the projects awarded.

If you are a young person between the ages of 9-24, you are eligible to participate by submitting ideas and voting on projects that quality for an award.

If you are an organization serving young people in the following communities (insert link), you can submit a proposal for up to 20K in funding.