The application window opened August 24. Teams need at least two young people who will design and lead the project, plus an eligible tax-exempt nonprofit fiscal sponsor. The Mayor's Office says it can help applicants find a sponsor; this is not a payment made directly to individual teenagers or young adults.
Projects must address at least one municipal climate priority: energy use in buildings or transportation, consumption and waste, food systems, or urban forests and watersheds. Applicants must identify a measurable output and outcome. Equipment and infrastructure together may account for no more than half the proposed budget.
The official eligibility page links the application and pre-project survey and requires the program's budget template. Submit the materials to Annamarie.C.Husa@anchorageak.gov on or before October 18. The program page does not specify a cutoff hour or timezone and leaves some resource links incomplete; contact the Mayor's Office for the missing template or instructions rather than assuming a midnight deadline.
The municipality expects to announce awards around November 2, not on a guaranteed date. Bloomberg Philanthropies supports the fund; the municipality says property-tax revenue does not finance these grants. The September information session has already passed.