Mini Grants

What is a Mini-Grant?

ReACT mini-grants are stipends offered to Montana students 12-18 years old to promote tobacco advocacy, education, and prevention at the community level.

Currently, ReACT offers two project topics for applicants to select from:

• Days of Actions
  • Through with Chew Week
  • Take Down Tobacco Day
  • World No Tobacco Day
  • Red Ribbon Week
  • Great American Smoke Out
• Tobacco-Free Community Events
  • Rodeos
  • Sporting Touranments
  • Escape Rooms
  • Pet Pageant
  • Fairs
  • Runs
  • Lock-ins
  • Dances

Youth provide leadership and collaborate with an adult advisor in their local areas. Applicants may request up to $2,000. The grants are competitive, so make yours awesome!

2024-25 Mini-Grant Cycle

• July 17th, 2024 – Application Opens
• October 1st, 2024 – Application Closes
• October 18th, 2024 – Recipient Announcements
• November 4th, 2024 – Project Introduction Videos Due
• November 18h, 2024 – Distribution of Funds
• June 23rd, 2025 –Final Reports Due
• June 27th, 2025– Grant Cycle Ends

How to Apply

To submit a mini-grant application, follow the steps below:

• Identify a youth project lead and an adult advisor.
• Read the Mini-Grant 2024-2025 Guide 
• Select a project topic.
• Complete the online application with an attached W9 form

Mini-Grant Requirements

• Youth Project Lead
• Adult Advisor
• Grant applicants must be in grades 6th -12th
• Grant recipients must declare that they are not affiliated with or receive funding or materials from the Tobacco or Vaping Industry.
• Grant recipients must submit an electronic Final Report by June 27th, 2025

Mini-Grant Project Examples 

• Minecraft Vape-free Tournament
• Tobacco-free Garbage Can Decal Campaign
• Red Ribbon Week Film Festival
• Vaping 101: Escape Room
• ReACT Pet Pageant – Raising Awareness of the Dangers of Secondhand & Thirdhand Smoke

Grab your friends and start planning your project today!

For questions or further assistance with the application, please email ReACT at mtreact406@gmail.com.