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San Jose Community Challenge

US$40,000 | United States
Bring proven ideas to your community

Proven ideas and funding for your community

This $40,000 fund is dedicated to helping you build thriving and sustainable communities across San Jose & Santa Clara.

How it works
  • Select an idea listed below and register to get your project page
  • Use your project page to complete the 30 Day Challenge
  • Submit a photo and your action plan
  • Let us know what impact you are having in your community
The Challenge
Who can apply
  • You want to start a ChangeX idea to improve your local community
  • You're passionate about building a thriving community where you live in San Jose or Santa Clara
  • You are an individual, an existing local group, or a community organization
Criteria
What you get
  • Seed funding to start your selected idea
  • Free starter resource pack, mentorship and technology tools to get started
  • Additional impact funding, once you report back on the social impact of your active project
Free Supports

Explore ideas

Choose an idea to start in your community. See terms & conditions.
This fund has closed for applications. You can still start ideas without funding, or check for other live funds in your area.

  • FIRST LEGO League - Discover

    Lead a hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) programme in your school or community for 4-6 year olds.

  • Recycle Across America

    Start recycling right with standardized recycling labels for your school that will help you to improve recycling and save your school money.

  • FIRST® LEGO League - Explore

    Lead a hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programme in your school or community for 6–10 year olds

  • Building Healthy Communities, A Physicians Committee Action Network

    PlantPure Communities (PPC)'s mission is to empower individuals to build healthy, kind, sustainable communities by sharing the health and environmental benefits of plant-based nutrition.

  • Community Fridge

    Start a community fridge in your community to share good food that would otherwise go to waste.

  • Community Composting

    Divert your community's food waste from landfill, reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions

  • River Cleanup

    A community based initiative aiming to clean and maintain local rivers

  • Cycling Without Age

    Start a Cycling Without Age chapter in your community and give more people the opportunity to feel the wind in their hair.

  • Repair Café

    Organise a free meeting place in your community to repair things instead of throwing them away.

  • Better Block Parklet

    Expand public or private space with these digitally fabricated parklets.

  • Hour of Code

    Organize an Hour of Code™ and join a global movement introducing tens of millions of students worldwide to computer science.

  • FIRST LEGO League - Challenge

    Lead a hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programme in your school or community for 9-14 year olds

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  • Open Orchard

    Organise an Open Orchard to bring people together, provide free fruit to local residents and green our urban environments.

  • Pollinator Partnership

    Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!

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"The San Jose Community Challenge is an opportunity for communities to come together to create thriving communities across San Jose & Santa Clara. We’re excited to support local action across the region and to see the collective impact we can have in building healthier, more sustainable communities."

  • Adonis Trujillo (Microsoft Datacenter Community Development Team)
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