Paid Media Impact Academy for Young Americans
- Organization: Global Changemakers
- Type: Workshop
- Location: United States
- Deadline: December 18, 2026
- Age: 18 to 24
- Funding: Fully Funded
Global Changemakers runs the Media Impact Academy with the Univision Foundation, Wells Fargo and the nonprofit Another Awesome Day. It is a free 90-day challenge for 500 young people across the United States, taught on your phone at your own pace, covering personal finance, project management and making short videos about what you learn. You earn up to $205 in cash for hitting milestones, and finishers can pitch for a $1,000 grant to run a project in their community. **What you get:** - Up to $205 in cash incentives, paid in milestones into your own savings account - Project management training and certification on the Global Changemakers learning platform - Financial education playbooks from Wells Fargo - The chance to compete for a $1,000 grant to launch a community impact project and join the Global Changemakers Network - A national cohort of 500 young changemakers **What you'll do:** - Enrol on the Global Changemakers platform and verify a savings account in your name at a bank that offers Zelle ($15 incentive) - Complete the project management coursework and the Wells Fargo financial education playbooks - Publish three short educational videos on social media about what you learned ($90 incentive) - Show that you kept the first $50 of your incentives in your account and fill in a completion survey ($100 incentive) - Optionally submit a short video proposal for a $1,000 community project grant **Key dates:** - Applications close December 18, 2026 - Completion survey window March 28 to April 2 (the programme page gives no year) **More information:** - Programme details and FAQ on the Global Changemakers Media Impact Academy page - Partner page with the closing date: anotherawesomeday.org/media-impact-academy
