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SOUP | Support Of Urban Projects

What is SOUP?

SOUP (Support Of Urban Projects) is a forum in which community members can share their ideas for how to enhance the quality of life for residents in our communities. Dinner is served at the forum and a micro-grant from funds collected at the forum is awarded to one individual/organization that attendees voted to receive.

Applications for SOUP are closed.

Event Details

Date: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024

Time: 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Location: Hyatt Regency

Cost: $10 (includes all you can eat soup)

2024 SOUP Projects

New Leaf - Community Orchards
- The New Leaf Community Orchard project creates sustainable change by installing orchards in schools, parks, and residential yards and helping people grow food to improve food access, supply chain issues, rising food prices, and food sovereignty issues. Helping our neighbors to produce locally with community, cooperation, and direct action.

GBASO - OnBoard Program
- GBASO will offer an 8 week intro to skateboarding program at Joannes skatepark focused on teaching the underserved youth on the east side of Green Bay. Our Organization will provide skate coaches, rental skateboards, pads, and helmets for participants.

NEW Youth Apprenticeship - Recognizing youth apprenticeship at end of school year
- NEWYA is dedicated to empowering high school students through meaningful career-based learning experiences that bridge education and industry. Our mission is to foster career readiness by providing students with the skills, mentorship, and real-world exposure needed to succeed in a dynamic workforce.

CASA of Brown County - backpack initiative
- CASA of Brown County advocates for children under court protection. Camp Tekakwitha is a summer camp on Loon Lake. Our goal is to send 30 CASA children to camp. We provide our campers backpacks filled with items from Camp Tekakwitha’s recommended packing list. We request funding to fill the backpacks.

Green Bay Area Public School District - Doty Elementary food pantry

How does it work?

Community Partnerships, a CYP committee, hosts a dinner featuring soup from local restaurants while three to five grant proposals are presented by community members for projects that will enhance the quality of life in Greater Green Bay. Attendees receive a delicious bowl of soup and the opportunity to vote for which project they want to fund. Each project presenter will receive three minutes to present their proposal, followed by answering three questions from the audience.

Registration for attending is $10, which goes to funding a micro-grant that is given to the chosen proposal. The minimum award for the winning project will be $500 with the potential to receive more depending on attendance.

Support Of Urban Projects

What projects are eligible?

Projects must be located within the Greater Green Bay area and positively impact the community in at least one of the following areas:

Public art and culture
- Public art
- Art education
Connectivity/activity
- Health and wellness
- Transportation
- Community accessibility
Cultivating engagement, diversity and inclusivity
- Social engagement
- Jobs
- Civic engagement
Place-making/neighborhoods/community engagement
- Space-making
- Gathering spaces
- Neighborhood revitalization

Not all submitted projects will be selected to present at the SOUP event. A proposal committee will pre-screen submissions for appropriate projects and content, feasibility in getting funding, conflicts of interest and other guidelines.

How do you apply for a micro-grant?

First, please submit your proposal via our online application.
If your proposal is selected by the selection committee for presentation at the SOUP event, you will be invited to the dinner where you will present your project.

*Thoroughly review your submission before sending; incomplete proposals will not be considered. You may want to type your answers in a word processor and save the document before electronic submission.

**Projects should be ready to implement once money is awarded. Awardees will have six months to begin their project and will be asked to share progress at a future SOUP event.