# Resilient Community Competitions CSI's Agents of Change Youth Offers Entrepreneur Support By Tiana Reid | Published 2013-06-29 | Social Good Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/agents-of-change-youth References: [socialinnovation](http://socialinnovation.ca/agentsofchange) & [surveymonkey](https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AgentsofChange2013) The Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) has a number of different programs and services that they offer and one example is 'Agents of Change Youth." "Agents of Change Youth has been designed to help you turn your idea into real impact and prepare you for early stage investment," they write on the application page. "You’ll have an opportunity to pitch to the Ontario Catapult Microloan Fund for a low interest loan between $5k-25k, and to receive support to run a successful CSI Catalyst crowdfunding campaign." The competition s run in collaboration with Microsoft Canada, Ontario Trillium Foundation and ING Direct. **Contact Information** Agents of Change on CSI Agents of Change application on [Survey Monkey](https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AgentsofChange2013) CSI on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/centreforsocialinnovation) CSI on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/csito) CSI on [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/centreforsocialinnovation/) CSI on [Vimeo](http://vimeo.com/user10602853) ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.5/10 - Popularity: 28% | Activity: 70% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Gen Alpha, Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Social Good](https://www.trendhunter.com/socialgood) > [Social Business](https://www.trendhunter.com/socialbusiness) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Youth Entrepreneurship:** Opportunity for young entrepreneurs to receive support and funding for their ideas. - **Microloan Funding:** Access to low interest loans for early stage investment. - **Crowdfunding Campaigns:** Assistance in running successful crowdfunding campaigns. ### Who This Affects Most - **Nonprofit Organizations:** Nonprofits can collaborate with CSI to provide support and funding for youth entrepreneurs. - **Financial Services:** Financial institutions can partner with CSI to offer microloan funding for early-stage investments. - **Crowdfunding Platforms:** Crowdfunding platforms can collaborate with CSI to provide assistance in running successful crowdfunding campaigns. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Youth Sports-Focused Initiatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/stay-play.md) - [Small Business Support Initiatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mastercard-x-pier-five-small-business-fund.md) - [Youth-Focused Technology Programing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nasa-space-apps-challenge1.md) - [Inclusive Social Support Programmes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mcr-social.md) - [Inventive Charity Initiatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spark-financial.md) - [Creative-Centric Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cfda-and-swarovski.md) - [Empowering Homeless Youth Initiatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tradeworx.md) - [Entrepreneurial Support Foundations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ambition-accelerator.md) - [Employment-Focused Charity Initiatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/free-tech-training.md)