Hunter’s Grants, a program of The Hunter Watson Memorial Fund (Hunter’s Fund) is seeking grant applications from young entrepreneurs and creatives in the United States, United Kingdom, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Applications are due by Nov. 15, 2021, and selected grantees will be announced in January 2022. You must be between 16 and 25 years old to apply.

Since 2017, Hunter’s Fund has distributed more than $220,000 in grants to young entrepreneurs around the globe. These grants are not scholarships for academic studies, but rather direct financial support to assist innovative young people in bringing their ideas and projects to fruition. Grant applicants do not have to be enrolled in school, but simply have to explain through the grant application why funding is needed to move their project forward. There is no cost nor obligation to apply.

Hunter’s Fund prioritizes applicants with start-up projects and businesses in the areas of music, performing arts, computer science, and entrepreneurship. Previous applicants have used their grants from Hunter’s Fund to launch successful businesses, nonprofits, podcasts, and creative careers in music and the arts. Grant recipients are partnered with an appropriate Hunter’s Fund member or former grant winner to encourage their progress and growth and offer networking opportunities as they expand their projects.

The maximum grant available through Hunter’s Grants is $5,000. For more information about Hunter’s Fund and its grant process, please visit www.HunterWatson.org

About Hunter’s Fund

Hunter’s Fund seeks out young people who dream of something they are deeply curious and passionate about, then provides them with financial resources to explore that passion.

The fund also works to reduce deaths and injuries from distracted driving accidents by sponsoring programs that encourage young people to drive distraction-free.

On June 18, 2016, Hunter Brooks Watson’s promising life was abruptly and tragically ended when he was fatally injured as a passenger in an automobile collision.

In the months following Hunter’s death, the communities in which he was nurtured, including The Potomac School, Syracuse University, and Mustique Island, all searched for a way to continue his presence and ideals.

The Hunter Brooks Watson Memorial Fund was founded as a result and is the realization of his family’s and his communities’ desire to celebrate his life and interests.

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