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A.J. Muste Memorial Institute Counter Recruitment Fund

Due to a lack of available resources, the Muste Institute has unfortunately had to temporarily postpone grant deadlines for the Counter Recruitment Fund. If supporting counter recruitment work is important to you, please help us revive this important program by DONATING NOW and designating your gift for the "CR Fund."

The Muste Institute's Counter Recruitment Fund supports grassroots efforts to inform young people about the realities of military service, help them find other options for educational funding and employment, and provide alternative points of view to those presented by military recruiters.

An application form is available (here) and should be completed and emailed to info@ajmuste.org. Requests are evaluated by a committee of people participating in counter-recruitment work across the country.

Guidelines for applying:

• The maximum grant amount is $1,500.
• Organizations of any size may apply for funding to support specific projects, but priority will be given to groups with smaller budgets and projects with less access to other funding sources.
• Projects should directly address the efforts of the U.S. military to recruit high-school age and other youth into the armed forces. In particular, we seek to support projects that are aimed at heavily recruited and under-served geographic and demographic segments of the population.
• The review and decision process takes about 8-10 weeks.
• If an organization is funded, they must wait one year before re-applying to the CR Fund. (Receiving a grant from the CR Fund does not preclude an organization from applying to the Social Justice Fund for a project that has a different focus.)
• If an organization is turned down for a grant, it may re-apply at any time.
• Groups don't need to be incorporated or to have non-profit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status or a fiscal sponsor to receive a grant from the CR Fund. However, we can't issue checks to individuals, so the group receiving the grant must have its own bank account. (Unincorporated associations can usually open a bank account after getting an EIN number from the IRS using Form SS-4.)
• Groups receiving a grant must provide a complete project report, including financial accounting, demonstrating that funds received from the Institute were used in accordance with the grant agreement. This financial accounting is due as soon as the money is spent or within six months, whichever comes first (until funds are spent, you must submit an updated accounting every six months). NOTE: All outstanding grant reporting must be received at least two weeks prior to any new proposal submissions to the CR fund.