Zero to Hero Fund | Funding opportunities

Description

An independently operated charity with an aim to support youth related social investment projects through innovative and out-of-the-box ideas to help mitigate social issues and address community needs. If you’re a Social Profit Organisation (SPO) and happen to have exceptionally creative ideas that can help a great many youths – Zero to Hero Fund is perfect for you! We’re teaming up with SPOs to launch two-year social projects to help youths level up work skills, resilience and technological capabilities via ground-breaking (and preferably new-to-the-world) methods. Everything goes, so long as it can be scaled up for positive, social-wide impact for youths – or even beyond. Let’s be the powerful Hero together from Zero!

Key details

Max amount per application: HK$2,000,000
Grant type: Project-based Funding
Application cycle: Deadline
Max programme duration: 24 months
Website: csifund.org/en/zerotoherofund
Email: info@csifund.org

Grant conditions & requirements

Grant conditions

What are the project requirements? - Executed in a way that’s innovative and out-of-the box – hit us with your imagination!; - Improves at least one of the following youth skills : 1) work skills and/or 2) resilience and/or 3) technological capabilities; - Creates large-scale and positive social returns/value (with KPIs and systematic impact assessment methods to measure effectiveness); - Includes comprehensive publicity and promotion strategies (with KPIs as well, preferably to reach a greater audience!); - NOT purely for donations, fund-raising or profits; - Be politically and religiously neutral; - Priority will be given to projects that have never received any grants from other funds.

Focus areas

About the provider

HKBN Talent CSI Fund

Type of funder: Tax-Exempt Charity Organisation

Disclaimer

Last updated: 30 March 2026

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