State Farm Youth Advisory Board Grants

Applications are due online October 3,2008.

A great opportunity to build a strong STEM Service-learning proposal.

The State Farm Youth Advisory Board is a diverse group of 30 students aged 17-20 who have been selected from nearly 650 applicants. They play a leadership role in creating and overseeing a $5 million-a-year State Farm funded service-learning initiative. The Youth Advisory Board grants funds for student-led service-learning projects in the United States and in the Alberta, New Brunswick and Ontario provinces of Canada. These grants address in a structural way the issues of disaster preparedness, driver safety, accessing higher education/closing the achievement gap, and financial education. The minimum grant amount is $25,000 and the maximum grant amount is $100,000.

For more information go to www.statefarmyab.com/Youthboard%20Application.doc