mtvU Grants: You Can Create Your Own Change

Every week throughout the school year, mtvU in partnership with Youth Venture will help fund a new student-run community service organization, or a new project being undertaken by an existing organization. If you've got an original idea about how to make the world--or your campus--a better place, mtvU Grants can help you make it happen.

Are you interested in launching your own organization to address issues like global warming, literacy, health issues, civic participation, community and social problems - any problem you can identify mtvU grants can get you started to help find a solution. Act now, find out more!

You could receive:

• Up to $1,000 for your organization.
• An opportunity to be featured on mtvU News.
• Exclusive access to helpful resources and tools in cooperation with Youth Venture, including the opportunity to join a global network of other young changemakers on genV.net.

In order to be eligible for an mtvU Grant, you must complete the mtvU Grant Application and mail it in.

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Make sure you read the Official Rules and Criteria Guidelines before applying for a grant.

Once you have the application, fill it out completely and mail it here:

Youth Venture
mtvU grants
1700 North Moore Street
Arlington, VA 22209

Don’t forget–to be eligible for an mtvU Grant, your project/idea must be:

• New - This means that the Venture as a whole or the specific initiative that the students want funded must not already be in existence. If the program has already been started, it is ineligible.
• Sustainable - The Venture must be sustainable in terms of membership, leadership, and finances. The Venture should be created with structures in place so it has the potential to outlast its founders. It should not be a short-term project.
• Beneficial - The Venture must benefit the community– either the student community or the community at large.

Also keep in mind:

• You must be a part or full-time student at an mtvU school to apply for a Grant. Not sure if you attend an mtvU school to apply for the grant. Not sure if you attend an mtvU school? Click here to find out.
• Ventures can be launched on any topic - the environment, health, education, civic engagement, literacy, children, homelessness, poverty –any topic you choose as long as their is a benefit to the community.

For more information, go to http://www.genv.net/mtvU