Grants

Get Ur Good on Grants

On Wednesday, November 18, YSA will help you “do good” with the launch of Get Ur Good On Grants! These Good Grants support youth-led service initiatives on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25, 2010. Global Youth Service Day is an annual campaign that celebrates and gets young people around the world to improve their communities through volunteering and community service.

Get Ur Good On Grants are available to young people around the world and YSA will award 100 $500 grants to support projects addressing important community needs such as saving the environment, poverty, and education.

Grant applications are due February 22, 2010. To learn more about Get Ur Good On Grants and to take the eligibility quiz, visit www.YSA.org/grants.

What’s a grant?

A grant is a monetary award that supports projects. Grant applications are the tools used to ask for the money. A grant award usually requires some type of reporting. For a service project, you may be required to provide a description about where you volunteered, how many people volunteered with you, and how the money was spent. Most grants will fund materials (such as plants, trash cans, or other items needed for the project) and marketing (such as signage, printing, etc.)