SparkOpportunity Challenge
Deadline: May 15
The SparkOpportunity Challenge calls on young people to submit videos or text detailing their solutions and use social media to campaign for the ideas that they think can really work. The top-voted winners will receive an iPad, start-up grants of $1,500, and mentoring from recognized business and policy leaders to see their ideas brought to life locally. http://bit.ly/HvA70A
Get Ur Good On Grants
Deadline: May 27
If you’re ready to make a positive impact in your community, Miley Cyrus and her friends at YSA want to help! With $500 Get Ur Good On Grants, you’ll have the inspiration, project support, and necessary funding to turn your idea into a reality. Kids and young adults ages 5-25 worldwide are eligible to apply for a $500 Get Ur Good On Grant to support youth-led projects. Projects must address a demonstrated community need or issue, and must take place during June, July and/or August 2012. www.YSA.org/grants/gurgo
State Farm Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grants
Deadline: May 31
State Farm™ is proud to team up with YSA to offer grants of up to $1,000 for programs enhancing student achievement through service-learning in K-12 public schools in all fifty US states, the District of Columbia, and in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick. Each grant engages participating teachers and students in a service and learning program that promotes academic achievement, workplace readiness, and stronger communities. The State Farm Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grant requires a 12 to 14 week Semester of Service™. www.YSA.org/goodneighbor
ENTER THE 4th ANNUAL CLIFFORD, BE BIG IN YOUR COMMUNITY CONTEST!
BE BIG™ is a national campaign that invites everyone, big and small, to take action and raise awareness for how Clifford’s BIG Ideas (Share, Be Kind, Help Others, Be a Good Friend, Play Fair, Have Respect, Be Truthful, Believe in Yourself, Work Together and Be Responsible) can make the world a better place.
As part of the BE BIG campaign, the contest will award $10,000 in community grants* to the BIGGEST ideas that best demonstrate Clifford’s BIG Ideas!
Scholastic and HandsOn Network will work with the winners to bring their Big Ideas to life! Everyone is invited –parents, kids, teachers or community leaders — to submit their ideas now through June 22, 2012.
For contest entry forms and official rules visit www.scholastic.com/cliffordbebig/contest
Afterschool Awards (Scholarship)
Deadline: June 25
The Afterschool Awards is a nationwide contest spotlighting after school achievements for Elementary, Middle School and Junior High students. IZOD, JCPenney and NOW Music have teamed up to bring students a chance to turn their afterschool passion into cash for their future education. Students are invited to enter Afterschool Awards between now and June 25th for a chance to win up to $10,000 in scholarship money! Students can enter in up to four categories: Sports, Community Service, Science and Music & Arts to show everyone what they’ve got going on after the bell rings! Last year’s winners were a wave-catching surfer, a fund-raising philanthropist, a star athlete and a pop-lock dancer! http://bit.ly/I3bGtP
Home Depot Community Impact Grants
Deadline: August 13
Grants, up to $5,000, are available to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, public schools, or tax-exempt public service agencies in the U.S. that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community. Grants are given in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or services. http://bit.ly/eIis5T
Poetry Out Loud Grants
Deadline: Fall 2012
Grants provide funding for multimedia curriculum materials, a hands-on workshop with a teaching artist and transportation to the state finals of this national poetry recitation competition. The Poetry Out Loud program encourages students to learn poetry through memorization and performance and helps students master public-speaking skills, build self confidence and learn about our nation’s literary heritage.
Guidelines:http://1.usa.gov/KAC_poetry
Contact: Rachel Allen, arts education director, Rachel.allen@ky.gov