3. About Me
YAB
• 2009-2011 Board Member
• Represented California & NSLP
• State Farm Intern Last Summer & This Summer
HSU
• Business Administration Student (3rd Year)
• Service Learning Intern (3rd Year)
4. History of the YAB
• Program entered its 5th year
• 30 Youth from the US and Canada
• Manage a signature $5-million/year grant
program for service-learning
• Completely youth-led
- Flat leadership structure
- All funding decisions made by youth
- Look for the ‘best of the best’
5. YAB Statistics
By Issue Area
Totals
Number of Youth Advisory
Board Members
72
Number of Applications
2,371
ate
l Funding to D
Number of Grantees
Tota
267 $ 16,985,298
7. Grant Process
• Grants are $25,000- $100,000
• Grant Applications Available: February 2nd
• Grant Applications Due: May 2nd, 5pm CST
• Grants are Read, Scored and Chosen over the
Summer Months
• Grantees are announced & receive funding
in September
8. Key Grant Components
• Youth-led
– Youth involvement
• Focus on Local Organizations
– Rather than funding an existing national brand
• 3 Core Elements
– Sustainability
– School Integration
– Collaboration
9. Elements of the Grant
• Eligibility
- Actively interact with Public K-12 students
- 501(c)3 Status
• Requirements
- Incorporate Service Learning
- Fit within one of the 5 Issue areas
• Expectations
- Propel innovation & change
- Increase student participation
10. 5 Issue Areas
Driver Safety
Access to Higher Education
Financial Literacy
Natural and Societal Disaster Preparedness
Environmental Responsibility
11. Makings of A Great Grant
• Basic Contact Information
• General Information
- Summaries
- Issue Area
- Impact
- Scope
12. Makings of A Great Grant
• Youth Led
- Writing of the Grant
- Planning and Executing
- Leadership Roles
13. Makings of A Great Grant
Service Leaning
• 8 Elements
- Meaningful Service
- Link to Curriculum - Partnerships
- Reflection - Progress Monitoring
- Diversity - Duration & Intensity
- Youth Voice
14. Makings of A Great Grant
Addressing the Root Cause
• Identify the unmet need, issue or problem
• How will your project affect this
15. Makings of A Great Grant
Sustainability & Feasibility
• Community Support & Partnerships
• Engage youth outside of project
• Educate others about problems/solutions
• Measurable Goals
• Overcoming Obstacles
• Remain Sustainable after the Grant
16. Makings of A Great Grant
Project Time Line (Month-to-Month)
• Project Activities
• Connecting to State Farm & the YAB
• Engaging media
• Communicating issues/solutions
• Engage Elected officials and VIP’s
• Reflection & Celebration for Participants
17. Makings of A Great Grant
Budget
• Description of the Top 3 Amounts
• Totals:
- Salaries (not to exceed 20% of total)
- Supplies and Equipment
- Travel & Lodging
- Promotion
- Expert Services
- Miscellaneous
• Detailed Budget Template
18. Makings of A Great Grant
Publicity
• Plans to promote your project
&
State Farm and the YAB
Optional Section
• Written info, links to pictures, videos or
other online media
19. QUESTIONS?
Connect with us Online
www.SFYAB.com
facebook.com/SFYAB
twitter.com/statefarmyab
Editor's Notes
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4 years ago, in this very room, the original members of the Youth Advisory Board, including myself, had their first board meeting, and kicked off this program. \nLooking back, I don’t know what makes a better story; that I’ve come from that first meeting to now overseeing the YAB on a full-time basis here at Corporate, or that it took me 4 years to get back into this room!\n\nThe board consists of a very diverse group of 30 youth from across the US and Canada, and we as the Education Leadership Team pride ourselves on attracting top-quality talent.\nNot only are the members from each corner of the continent, but the diversity of thought is amazing.\nTo date, board members have hailed from 34 out of the 50 states, and from 2 of the 3 Canadian provinces.\nAlumni of the board have come from prestigious schools across the US, and four alumni, including myself, have come on to State Farm full-time at Corporate in the Enterprise Development Associate program.\n\n\nThe charge for the Board is to manage and distribute $5 million per year in service-learning grants.\nService-Learning is the connecting of meaningful community service back into classroom curriculum.\n\nThe unique thing about the YAB is that it is completely youth-led. The youth themselves drive the decision making process, from the creation of the board structure to the actual funding of the grants.\n
4 years ago, in this very room, the original members of the Youth Advisory Board, including myself, had their first board meeting, and kicked off this program. \nLooking back, I don’t know what makes a better story; that I’ve come from that first meeting to now overseeing the YAB on a full-time basis here at Corporate, or that it took me 4 years to get back into this room!\n\nThe board consists of a very diverse group of 30 youth from across the US and Canada, and we as the Education Leadership Team pride ourselves on attracting top-quality talent.\nNot only are the members from each corner of the continent, but the diversity of thought is amazing.\nTo date, board members have hailed from 34 out of the 50 states, and from 2 of the 3 Canadian provinces.\nAlumni of the board have come from prestigious schools across the US, and four alumni, including myself, have come on to State Farm full-time at Corporate in the Enterprise Development Associate program.\n\n\nThe charge for the Board is to manage and distribute $5 million per year in service-learning grants.\nService-Learning is the connecting of meaningful community service back into classroom curriculum.\n\nThe unique thing about the YAB is that it is completely youth-led. The youth themselves drive the decision making process, from the creation of the board structure to the actual funding of the grants.\n
4 years ago, in this very room, the original members of the Youth Advisory Board, including myself, had their first board meeting, and kicked off this program. \nLooking back, I don’t know what makes a better story; that I’ve come from that first meeting to now overseeing the YAB on a full-time basis here at Corporate, or that it took me 4 years to get back into this room!\n\nThe board consists of a very diverse group of 30 youth from across the US and Canada, and we as the Education Leadership Team pride ourselves on attracting top-quality talent.\nNot only are the members from each corner of the continent, but the diversity of thought is amazing.\nTo date, board members have hailed from 34 out of the 50 states, and from 2 of the 3 Canadian provinces.\nAlumni of the board have come from prestigious schools across the US, and four alumni, including myself, have come on to State Farm full-time at Corporate in the Enterprise Development Associate program.\n\n\nThe charge for the Board is to manage and distribute $5 million per year in service-learning grants.\nService-Learning is the connecting of meaningful community service back into classroom curriculum.\n\nThe unique thing about the YAB is that it is completely youth-led. The youth themselves drive the decision making process, from the creation of the board structure to the actual funding of the grants.\n
4 years ago, in this very room, the original members of the Youth Advisory Board, including myself, had their first board meeting, and kicked off this program. \nLooking back, I don’t know what makes a better story; that I’ve come from that first meeting to now overseeing the YAB on a full-time basis here at Corporate, or that it took me 4 years to get back into this room!\n\nThe board consists of a very diverse group of 30 youth from across the US and Canada, and we as the Education Leadership Team pride ourselves on attracting top-quality talent.\nNot only are the members from each corner of the continent, but the diversity of thought is amazing.\nTo date, board members have hailed from 34 out of the 50 states, and from 2 of the 3 Canadian provinces.\nAlumni of the board have come from prestigious schools across the US, and four alumni, including myself, have come on to State Farm full-time at Corporate in the Enterprise Development Associate program.\n\n\nThe charge for the Board is to manage and distribute $5 million per year in service-learning grants.\nService-Learning is the connecting of meaningful community service back into classroom curriculum.\n\nThe unique thing about the YAB is that it is completely youth-led. The youth themselves drive the decision making process, from the creation of the board structure to the actual funding of the grants.\n
4 years ago, in this very room, the original members of the Youth Advisory Board, including myself, had their first board meeting, and kicked off this program. \nLooking back, I don’t know what makes a better story; that I’ve come from that first meeting to now overseeing the YAB on a full-time basis here at Corporate, or that it took me 4 years to get back into this room!\n\nThe board consists of a very diverse group of 30 youth from across the US and Canada, and we as the Education Leadership Team pride ourselves on attracting top-quality talent.\nNot only are the members from each corner of the continent, but the diversity of thought is amazing.\nTo date, board members have hailed from 34 out of the 50 states, and from 2 of the 3 Canadian provinces.\nAlumni of the board have come from prestigious schools across the US, and four alumni, including myself, have come on to State Farm full-time at Corporate in the Enterprise Development Associate program.\n\n\nThe charge for the Board is to manage and distribute $5 million per year in service-learning grants.\nService-Learning is the connecting of meaningful community service back into classroom curriculum.\n\nThe unique thing about the YAB is that it is completely youth-led. The youth themselves drive the decision making process, from the creation of the board structure to the actual funding of the grants.\n
To frame the work that the YAB does, I’ll talk a bit about the underlying themes that the YAB stick to when evaluating a grant.\n\nGrants:\nFunding ranges from 25,000 - 100,000\nThe Board creates the Request for Proposal entirely themselves, and then reads and reviews the applications that come back.\nAs such, one of the key components that the Board looks for in a good grant is to be youth-driven.\n\n\nLocal Focus – one of the questions that we ask is whether or not a grantee is currently receiving other funding, or is affiliated with another organization. We try to fund projects that are trying to create a solution in a community that doesn’t necessarily have that solution in place, not to simply fund another wing of an existing organization.\n\n\nSustainability – we want our grants to start programs, and we want to fund programs that will continue after our funds are gone.\nSchool Integration – The K12 public school curriculum impact must be at the heart of the program to receive funding from the YAB.\nCollaboration – We look for multi-tiered projects that brings together students from multiple age groups. \n
To frame the work that the YAB does, I’ll talk a bit about the underlying themes that the YAB stick to when evaluating a grant.\n\nGrants:\nFunding ranges from 25,000 - 100,000\nThe Board creates the Request for Proposal entirely themselves, and then reads and reviews the applications that come back.\nAs such, one of the key components that the Board looks for in a good grant is to be youth-driven.\n\n\nLocal Focus – one of the questions that we ask is whether or not a grantee is currently receiving other funding, or is affiliated with another organization. We try to fund projects that are trying to create a solution in a community that doesn’t necessarily have that solution in place, not to simply fund another wing of an existing organization.\n\n\nSustainability – we want our grants to start programs, and we want to fund programs that will continue after our funds are gone.\nSchool Integration – The K12 public school curriculum impact must be at the heart of the program to receive funding from the YAB.\nCollaboration – We look for multi-tiered projects that brings together students from multiple age groups. \n
To frame the work that the YAB does, I’ll talk a bit about the underlying themes that the YAB stick to when evaluating a grant.\n\nGrants:\nFunding ranges from 25,000 - 100,000\nThe Board creates the Request for Proposal entirely themselves, and then reads and reviews the applications that come back.\nAs such, one of the key components that the Board looks for in a good grant is to be youth-driven.\n\n\nLocal Focus – one of the questions that we ask is whether or not a grantee is currently receiving other funding, or is affiliated with another organization. We try to fund projects that are trying to create a solution in a community that doesn’t necessarily have that solution in place, not to simply fund another wing of an existing organization.\n\n\nSustainability – we want our grants to start programs, and we want to fund programs that will continue after our funds are gone.\nSchool Integration – The K12 public school curriculum impact must be at the heart of the program to receive funding from the YAB.\nCollaboration – We look for multi-tiered projects that brings together students from multiple age groups. \n
To frame the work that the YAB does, I’ll talk a bit about the underlying themes that the YAB stick to when evaluating a grant.\n\nGrants:\nFunding ranges from 25,000 - 100,000\nThe Board creates the Request for Proposal entirely themselves, and then reads and reviews the applications that come back.\nAs such, one of the key components that the Board looks for in a good grant is to be youth-driven.\n\n\nLocal Focus – one of the questions that we ask is whether or not a grantee is currently receiving other funding, or is affiliated with another organization. We try to fund projects that are trying to create a solution in a community that doesn’t necessarily have that solution in place, not to simply fund another wing of an existing organization.\n\n\nSustainability – we want our grants to start programs, and we want to fund programs that will continue after our funds are gone.\nSchool Integration – The K12 public school curriculum impact must be at the heart of the program to receive funding from the YAB.\nCollaboration – We look for multi-tiered projects that brings together students from multiple age groups. \n
To frame the work that the YAB does, I’ll talk a bit about the underlying themes that the YAB stick to when evaluating a grant.\n\nGrants:\nFunding ranges from 25,000 - 100,000\nThe Board creates the Request for Proposal entirely themselves, and then reads and reviews the applications that come back.\nAs such, one of the key components that the Board looks for in a good grant is to be youth-driven.\n\n\nLocal Focus – one of the questions that we ask is whether or not a grantee is currently receiving other funding, or is affiliated with another organization. We try to fund projects that are trying to create a solution in a community that doesn’t necessarily have that solution in place, not to simply fund another wing of an existing organization.\n\n\nSustainability – we want our grants to start programs, and we want to fund programs that will continue after our funds are gone.\nSchool Integration – The K12 public school curriculum impact must be at the heart of the program to receive funding from the YAB.\nCollaboration – We look for multi-tiered projects that brings together students from multiple age groups. \n
To frame the work that the YAB does, I’ll talk a bit about the underlying themes that the YAB stick to when evaluating a grant.\n\nGrants:\nFunding ranges from 25,000 - 100,000\nThe Board creates the Request for Proposal entirely themselves, and then reads and reviews the applications that come back.\nAs such, one of the key components that the Board looks for in a good grant is to be youth-driven.\n\n\nLocal Focus – one of the questions that we ask is whether or not a grantee is currently receiving other funding, or is affiliated with another organization. We try to fund projects that are trying to create a solution in a community that doesn’t necessarily have that solution in place, not to simply fund another wing of an existing organization.\n\n\nSustainability – we want our grants to start programs, and we want to fund programs that will continue after our funds are gone.\nSchool Integration – The K12 public school curriculum impact must be at the heart of the program to receive funding from the YAB.\nCollaboration – We look for multi-tiered projects that brings together students from multiple age groups. \n
To frame the work that the YAB does, I’ll talk a bit about the underlying themes that the YAB stick to when evaluating a grant.\n\nGrants:\nFunding ranges from 25,000 - 100,000\nThe Board creates the Request for Proposal entirely themselves, and then reads and reviews the applications that come back.\nAs such, one of the key components that the Board looks for in a good grant is to be youth-driven.\n\n\nLocal Focus – one of the questions that we ask is whether or not a grantee is currently receiving other funding, or is affiliated with another organization. We try to fund projects that are trying to create a solution in a community that doesn’t necessarily have that solution in place, not to simply fund another wing of an existing organization.\n\n\nSustainability – we want our grants to start programs, and we want to fund programs that will continue after our funds are gone.\nSchool Integration – The K12 public school curriculum impact must be at the heart of the program to receive funding from the YAB.\nCollaboration – We look for multi-tiered projects that brings together students from multiple age groups. \n
To frame the work that the YAB does, I’ll talk a bit about the underlying themes that the YAB stick to when evaluating a grant.\n\nGrants:\nFunding ranges from 25,000 - 100,000\nThe Board creates the Request for Proposal entirely themselves, and then reads and reviews the applications that come back.\nAs such, one of the key components that the Board looks for in a good grant is to be youth-driven.\n\n\nLocal Focus – one of the questions that we ask is whether or not a grantee is currently receiving other funding, or is affiliated with another organization. We try to fund projects that are trying to create a solution in a community that doesn’t necessarily have that solution in place, not to simply fund another wing of an existing organization.\n\n\nSustainability – we want our grants to start programs, and we want to fund programs that will continue after our funds are gone.\nSchool Integration – The K12 public school curriculum impact must be at the heart of the program to receive funding from the YAB.\nCollaboration – We look for multi-tiered projects that brings together students from multiple age groups. \n
To frame the work that the YAB does, I’ll talk a bit about the underlying themes that the YAB stick to when evaluating a grant.\n\nGrants:\nFunding ranges from 25,000 - 100,000\nThe Board creates the Request for Proposal entirely themselves, and then reads and reviews the applications that come back.\nAs such, one of the key components that the Board looks for in a good grant is to be youth-driven.\n\n\nLocal Focus – one of the questions that we ask is whether or not a grantee is currently receiving other funding, or is affiliated with another organization. We try to fund projects that are trying to create a solution in a community that doesn’t necessarily have that solution in place, not to simply fund another wing of an existing organization.\n\n\nSustainability – we want our grants to start programs, and we want to fund programs that will continue after our funds are gone.\nSchool Integration – The K12 public school curriculum impact must be at the heart of the program to receive funding from the YAB.\nCollaboration – We look for multi-tiered projects that brings together students from multiple age groups. \n
To frame the work that the YAB does, I’ll talk a bit about the underlying themes that the YAB stick to when evaluating a grant.\n\nGrants:\nFunding ranges from 25,000 - 100,000\nThe Board creates the Request for Proposal entirely themselves, and then reads and reviews the applications that come back.\nAs such, one of the key components that the Board looks for in a good grant is to be youth-driven.\n\n\nLocal Focus – one of the questions that we ask is whether or not a grantee is currently receiving other funding, or is affiliated with another organization. We try to fund projects that are trying to create a solution in a community that doesn’t necessarily have that solution in place, not to simply fund another wing of an existing organization.\n\n\nSustainability – we want our grants to start programs, and we want to fund programs that will continue after our funds are gone.\nSchool Integration – The K12 public school curriculum impact must be at the heart of the program to receive funding from the YAB.\nCollaboration – We look for multi-tiered projects that brings together students from multiple age groups. \n
To frame the work that the YAB does, I’ll talk a bit about the underlying themes that the YAB stick to when evaluating a grant.\n\nGrants:\nFunding ranges from 25,000 - 100,000\nThe Board creates the Request for Proposal entirely themselves, and then reads and reviews the applications that come back.\nAs such, one of the key components that the Board looks for in a good grant is to be youth-driven.\n\n\nLocal Focus – one of the questions that we ask is whether or not a grantee is currently receiving other funding, or is affiliated with another organization. We try to fund projects that are trying to create a solution in a community that doesn’t necessarily have that solution in place, not to simply fund another wing of an existing organization.\n\n\nSustainability – we want our grants to start programs, and we want to fund programs that will continue after our funds are gone.\nSchool Integration – The K12 public school curriculum impact must be at the heart of the program to receive funding from the YAB.\nCollaboration – We look for multi-tiered projects that brings together students from multiple age groups. \n
