Service-Learning Grants

Deadline for submissions is May 4 at 5:00pm Central Time (6:00pm Eastern, 3:00pm Pacific).

Use these guiding documents to help your application process:

YAB Grant Supplemental Info (PDF) provides more perspective on the research that the YAB has done in various issue areas, and what types of approaches the YAB looks for in that particular issue area. 

Grant Budget Template Sample (Excel) provides an actual copy of the budget that the YAB requires with grant submissions.  Feel free to fill out and practice inputting the numbers!

Grant Application Sample (PDF) gives you an idea of what the actual application looks and feels like.  Feel free to download and print!

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How to Apply for a State Farm YAB Grant - Tutorial Video

Key dates to remember:

• May 4 - submissions close

• May 5 through late August - YAB members review all grant applications

• Early September - winners are notified, and grant funding is received.

2012 Issue Areas

The Youth Advisory Board is currently funding service-learning projects between $25,000 and $100,000 that address the root cause of the following issue areas. You can also learn more about each area by visiting our Projects page.

Access to Higher Education/Closing the Achievement Gap

Every 26 seconds, a child drops out of school. By developing innovative strategies for empowering students to care about and take control of their education, our grantees hope to reduce and eliminate this crisis. To learn more about this issue area, please visit our projects area.

Financial Literacy

The need for a greater understanding of finance is clearer than ever in light of the ongoing financial crisis. Equipping students with the skills they need to be successful and informed about their current and future finances is the vision of our financial literacy grantees. To learn more about this issue area, please visit our projects area.

Community Safety and Natural Disaster Preparedness

Tens of millions of Americans are victims of crime and natural disasters every year. By empowering students, innovative solutions to these issues can be developed and implemented in our communities. To learn more about this issue area, please visit our projects area.

Social Health & Wellness Issues

The issue of social health and wellness has received unprecedented attention in the wakes of school shootings such as at Columbine and Virginia Tech, nutritional imbalances across the country, and the growing rate of sexual transmitted diseases and sexual assault. The State Farm Youth Advisory Board encourages projects within Societal Health and Wellness that address many of these issues, focus on threats or challenges to, and promote mental, physical, and sexual health.

Environmental Responsibility

From global climate change and environmental education to wildlife conservation and land preservation, our grantees create and implement powerful service-learning projects that improve both our local and global environment. To learn more about this issue area, please visit our projects area.