Grant Alumni

James Bearden, 18

Project: I Love Life Foundation

To raise awareness for suicide prevention, James and the I Love Life Foundation hosted a dance and a rock show for charity. The events showed the participants how teenagers can make a difference in any community, and to reach out to people who need them. ... More

Paloma Medrano, 19

Project: Watsonville Bike Shack

The Watsonville Bike Shack teaches youths in Paloma’s rural community how to repair bikes, which gives teens important skills while providing the town’s residents with low cost, eco-friendly transportation.... More

Morgan Starks

Project: Safe Connects

Safe Connects is promoting Internet safety and teaching middle school kids internet etiquette and safety practices through interactive workshops. Surveys are conducted after each session to ensure that the kids are learning something new. ... More

Violet Luxton

Project: Teen Green

Teen Green is an environmental group which has set up a variety of its projects—an organic garden for the elementary school, a natural earth building, and a new trash program. ... More

Sanjaya Punyasena, 24

Project: Ahkun.org

Sanjaya started Ahkun.org, a website that will allow recipients of microfinance loans sell their goods internationally. ... More

Raechel Haller, 22

Project: 100 Hours of Power - Grand Rapids

Raechel's goal is to collect enough new/gently used books to place one book in the hands of every child in Grand Rapids after school programs. She will also spread awareness about literacy in her community.... More

Gracie Greenberg, 19

Project: The Grant Houses Community Garden Project

Grant Houses Community Garden Project is a joint effort between Columbia University students and neighboring public housing residents to create a sustainable, healthy source of food for the community.... More

Michael Poku, 21

Project: For the Love of a Mother's Child

Michael founded this organization after finding evidence of a significant amount of underserved homeless people in the greater Austin, TX area. For the Love of a Mother's Child offers support services and housing for homeless individuals and families. ... More

Kyle Freas, 20

Project: Youth Together

Kyle founded Youth Together to teach his community the importance of helping others, while helping children that need it the most. He currently runs 10 programs and has worked with over 32 schools in the Plano, Texas area.... More

Carlin Thomas

Project: Visual Seeing

Through her summer photography class for at-risk and underprivileged youth, Carlin hopes to teach kids a new skill while also learning to appreciate different things about the place they call home.... More

Andrew Kennard, 18

Project: The Garfield High School Ancient Greek Club

Andrew started the Ancient Greek Club at his school using his own money to fund it. When all members passed the National Greek Exam Andrew was encouraged to continue and expand his project.... More

Elliot Goldstein, 17

Project: Carts for the Homeless

To create a new form of help for homeless people that focuses on improving their lives within their own lifestyle, Elliot created Carts for the Homeless. To address the lifestyle needs, the durable, plastic cart has specific features such as a tarp for rain, water basin, and lockable storage mechanism. ... More

Lynn Anne Perez, 13

Project: Project Give

Lynn started a project with her friend to aid the victims of Hurrince Ike. The name of their project is Project Give, which stands for Giving Ike Victims Essentials.... More

Elizabeth Nowak, 20

Project: Pujehun Youth Center for Peace and Wellness

Working with Harvard’s Sierra Leone Initiative in Pujehun, Elizabeth has started her own project: The Art and Wellness Project. This focuses to engage youth in community building and health advocacy through photography. ... More

Haley Kilpatrick, 23

Project: Girl Talk - Fuel for Inspiration (April 21st Launch)

Girl Talk is a nonprofit organization with chapters in 24 states reaching over 30,000 girls that hosts weekly discussions designed to help members build self-esteem and understand how to handle real-life situations.... More

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Did you create a sustainable community action project, program or organization that you want to grow? Do you need money to turn your idea to make change into reality? We give out a $500 Do Something Grant every week to help young people just like YOU!

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The Do Something Awards (formerly The BR!CK Awards)

Athletes have the Olympics. Singers have the Grammy’s? World-changers have the Do Something Award. The Do Something Award is the premier award for young people changing the world. Win up to $100,000 for your organization or cause.

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