Summer Jobless Grants

Grants for Summer Volunteer Programs:

This summer’s teen unemployment rate has been marked at a whopping 75%—compared to 2000 when it was 55%. We think this is a great opportunity for young people like you to get involved in local initiatives or step up and start your own projects to provide the young people in your area with volunteer opportunities in place of jobs.

If you need money to put your ideas into action or to provide more opportunities for other teens to take action and volunteer in your community, these are the grants for you!

These grants can be used to help you run your volunteer efforts and include more teens in what you’re doing. These grants can be used to help you cover costs including food, materials and supplies, event space, transportation to and from a volunteer event. All volunteer programs must engage at least 25 teens in volunteerism, although we hope to see even bigger numbers!

Grant Details

How much?: 8 $2,000 grants and 18 $500 grants

Deadline: July 10th. You will be notified whether or not you have been selected by July 20th. Programs must take place between June 15th and September 6th.

Steps to Apply:

1. Create a Project Posting for your existing project.

2. Check out our Judging Criteria for help with your application


3. Fill out an Online Application

4. Check out the FAQ if you have more questions
5. If you're selected as a winner you'll be ask to submit email or mobile numbers for participants as confirmation, so if your project starts soon, start tracking!

Required

  • A budget detailing how the $2,000 or $500 will be used
  • A recommendation from a non-family member

Optional (but recommended)

  • Photos and video of your project
  • Your project's website

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ELIGIBILITY RULES:

  • The applicant must be 25 OR UNDER.
  • The applicant must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen (You will be asked to prove citizenship and age if you win).
  • You can APPLY for as many grants as you'd like, but you can only win ONE grant from Do Something in a twelve month period (excluding the Do Something Award).

DO SOMETHING GRANTS CANNOT BE USED TO FUND:

  • Travel Costs (If you are looking for grants to help you cover a travel abroad experience check out mytravelbug.org or studyabroadfunding.org)
  • Individual Sponsorships
  • Shipping Costs
  • Individual School Fees (Do Something Grants are not educational scholarships)
  • Fundraisers