State Farm Offers Grant Money

Educators and nonprofit organizations may be eligible to apply for grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 offered by the State Farm Youth Advisory Board. Applicants may request any amount within this range, based on a required budget that outlines project expenses.

The Youth Advisory Board will grant funds for student-led servicelearning projects in the United States and in the Alberta, New Brunswick, and Ontario provinces of Canada. Service-learning is a teaching method which supplements classroom studies with hands-on projects that address pressing community issues and problems.

Grant requests must focus on one of the following issues: disaster preparedness, driver safety, accessing higher education/closing the achievement gap, or financial education.

The number of grants awarded will depend on the number and quality of requests received. Grant amounts will vary according to the nature of the proposal and availability of funds.

To be eligible to receive a grant from the State Farm Youth Advisory Board, applicants should be either an educator who currently teaches in a public K-12, charter, or higher education institution, or a school-based service-learning coordinator whose primary role is to coordinate service-learning projects in a public, charter, or higher education institution. Nonprofit organizations are also eligible if they are able to demonstrate how they plan to actively engage students in public K-12 schools in meaningful service-learning programs.

Request for Proposals (RFP) must be submitted online by October 12. Complete details and contact information is available at www.statefarmyab.com.