Youth Venture

Do you have another great idea?
Do you think another Venture Team or Venturer can help you start another project?
Do you think you and fellow Venturers can work together to solve some of the United States’ most pressing problems?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, consider applying to the Youth Venture Collaboration and Exchange Fund.

The Youth Venture Collaboration and Exchange Fund offers the opportunity for two or more Venture teams or Venturers to connect and collaborate with each other on a new project in the United States.

The fund has a total of $5,000 in collaboration funds available. Each project will go through a review process, and each approved initiative will receive up to a maximum of $2,500 in funding.

To apply for this opportunity, do the following:

1. Find other Youth Venture Teams or Venturers that share similar interests
2. Dream it! Come up with a new project that incorporates all of your ideas
3. Elect a “Lead Venturer” or contact person for the Project
4. Click here to download the Application Proposal
5. Develop an Application Proposal that provides us with
• A clearly defined problem and proposed solution
• Project dates and Timelines
• A participant List
• A detailed budget and resource allocation
• A sustainability strategy (if applicable)
6. Wait to hear back from us and see if we have selected your proposal for funding.
7. Do it!

Youth Venture is excited to offer this new opportunity for our Venturers to come together and change the world! We know all of you are smart and talented through your work on your individual Ventures, but, we also believe that you can create more effective change by working together. So, take this opportunity, and become a Youth Venture Collaborator! Ideas can include (but are not limited to) setting up a partnership with a fellow Venture organization, starting a new organization with other Venturers, or replicating an existing Venture in your hometown.

Applications are due by Wednesday, September 3, 2008.

For more information, please feel free to contact Romina Laouri at rlaouri@youthventure.org or at 703-600-8310.