Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust grant:

The purpose of the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust is to award grants to librarians who "promote the free reading of teenagers." Not much information on the site, I can't see a deadline. 

Complete the application (a two-page pdf) & mail it to:

Julian L. Lapides, Esquire
Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust
600 Wyndhurst Ave, Suite 246
Baltimore, MD 21210

Best Buy Community Grants

Through the Community Grants Program, Best Buy teams across the United States select NFP’s that give teens access to opportunities through technology to help them excel in school and develop 21st Century Skills.

Deadline: 07-01-2013; Between 150-200 awards ranging from $4,000 and $10,000 will be granted.

  Shaquille O'Neal picking up a BB employee

Disney Friends for Change Grants: $1K for young people

Disney Friends for Change Grants offer young change-makers the opportunity to receive funding to help make a lasting, positive change in the world. Projects should highlight the creativity and commitment of young people working to meet the needs of others with the goal of showing how even small actions can add up to big changes.

Multiple grants of $1,000 will be awarded to select applicants. 

Youth ages 5-18 are eligible to apply. Deadline: February 10, 2013. Application + info  here.

To be eligible to lead a Disney Friends for Change grant, you must be between the ages of 5 – 18.  Legally, if you are younger than 13, you must have someone older than 13 prepare and submit the application for you.

@15 Community Grants

Through the @15 Community Grants Program, Best Buy teams across the United States select non-profit organizations that provide positive experiences to help teens excel in school, engage in their communities, and develop leadership skills. 

Best Buy seeks applications from nfp's "serving a diverse population of young teens in the areas of learning, life skills, and leadership. Special consideration is given to programs that provide youth with access to opportunity through technology."

Applications are accepted from July1, 2012 to August 1, 2012.

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MAE Trust: Promote Free Reading for Teens

The purpose of the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust is to award grants to librarians who "promote the free reading of teenagers." There is a whole lot of nothing about the grant, the process, and etc on the site.

Complete the application (a two-page pdf) & mail it to:

Julian L. Lapides, Esquire
Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust
600 Wyndhurst Ave, Suite 246
Baltimore, MD 21210

Win $1K to attend YALSA's YA Literature Symposium

Registration is open now at www.ala.org/yalitsymposium for YALSA’s 2012 Young Adult Literature Symposium in St. Louis, Nov. 2-4, at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch.

Panels will cover everything from trendspotting to the changing face of young adult audience, to the new ways teens are connecting with and interacting with literature.  

YALSA is offering two stipends of up to $1,000 each to fund travel to the symposium. One will be awarded to a library staffer who works directly with young adults (with at least one year experience), and the other will go to a student enrolled in an ALA-accredited MLS program as of November 2, 2012, with a focus on young adult services.

Deadline: June 15 to ngilbert@ala.org. 

Applicants must hold a personal membership to YALSA (student membership is valid for the student stipend).

The library worker guidelines and application is here, the student guidelines and application is here. Both are Word documents.

Best Buy Children's Foundation Community Grants

The Best Buy Children's Foundation strengthens communities through its local, 'Community Grants' grantmaking program. Our goal is to provide positive experiences that will help youth excel in school, engage in their communities, and develop leadership skills. There are guidelines you can look at to make sure your organization meets eligibility requirements and instructions on filling the application out and also a FAQ page.

The average Community Grant amount is $4,000 – $6,000 (maximum=$10,000). Deadline: August 1, 2012

What are the guidelines for Community Grants?

Best Buy teams across the United States select non-profit organizations that provide positive experiences to help teens to excel in school and develop life leadership skills. Special consideration will be given to programs that provide youth with access to opportunity through technology. Additional criteria include:

• Serve a diverse population in local or regional communities
• Build social, academic, leadership and life skills in early adolescents (primarily ages 13-17)
• Show positive results against a demonstrated community need
• Reach at-risk children in working families

The grant application consists of four main sections (though oddly BB gives 5 bullet points):

• Organization Background Information
• Proposal Information
• Demographics
• Budget
• Authorization

Hartford Public Library YA Success Story

The Hartford Public Library's Community Needs Assessment project of the 2010-2011 LSTA cycle devoted the kind of time and attention to young adults that is rarely seen in libraries today.

The project founded a Teen Space Advisory Council composed of young adults from different schools in Hartford. They spent countless hours identifying and quantifying their vision of what the library could do to best serve youth with technology, study space, comfortable yet functional furnishings -- and after-school snacks!!

Read the Success Story on the Webjunction grants page.

ReachOut.com

ReachOut.com is an information and support service for teens. It's run by the Inspire USA Foundation, supported by a lot of partners and sponsors.

It uses "evidence based principles and technology to help teens and young adults facing tough times and struggling with mental health issues. All content is written by teens and young adults, for teens and young adults, to meet them where they are, and help them recognize their own strengths and use those strengths to overcome their difficulties and/or seek help if necessary."

The site offers information on a range of mental health issues, the personal experiences of teens and how they got through these issues, information about how to find help, and teens can also contribute content to the site if they wish.