Successful grant applicants will exhibit all of the following qualities:

• Deliver services to youth, ages 6 - 24
  
• Preference will be given to organizations that focus on young people in the age range of 12 and older, when they are able to take independent action
  
• Provides opportunity to combine learning with action that support communities and further global citizenship
  
• Deliver services, disseminate information, provide training and/or build broad networks
  
• Provide opportunities for Starbucks partners and multiple stores to be engaged in community service
  
• Starbucks will not support organizations that discriminate against a person or a group on the basis of age, political affiliation, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
  

We also strongly encourage organizations to include information in their proposal about how they exhibit one or more of the following elements:

• Youth are active in the leadership of the organization. Examples include: youth advisors, youth on the board, and organizations created by youth
  
• Development opportunities for youth. Examples include: provide trainings within the organization, external conferences, or youth convenings
  
• Develop young people’s interest in long-term civic engagement in their community
  
• Demonstration of a commitment to building bridges of understanding between and among different youth communities
  
• Opportunities to reach youth who otherwise would not have the opportunity to develop leadership skills in an area unfamiliar to them
  
• Opportunities for youth to gain knowledge of and experience with people of different cultural, racial, economic, religious and ethnic backgrounds
  
• Telling the stories of emerging young leaders. Examples include: newsletters, public performances and other communication outreach
  

Read more and apply for this award at: www.starbucksfoundation.com/index.cfm?objectid=BE688C92-1D09-317F-BBA1CDA8E271C9CB