Guides & Toolkits
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Practical guides written for student changemakers at every stage.
Project Planning 101
A step-by-step guide to taking your project from idea to action plan. Covers goal-setting, team building, timeline creation, and resource mapping.
Fundraising Tips for Students
How to raise money for your project — from bake sales to grant applications. Includes email templates, pitch scripts, and donor management tips.
Storytelling & Advocacy
How to share your project story in a way that moves people to action. Covers social media, presentations, op-eds, and community outreach.
Measuring Your Impact
Simple frameworks for tracking what your project achieved. Includes survey templates, data collection sheets, and how to write an impact summary.
Working With a Mentor
How to get the most from your mentorship relationship. Includes conversation starters, meeting agendas, and tips for asking for help effectively.
Starting a School-Based Project
Special considerations for projects based in or around schools. How to get approval, involve teachers and staff, and navigate school systems.
Templates
Ready-to-use templates
Fill in the blanks. These templates give you a head start on the documents every project needs.
Project Proposal Template
A structured one-pager to document your project idea, goals, plan, and budget. Required for SHC grant applications.
Project Timeline Sheet
A Gantt-style spreadsheet for mapping your project milestones. Helps you stay on track and communicate progress to your mentor.
Budget Planner
Track income and expenses for your project. Includes columns for estimated vs. actual costs, funding sources, and remaining balance.
External Opportunities
Grants, competitions & fellowships
Curated opportunities for student changemakers — updated each season.
Youth Civic Engagement Fund
$250–$1,000 for youth-led civic projects. Open to ages 12–18. Applications due June 30.
National Student Leadership Challenge
Annual competition recognizing outstanding student-led social impact projects. Cash prizes + mentorship.
Community Impact Summer Fellowship
An 8-week paid summer program for rising 11th and 12th graders to develop and launch a community initiative.
Environmental Action Youth Grants
Up to $500 for student projects addressing local environmental issues. No prior experience required.
Youth STEM Innovation Award
Recognizes student-led projects using technology or science to address community challenges. Open to grades 7–12.
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