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Alper Family Foundation Social Entrepreneurship
Incentive Grants
Throughout history, Jews have advocated for social issues, provided service to their communities, and
been the change they want to see in the world. Now we have the opportunity to reach the next level.
The Alper Family Foundation via The PANIM Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values of BBYO has
expanded the Alper Family Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Incentive Grants to include teens from across
the Jewish Community. Through this grant, Jewish teens from around the world have the opportunity to develop
an understanding of social entrepreneurship and integrate their Jewish values to create a service and advocacy
project in their home communities.
The Alper Social Entrepreneurship Grant is an incredible opportunity to take community service to the next
level. This grant will allow grantees to gain knowledge and build skills to execute projects that will include
community organizing, networking, fundraising, marketing and advocating. A selection committee for The
Alper Grant will select 10 grantees to receive $500 capital seed awards distributed between October 2010 and
February 2011. The grantee with the most innovative, effective project will receive a $1500 final prize to further
their efforts and bring their project to new heights. The winner will also have the opportunity to present their
project at BBYO’s international convention to expose a network of over 700 teens, staff members, and lay
leaders to their work.
This elite leadership program will challenge teens to not only successfully implement their own ideas, but serve
as a mentor to future grant recipients. The PANIM Institute of BBYO is dedicated to teaching teens about
effecting social change while emphasizing the importance of Tikkun Olam throughout the broader Jewish
community. The opportunity to take action has come and we are ecstatic to bring this opportunity to the
forefront of our community. We look forward to receiving your application, and seeing how you can change the
world.
B’shalom,
Sarah Arnold
Bobby Dishell
Jason Gordon
Sharon Leshner
Memphis, TN
Los Angeles, CA
Palm Beach, FL
Cherry Hill, NJ
Alper Family Foundation Social Entrepreneur Incentive Grant
Thanks to a generous grant from the Alper Family Foundation, THE PANIM Institute of BBYO is
pleased to be able to offer a number of incentive grants of $500 each to all Jewish teens. These grants
are designed to encourage teen leaders to undertake meaningful community service and/or advocacy
projects in their own home communities. Although sustainability is not a requirement of the grant—
previous grants have been awarded for one-time events—the ongoing nature of a proposed project will
be looked upon favorably by the Award committee. One selected grantee will have the opportunity to
showcase their project at BBYO’s International Convention. We look forward to hearing from you.
2010-2011 Grant Application
In order for us to evaluate your project idea, please answer the following questions on another sheet of
paper and submit those answers, along with the attached basic information sheet and budget worksheet.
Grants will be awarded on a rolling, monthly basis between October 2010 and February 2011.
1. Essay - What connection, if any, does your project have to the Jewish values you learned about on your
seminar? For example, if you are creating a project to help local homeless people in your community, you
might write about the Jewish value of b’tzelem elohim (300 words maximum).
2. Project Logistics
A. What is your project? Please give a brief description of what you intend to do. Please include the time
frame, location, and any other relevant details (150 words maximum).
B. What community need does your project address? How will your project meet this need? Be as
specific as possible as to your goals and desired outcomes (150 words maximum).
C. How will you carry out your project? What steps will you take to implement your project? Who will
be involved and how much time do you estimate each person will spend on the project? Please give us a
basic “implementation plan” for your project, including a projected timeline (250 words maximum).
D. Who will be your “mentor” for this project? Please identify one adult who has agreed to act as a
supporter of your project. For your Social Entrepreneurship project, there must be a staff-person in
charge of overseeing the entire production. The mentor fulfills the role of an advisor; he is there to
ensure that things are running smoothly and to aid you in your project if he can. Mentors can
realistically be any adult, your Rabbi, your temple youth director, etc. And, if you are in BBYO, it can
also be your regional director or chapter advisor. (100 words maximum).
E. What is the budget for your project? Please outline all expenses and income for the project. How will
you use an Alper Incentive Grant? If your project requires more than $500, how will you secure those
funds? Please see the following sample budget, and fill out the budget worksheet (150 words
maximum).
If you are awarded an Alper Social Entrepreneur Incentive Grant, PANIM will be periodically following up with
you and checking on the status of your project.
2010-2011 Alper Incentive Grant
Basic Information Sheet
Project Name:_________________________________________________________________
Name (of applicant): ___________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
E-mail: ____________________________
Phone: _______________________________
Adult Mentor Name: __________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
E-mail: ____________________________
Phone: _______________________________
If you are partnering with other teens, please provide their information here:
1. ___________________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________________________________
(attach an additional sheet if necessary)
If you are partnering with existing agencies (i.e. a homeless shelter), please provide the agency’s
information here:
Agency name: ________________________________________________________________
Contact name: ______________________ Phone number: ___________________________
Agency name: ________________________________________________________________
Contact name: ______________________ Phone number: ___________________________
(attach an additional sheet if necessary)
SAMPLE BUDGET WORKSHEET
Project name: Community-Wide Winter Clothing Drive and Giveaway
Category
Expenses
Item
Cost
Total Cost
Flyers
200 x $0.10
$20.00
Rental of the community center for
distribution center
Collection Boxes
8 hours x $50/hr
$400.00
Donated by
supermarket
100 x $0.50
Donate by clothing
store
$150.00 for 1 day rental
$0.00
4 boxes x $10
10 boxes of cookies x
$5.00, 10 packs of juice
boxes x $2.50
$40.00
$75.00
Hangers for clothes
Rental of Clothing racks
U-haul rental to deliver boxes of clothes to
local shelter
Pizza lunch during sorting of clothes
Snacks for 60 homeless people coming to pick
up clothes
Income
$55.00
$0.00
$150.00
Total Expenses
$740.00
Source*
Amount
Small-Alper Incentive Grant
Team member contributions
Synagogue fundraiser
$20 each
Total Income
$500.00
$60.00
$180.00
$740.00
*Please briefly explain sources of funding other than Alper Incentive Grant:
Each of the three teens in the project have agreed to donate $20 of their own money to this project. In
addition, the synagogue youth group has agreed to give us the proceeds from their monthly bake sale to
cover our additional costs. Each month the youth group raises a minimum of $180.
BUDGET WORKSHEET
Project name:
Category
Expenses
Item
Cost
Total Cost
Total Expenses
Income
Source*
Total Income
*Please briefly explain sources of funding other than Alper Incentive Grant:
Amount