You work to improve the lives of youth (pre-K through 24 years old) through innovative approaches in:

–Access to Education: Your program or service helps youth strengthen their education performance and/or increases educational opportunities, e.g. increases academic performance, reduces absentee/truancy, increases critical thinking or social skills, etc.

–Career Readiness: Your program or service helps youth prepare for or assists youth with finding a job, e.g. workforce development, entrepreneurial training, trade school / apprenticeships, etc.

–Health & Wellness: Your program or service helps youth improve their mental or physical health, e.g. improves emotional well-being, provides coaching that builds support and confidence, provides education on nutrition and exercise, etc.

-A majority of your programs/services serves low-income youth (+50% free and reduced lunch) and underserved youth and communities

-Your service area is in any of the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara

-Your nonprofit is a 501(c)3 organization in good standing with the IRS, or you have a fiscal sponsor

-You have a budget of $750,000 or less

-You want to improve and grow your organization and are open to coaching, consulting and technical assistance

-You’re willing to engage with other youth serving organizations to learn together and learn from others

-You ready and able to work with us for three years

We believe that the cycle of poverty for youth can be disrupted by helping economically disadvantaged youth get an education, find a good job, and stay physically and mentally healthy.

– We encourage innovation by supporting emerging, strong, and impactful nonprofits in the Bay Area.

– We are dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of nonprofits in the Bay Area.

– We serve as a hub and convener for peer learning, making connections, and change.

– We pool capital with other interested donors and foundations to invest in nonprofits, amplifying your support and mitigating your risk. We believe together we can do more.

– We believe change takes time and we invest in our nonprofit partners over three years.

– We offer more than a grant—we provide a cohort-based learning experience to improve and grow your nonprofit. We also offer coaching, technical assistance, and consulting expertise to our funded.

– We evaluate our grantees based on agreed upon milestones.

-Applications will open via an on-line process on September 1 and you can apply until it closes on Wednesday, September 30th at 11:59pm.

-A group of staff and board members from All Stars will review all applications. We will invite a select number of organizations to Round 2 where the All Stars Team will schedule a 45-minute “site visit” – either in person or via Zoom. During the site visit, All Stars will ask additional questions to learn more about the organization, program and leadership team.

-The finalists will be invited to participate in Pitch Day on November 18, 2020, making the case for support in a live pitch to panel of investors and philanthropic leaders. Don’t worry, ASHK will work with you to prepare you for a successful presentation.

-The next cohort of 5 grantees will be selected and notified by December 2020, but the formal public announcement will be in January 2021.

-A general operating support grant of up to $25,000 annually for three years.

-Participation in a peer-learning cohort with four other youth serving nonprofits and All Stars alumni organizations.

-Technical assistance, training and capacity building sessions four times per year with the best-in-class presenters, nonprofit leaders and professionals

-Expert coaching and consulting from All Stars nationally recognized staff and board members, approximately 1 hour per month.

-Connections to other philanthropic organizations, youth serving nonprofits, and community-based entities.

-We work with you to collaboratively talk about progress and define the indicators that demonstrate the youth success changes you are seeking towards getting an education, finding a job, and staying mentally and physically healthy

-We help you set goals for improving your organization and becoming more sustainable.  Together, we monitor progress towards that.

-We look at the connections that are fostered between and among the cohort and our partners and track collaborations that are important in your organization’s progress

-We want to increase the number of youth served in our five-county area