Calling all youth-serving agencies! Read below for a great opportunity we’d like to pass along from our longtime partner, Sun Life Financial.

Sun Life Financial Accepting Grant Applications from
Greater Boston Nonprofit Organizations for Rising Star Awards

Sun Life to award $110,000 in grants & scholarships to nonprofits that are committed to encouraging under-served youth to continue their education

WHAT:
Sun Life Financial is accepting Sun Life Rising Star Award grant applications from nonprofit organizations in the Greater Boston area that advocate for youth from under-served communities.

Sun Life will award two winning organizations with a $50,000 grant, who will each nominate an exemplary student to receive a $5,000 Sun Life Rising Star scholarship towards financing a college education.

The Sun Life Rising Star Awards program, now in its fourth year, provides financial resources to students and nonprofit organizations in large urban school districts that are committed to encouraging under-served youth to continue their education as a means to achieve life-long financial wellness.

WHO:
Nonprofit organizations which have 501(c) (3) tax-exempt status, promote skills that directly translate to educational success in high school to students under the age of 21 and are aligned with a secondary or post-secondary educational institution.

WHEN:
Applications are due by June 7, 2013

HOW:
Applications are available now at sunliferisingstar.com

Contact:
Keith Gainsboro, elevate, 617-895-7905, kgainsboro@elevatecom.com