National 4-H Council
Project Title
For project support of the Beyond Ready Program
Date
Sep. 11, 2025
Duration
24 months
Description
Many young people across the United States, particularly those in rural and underserved communities, lack access to high-quality opportunities to build civic knowledge. This grant will support the National 4-H Council’s Beyond Ready, a multi-year strategy to prepare up to 10 million youth for civic, career, and life success by 2030. Over the two-year grant period, Carnegie’s investment will support three core activities. 4-H will launch a new Civic Engagement Track at Ignite by 4-H, the organization’s national youth summit in Washington, D.C., engaging approximately 3,400 students and providing Carnegie-funded scholarships to 200 youth from underserved communities to attend the summit. Second, the Lead to Change initiative will fund and mentor 30 youth-led civic action projects with seed grants. Third, the grant will support training for 300 adult volunteers, enabling them to deliver high-quality civic learning experiences to approximately 15,000 youth nationwide.