Name of Project

Name of Project

Slogan or Motto

[replace with your own photo]

Table of Contents

[your logo]

1. Team

2. Mission & Vision

3. Problem

4. Solution

5. Market/Need

6. Financing

7. Timeline

8. Outcomes

Team Member NameBrief description of team

member and his or her skills and strengths.

Team Member NameBrief description of team member and his or her skills and strengths.

Team Member NameBrief description of team member and his or her skills and strengths.

The Team

[Replace with photo]

[your logo]

One sentence summary of what your venture is and does. Your elevator pitch.

MissionA short phrase or sentence that sums up your mission.

VisionA short phrase or sentence that sums up your vision.[insert team photo]

[your logo]

Problem•One fact or statistic that speaks to

the problem you are addressing

•Another fact or statistic that speaks to the problem you are addressing

•One more fact or statistic

•Root Cause: What you think is the root cause of the problem you are addressing

[your logo]

[Optional: insert photo(s) here to illustrate the problem you are

addressing]

SolutionIn one concise sentence, describe your solution. Try to speak to the following: who, what when, where, how, why. Add a second sentence that talks about what makes this solution innovative or special. For example...

Each week day, youth volunteers collect day-old bread from bakeries on their way home from school and deliver them to local homeless shelters so that food does not go to waste, homeless people are fed and young people are actively engaged with the poor in their community.

It allows teens to help homeless shelters without having to raise or spend money.

[your logo]

[You may want to insert additional slides here to explain your project more. Help people better understand•one of the who, what, when, where, why, how•a key product you sell or use•a technology you use•an important process that your project follows to create change

Note: use images where appropriate

Market/Need

Use numbers to show:How many people or organizations can you help?How many people or organizations need your product or service?

[your logo]

200015% 300Explanation of what

this number represents

Explanation of what this number represents

Explanation of what this number represents

FinancingFunding Sources (Year 1) Amount

Existing funds $xxxx.xx

Fees for your service $xxxx.xx

Fundraising activity 1 $xxxx.xx

Fundraising activity 2 $xxxx.xx

Other grants $xxxx.xx

Total $xxxx.xx

[your logo]

Financing 2Expenses (Year 1) Amount

Major expense 1 $xxxx.xx

Major expense 2 $xxxx.xx

Major expense 3 $xxxx.xx

Major expense 4 $xxxx.xx

Major expense 5 $xxxx.xx

Total $xxxx.xx

[your logo]Revenue Total $xxxx.xx

Timeline

[your logo]

1 2 3 4 5Month Day, Year Month Day, Year Month Day, Year Month Day, Year Month Day, Year

Milestone 1:Launch Project

Milestone 2:Describe the next major goal and indicate when you will achieve it below

Milestone 3:Describe the next major goal and indicate when you will achieve it below

Milestone 4:Describe the next major goal and indicate when you will achieve it below

Milestone 5:Describe the next

major goal and indicate when you

will achieve it below

Outcomes

[your logo]

Month Day, Year

Metrics

•first indicator

•second

indicator

•third indicator

6 month 1 year 2 yearMonth Day, Year Month Day, Year

Metrics

•first indicator

•second

indicator

•third indicator

Metrics

•first indicator

•second

indicator

•third indicator

[your logo]

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about the authorCharles Tsai is the founder and Executive Director of Global Youth Fund and also works for Ashoka’s Youth Venture as Director of Virtual Program. Previously, he worked at CNN as a reporter and producer.

creative activist toolkitThe Creative Activist Toolkit is a series of

PDF booklets designed to help today’s youth impact the world through creativity and social entrepreneurship produced by the Global Youth Fund and the Creative

Visions Foundation. www.globalyouthfund.org

thanksThe Creative Visions Foundation

The Vancouver FoundationThe Steve Nash Foundation

Jon and Amy Eldon TurteltaubElaine Munro, Debbie Riopel, Jaspal Lisa

RaiBruce Johnson, Brooke Kuhn, Serge

MartinCopyright ©2009 Global Youth FundFeel free to pass this booklet on but you may not alter the content or charge for it. You may quote brief sections if you credit Global Youth Fund and provide a link to globalyouth.ning.com

creditsAmy Eldon Turteltaub Executive

ProducerCharles Tsai Managing Director

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