Ashoka's Youth Venture

Youth Venture is a global nonprofit that helps teams of young people design and launch their own social ventures that target a multitude of issues and interests. Youth Venture provides teens with the tools, guidance, training and funding needed to create positive change within their communities.

Best Buy Children's Foundation is proud to partner with Youth Venture as the administrator of the Best Buy @15 Fund. Through the @15 Fund Youth Venture will award grants by teens for teen implemented social venture projects designed to advance the @15 mission.

To learn more visit www.youthventure.org

Genesys Works

Best Buy is proud to support Genesys Works as one of it's 2009 @15 Charity Partners.

Do you know what you want to do after high school? Many students in poor inner-city communities have similar goals but big obstacles may stand in their way. It's harder to get a professional job if you're homeless, impoverished or your parents don't speak English. Genesys Works helps these students overcome barriers by providing professional training and big company work experience – all while still in high school!

Check us out at www.genesysworks.org.

Project Girl

Best Buy is proud to support Project Girl as one of it's 2009 @15 Charity Partners.

Every day advertisers and mega entertainment companies are using sneaky tricks, lies, manipulations and fear to get us to buy their products. Why does it matter?

VISIT THE PROJECT GIRL WEBSITE www.projectgirl.org TO FIND OUT WHAT WE THINK, AND WHY!

PROJECT GIRL is the first girl-led art-based national initiative supporting girls in the fight against media advertising that's trying to limit and control our lives.

PROJECT GIRL is a movement... a revolution... a celebration... a passion for TRUTH, for real girl power, and the power of art to change the world!

Join us! www.projectgirl.org.

Mercy Corps

Best Buy is proud to support Mercy Corps as one of it's 2009 @15 Charity Partners.

You've heard it before - Our generation is unmotivated and uncaring. Let's prove them wrong! We are smart, motivated and want our voices heard. We know that one out of every six people lives on less than a dollar a day. We're joined together through Mercy Corps' youth program, the Global Citizen Corps, a movement of youth who think and act globally, have the passion to build a better world, and are committed to ending global poverty.

Join Mercy Corps' initiative - the Global Citizen Corps - to connect with other teens and take action today. To learn more visit http://www.globalcitizencorps.org/

Communities In Schools

Getting through school is hard. Sometimes it's boring. Maybe nobody understands you and that stuff doesn't seem to relate to anything in your life. We can relate. We're Communities In Schools. We know you're smart, and can do anything you put your mind to. We believe in you, and we're here to help, however you need it -- in more than 3,200 schools across America.

AFI Screen Nation

AFI ScreenNation™ is the first online video posting-and-sharing community for middle and high-school students, aged 13-18. Through the ScreenNationTM site teens are able to share their thoughts regarding issues of importance to them or ideas for making the world a better place. It's an opportunity for teens to be heard and spark action.

To learn more, visit http://screennation.afi.com/

Search Institute

Search Institute is an independent nonprofit organization that provides leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. The institute generates and communicates new knowledge and brings together community, state and national leaders.

There is an abundance of research on teen problems, angst and risks but little or no formal research on teen strengths, hopes and passions. Search Institute will conduct a research study on behalf of Best Buy focused on youth ages 14-16 to gain insight into their passions and strengths as part of our @15TM commitment to teens.

To learn more about the Search Institute visit www.search-institute.org

Boys and Girls Club of America

Best Buy Children's Foundation is a proud supporter of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America's Club Tech, a national program that makes technology, software and training accessible in Clubs. Through Club Tech, we equip millions of America's youth with vital skills and experiences to successfully compete academically and prepare for a 21st century workforce. Club Tech teaches youth essential digital literacy skills through fun, interactive lessons, available at www.myclubmylife.com.

Mouse Squad

MOUSE is a nonprofit organization that creates technology-based opportunities that motivate underserved students to succeed in today's information society. The MOUSE squad program trains students to serve as in-school technical support help desks. Students get a vareity of hands-on opportunities to learn technology management for middle and high schools. In the end, they have real skills to offer in the job market.

To learn more visit www.mouse.org

Go North

GoNorth! is a free adventure learning program for the K-12 classroom developed at the University of Minnesota. A team of educators, scientists, and K-12 teacher explorers are dog sledding LIVE to 5 circumpolar Arctic locations (2006 - 2010) to educate the world.

The online education program is anchored in natural and social science curricula for K-12 classrooms. Each spring, during the 14-16 week LIVE event, learners enter the online classroom for powerful collaborative opportunities. The team presents live field updates and field research findings in collaboration with NASA and the National Science Foundation.

To learn more visit www.PolarHusky.com.

National Urban League

Best Buy is a proud partner of the National Urban League Project Ready Program. The Project Ready College Preparation Curriculum is a unique and comprehensive approach to addressing the academic, personal, and social needs of African American teens. The curriculum integrates academic preparation along with life skill development and personal, global and cultural awareness to transition into post-secondary education.

To learn more visit www.nul.org

NCLR

Best Buy is a proud partner of the National Council of La Raza's (NCLR) Emerging Latino Leaders Scholarship Program. The NCLRBest Buy Latino Leaders Scholarship Program recognizes high school seniors for their leadership in their communities through volunteerism and provides them the opportunity to benefit from higher education.

To learn more visit www.nclr.org

Science Museum of MN

Best Buy is proud to support the Science Museum of Minnesota and the American Anthropological Association as the national presenting sponsor of the traveling exhibition "RACE: Are we so different." The exhibit will visit numerous cities within the U.S. through 2010 to educate people on the idea of race. Through scientific and historical data, race is examined in ways that challenge how people think about human variation.

To learn more visit www.understandingrace.org

Sweat Equity

SEE is a project-based youth development program that takes place in a real professional environment. Teenagers participate during four years of high school gaining intensive design, technology and entrepreneurship training. Students have the opportunity to develop original graphics, products, or apparel designs from concept to prototype in partnership with a company partner.

To learn more visit www.sweatequityenterprises.org

Best Buy Scholarships

At Best Buy, we believe community service and volunteerism are equally important. That's why the Best BuyScholarship Program rewards students for all of their homework; inside and outside of the classroom. Scholarships are awarded to graduating high school seniors based on their academic achievements and their volunteer work. Since 1999 Best Buy has awarded $13 million in scholarships to more than 10,000 students.

Best Buy employees or their dependents are eligible to apply.

Students must apply online between January 1 and February 15 and winners are announced in May