Funding Priorities
Your investment in 4-H helps create a Brilliant Future for 4-H youth and for our communities, state, country, and world. Positive youth development is a great way to invest in a brilliant future. Please consider helping turn 4-H dreams and ideas into realities that positively impact youth. The 4-H motto is "To Make the Best Better." And while that is a philosophy we want 4-H youth to embrace, it is also a philosophy that our University of Illinois Extension 4-H Youth Development staff team possesses as they work towards making 4-H programs even better in the future.
Following is a list of new initiatives or resources that, if privately funded, would enhance our 4-H program and help create a Brilliant Future for Illinois 4-H’ers:
Annual Fund Potential Funding Priorities
| $50,000 |
4-H Project Books Subsidy Fund |
| $50,000 |
Marketing Tools for 4-H Membership & Leader Recruitment |
| $20,000 |
Anti-Hunger 4-H Project Curriculum |
| $25,000 |
Leadership Conferences |
| $25,000 |
Character Education Community Ambassador Program |
| $5,000 |
Fee Subsidy Fund for 4-H Events |
| $5,000 |
Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame Recognition Program |
| $5,000 |
4-H After-School Learning Kits |
| $5,000 |
Performing Arts Camp |
| $5,000 |
Spanish Language Curriculum Support |
| $4,000 |
4-H Graduation Program for Outgoing Members |
| $2,500 |
Asian Culture 4-H Project Curriculum |
| $2,500 |
National 4-H Technology Conference |
| $2,500 |
Space Camp Scholarships |
| $2,000 |
"Get Up & Move" Program Incentives & Grants |
| $2,000 |
4-H Volunteer Training Program |
| $2,000 |
Volunteer Recognition Gifts |
| $1,000 |
Clover Bud Leader Guides |
Endowment Funding Priorities
| $1,000,000 |
Youth Development Distance Learning Specialist |
| $1,000,000 |
Youth Development Science & Technology Specialist |
| $100,000 |
4-H Leadership Initiatives Fund |
| $100,000 |
4-H Marketing Initiatives Fund |
| $100,000 |
4-H Volunteer Development Fund |
| $100,000 |
Illinois 4-H Equine Excellence Fund |
| $25,000 |
Named Legacy of Leadership Scholarships |
| $15,000 |
Named 4-H Congress Awards |
Facilities & Building Project Funding Priorities
