Youth Grants
Madison Civics Club Youth Grants

Madison Civics Club was formed in 1912 to encourage civic engagement and thoughtful discussion of the social issues of the day. We offer a lecture-luncheon series highlighting inspiring national and local speakers. We invite and honor outstanding citizens and youth groups, and we welcome everyone to join us.
In recent years we have expanded our community outreach to student groups and youth groups throughout Dane County. Youth groups involved in valuable community activities have been given some financial grants as well as being invited to the Saturday luncheon meetings with their instructors to hear national and international speakers in areas of their interest. Both the students and Civics Club members have benefited from inter-generational discussions around the luncheon tables. Youth groups are also included in a reception prior to the luncheon, giving them an opportunity to interact with the guest speaker. Our recent supporters have included American Family Insurance, Madison Gas & Electric Company, Alliant Energy, Group Health Cooperative, Channel3000, Summit Credit Union, and the contributing and sustaining members of the Civics Club.
If your high school student group or youth group would benefit from this program, please complete the Youth Grant Application as soon as possible or no later than 4 weeks prior to the luncheon you wish to attend. You can apply in several ways:
- Complete the Youth Grant Application online. If your group is selected, you will need to provide a hard copy of the signed Assurance Statement.
- Send an email to youthgrants@madisoncivicsclub.org, in which you include all the information requested on the application form. If your group is selected, you will need to provide a hard copy of the signed Assurance Statement.
- Print the Youth Grant Application (PDF file), complete it on paper, and mail the completed application including signed Assurance Statement to:
Kay Jarvis
Youth Grant Co-Chair
6401 Stonefield Road
Middleton, WI 53562
Awards of up to $1000 will be given. If your application is chosen for an award, the club requires that a group of your students and an adult chaperone will attend the club meeting. Meetings are held on Saturdays, and the group will be at the meeting from the 10 a.m. reception through the speaker’s question and answer period ending at about 1:30 p.m.
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At the Madison Civics Club meeting when your group is honored, a student will give a one-minute acknowledgment of the grant and briefly state how the funds will be used. This statement will be submitted to the co-chairs, Laura McFadden and Kristi Williams, a week prior to the meeting in which the group will be honored.
- By June 1, 2012, your group will be required to submit a final written report to Madison Civics Club on how the funds received were used. In accordance with IRS rules, this report must include:
Original proposal
Summary of exactly how the award was used.
- An old-fashioned hand-written thank you is not required, but is appreciated. Also, your grant may be chosen as a sample on the Madison Civics Club website, which is further recognition for your group.
Meeting Day Expectations For Youth Grant Recipients
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As part of being an honored group, you and your students must attend the meeting and are required to be at the reception for the speaker. Students should be aware that the invitation includes activities from 10:00 a.m. (reception) through 1:30 p.m. (approximate end of speech and questions). You will be contacted before the meeting for the names of the students attending and any dietary restrictions with the luncheon.
10:00 Reception begins. Please be punctual. The dress code is business casual.
- The Monona Terrace host at the main entrance will direct you to the Madison Civics Club registration table, where you will pick up your meal tickets and nametags. You will then be escorted to the reception.
- At the reception, honorees and guests will have the opportunity to meet the speaker. Coffee, tea, and punch will be served.
- Honorees and guests will be escorted to the dining room for the rest of the program.
11:00 Meeting begins. There is a short program before lunch is served. Public affairs speaker is introduced and speaks.
- The students will get appropriate recognition for their community service.
- The whole group will stand, and the chair will read a short statement in recognition of the group’s service.
- A student will read a one-minute statement telling how the group plans to use the grant money.
- At this time, the group will receive the grant award and a certificate.
11:30 Luncheon is served.
12:00 Main speaker is introduced and speaks, then answers questions from the audience. (This portion of the program lasts 1 to 1.5 hours.)
If you have questions before the day of the meeting, please call Kay Jarvis-Sladky at (608) 831-9331. If you have concerns or last-minute information the day of the meeting, please call Kay at (608) 333-5858.
Parking: Parking is available within the Monona Terrace Complex for $4.00. You may enter the parking lot from either John Nolen Drive or West Wilson Street. Additional parking is available at the Government East Ramp, located at the corner of Doty Street and West Wilson Street, and at other ramps. There is a covered drop-off area at the main entrance on Level 4 of the Monona Terrace parking area. You will be reimbursed for parking.
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Kay Jarvis-Sladky |
Marlys Sloup |
Previous Youth Grant Honorees
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2010-2011
East High School Youth Farm and Community GroundWorks
Verona Area High School Food Drive
Goodman Community Center Girl Council
La Follette High School Key Club International
West High School Green Club
Waunakee High School Tech 12 Construction Class
Edgewood High School Field to Family and Friends of Dane County Farmers' Market
La Follette High School Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
2009-2010
University of Wisconsin's Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin's Daily Cardinal
Cherokee Middle School History Club
Madison Country Day School Informed Response
West High School Japanese Taiko Drumming Group
Memorial High School BadgerBOTS
2008-2009
Madison SOS (Speak Out Sister!)
Youth Services of Southern Wisconsin Youth Peer Court
Boys & Girls Club of Allied Drive Keystone Club
Boys & Girls Club of South Madison Keystone Club
Sun Prairie High School Circle of Voices
Schools of Hope Project AmeriCorps members
University of Wisconsin Middle East Studies program students
2007-2008
Memorial High School Latinos Unidos
Madison Omega School, Inc.
University of Wisconsin American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
Madison Metropolitan School District American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
Madison Chapter Top Teens of America
Edgewood High School Sisters Taking Active Roles (STAR)
American Field Service (AFS) World Flags Chapter
University of Wisconsin Middle East Studies program students
2006-2007
Waunakee High School's The Purple Sage
Simpson Street Free Press
Stoughton High School's The Norse Star
Memorial High School's The Sword and Shield
Monona Grove High School Model U.N.
LaFollette High School Recycling Club
Malcolm Shabazz City High School Project Green Teen
Sun Prairie High School Science Club
Edgewood College's On the Edge
Memorial High School Women's Studies students
2005-2006
Atwood Community Center Girl Neighborhood Power
Verona High School Ecology Club
Middleton High School Ecology Club
Dane County By Youth – For Youth
University of Wisconsin Engineers Without Borders
Madison East High School Students for Freedom and Peace