MTV and Youth Venture Announce New Grant Program for Young People

Deadline: Rolling, through December 31, 2005

MTV: Music Television ( http://www.mtv.com/ ) has announced the launch of
its new pro-social initiative,  think MTV, which is designed to inform and
empower young  people to take action on social issues.

As part of its effort to encourage its audience to become  more proactive
in their communities, MTV has teamed up  with Youth Venture (
http://www.youthventure.org/ ), a movement of youth social entrepreneurs,
to offer think  Venture Grants to young people who are making a difference
by creating and leading organizations, clubs, or businesses  that address a
need in their communities. Grants of up to  $1,000 each will be offered each
week to a group of young  people with the most compelling and sustainable
community  service project concept in one of the five primary  think MTV
issue areas: discrimination, education, the  environment, global issues, and
sexual health.