Rotaract is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women ages 18 to 30. Rotaract clubs are either community or university based, and they’re sponsored by a local Rotary club!

Interact is Rotary International’s service club for young people ages 12 to 18. Interact clubs are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance, but they are self-governing and self-supporting.

Idealist.org showcases thousands of volunteer (and internship and job) opportunities all around the world. Idealist connects people, organizations, and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.

Peace Corps. 200,000+ Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 139 host countries to work on issues ranging from AIDS education to information technology and environmental preservation.

TakePart is a website, for one, and also a Social Action Network that includes individuals, NGOs, online communities and brands who share a common interest in making the world a better place.

Junior Achievement is a partnership between the business community, educators and volunteers — all working together to inspire young people to dream big and reach their potential.

Global Service Corps. Service Learning Overseas.

Empower entrepreneurs. Become a Kiva fellow.

Find a cause, sign a petition!

Diverse range of international service projects, for gap years.

AmeriCorps

Teach For America, ensuring educational opportunity for all.

Student Volunteer Foundation. Students building character and community.

DO SOMETHING! Using the power of online to get teens to do good stuff offline.

Witness. See it, film it, change it.

KaBOOM! Help communities build playgrounds.

United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good.

Kiva. Make a microloan.

Kickstarter is a funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, explorers...

The cost of 2 mochas a month can save a life and sustain many others. (We love mochas! And saving lives!)

Oxfam et al versus Poverty and Injustice

Room to Read seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in developing countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education.

Project Patagonia. Project Patagonia is an all-volunteer, service-oriented initiative to improve the quality of education by increasing access to information technology in rural Argentina.

Support social and economic empowerment through sustainable education initiatives in Nepal.

Heifer International is a non-profit organization whose goal is to help end world hunger and poverty through self-reliance & sustainability.

Save the Children. Creating Lasting Change for Children in Need in the U.S. and Around the World.

Invisible Children is a movement seeking to end the conflict in Uganda and stop the abduction of children for use as child soldiers.

World Vision. Building a better world for children.

Operation Smile. Cleft lip and palate surgeries all.

Empower women around the world.

Youth empowerment organization based out of Bogota, Colombia.

International College of American Nursing. Alleviating the global nursing shortage, and empower unemployed women graduates in Sri Lanka by training them to be nurses and placing them with hospitals.

An LA based nonprofit organization that harnesses the power of music to support sustainable development projects that serve vulnerable children, youth and women in Africa.

The Sundance Institute, actively advancing the work of risk-taking storytellers worldwide.

Check out Three Avocados, a non-profit coffee company.

Land of a Thousand Hills. Drink coffee. Do good.

St. Jude — the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance.

Gift Card Giver collects and distributes gift cards (unused or with remaining balances) to appropriate Non-Profit Organizations that can use those cards to help others.

GEMS—Girls Educational and Mentoring Services empowers girls and young women, ages 12-21, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential.

Mach 25.

Constantly updated database of free college and grad school scholarships to provide accurate and timely scholarship information.

A directory of 93 universities’ financial aid offices.

International Education Financial Aid. Basic Scholarship Search.

United Negro College Fund. Extensive list of scholarships.

Scholarships.com. Find money for college. A large database of scholarships for high school and college students.

Fastweb: Another large database of scholarships for high school and college students.

Student Scholarship Search: daily, free scholarship updatess; also includes scholarships by state and level of education.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation support 8 different scholarships.

Coca Cola Scholarships for high school seniors entering college. 50 $20,000 and 200 $10,000 scholarships awarded per year.

Beat the Odds Scholarship for high school students in Oregon!

National Society of High School Scholars: A GPA higher than 3.5 will earn you a place in this organization, thus making you eligible for a number of scholarships.

The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program is for motivated high school students who want to live with a host family and attend school for an academic year in Germany.

Community Foundation for students from Florida Counties, Palm Beach and Martin.

The George Snow Scholarship Fund. Palm Beach County, Florida.

A program in which high school students create commercials that address the problem of under age drinking.

Discus Awards honors the all-around students.

The George Snow Scholarship Fund. Palm Beach County, Florida.

Distinguished Young Women, a college scholarship program for high-school senior girls.

For high school students. National Merit Scholarships.

High school students. Robertson Scholars program to attend Duke or University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

The UMBC Meyerhoff Scholars Program is for high school seniors who have an interest in pursuing doctoral study in the sciences or engineering, and who are interested in the advancement of minorities in the sciences and related fields.

The New York Times College Scholarship Program. Each year 20 students receives a four-year college scholarship, mentoring and summer employment.

Undergraduate. Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation Defense Scholarship for Service Program.

Undergraduate. NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program.

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation recognizes college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service.

Postgraduate. Erasmus Mundus aims to enhance quality in higher education through scholarships and academic cooperation between Europe and the rest of the world.

Undergraduate and Postgraduate. Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships. The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical areas. The program sponsors academic year scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups.

Postgraduate and budding library and information science enthusiasts. LIS Access Midwest Program (LAMP) is a regional network of academic libraries and information science schools dedicated to promoting careers within the field of library and information science (LIS) by encouraging promising undergraduate students at its member institutions to participate in activities and events designed to increase their awareness of the profession and to provide support for subsequent graduate studies in library and information science.

Postgraduate. Rotary Peace Fellows are leaders promoting national and international cooperation, peace, and the successful resolution of conflict throughout their lives, in their careers, and through service activities.

Postgraduate. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

Postgraduate. Recent college graduates from the USA, looking to study in Ireland. The Mitchell Scholars Program is a national competitive fellowship sponsored by the US-Ireland Alliance.

International Scholarships and financial aid specifically for studying abroad. A listing of grants, scholarships, loan programs, and other information to assist college and university students in their pursuit to study abroad.

Gates Cambridge Scholarships are awarded to outstanding students from outside the UK (anywhere in the world, including USA) to study at the University of Cambridge. The program aims to build a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.

International Education Financial Aid—financial aid, college scholarship and grant information for US and international students wishing to study abroad.

Financial Aid for Undergraduate International Students. This resource provides information primarily for students with nonimmigrant visas.

Financial aid advice for international students.

American Society for Engineering Education. International Fellowships.

For Canadians. The Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation grants Loran Awards to talented young Canadians on the basis of character, service and leadership potential.

International students. Kennedy and Knox Scholarships enables students from the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to study at Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

International students. The postgraduate scholarship program is open to nationals of sub-Saharan African countries.

Monbukagakusho, offered by the Japanese Government. At the time of posting the website is tough to navigate…

International Students. Samsung Global Scholarship Program. Seeking individuals who demonstrate academic excellence and leadership potential and provides them with unique opportunities for leadership development. Each year 15 to 20 individuals are chosen every year from different parts of Globe namely India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Russia, Romania, Egypt, Vietnam.

Postgraduate students. The Rhodes Scholarships, the oldest international fellowships, were initiated after the death of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, and bring outstanding students from many countries around the world to the University of Oxford.

For high school students. Rotary Youth Exchange student, you’ll spend up to a year living with host families and attending school in a different country.

Toastmasters International. Become the leader and speaker you want to be. Improve your public speaking!

RYLA—Rotary Youth Leadership Awards is Rotary's leadership training program for young people.

Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership’s (HOBY) mission is to inspire and develop our global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation. HOBY programs are conducted annually throughout the United States, serving local and international high school students.

American Legion Boys State and American Legion Auxiliary Girls State are the premier programs for teaching how government works while developing leadership skills & an appreciation for your rights as a citizen.

The Paideia Institute, located in Houston, Texas, transforms promising students into excellent academic and social leaders, prepared for immediate success in the rigor of higher education, aware of their Western educational heritage, and ready to assert themselves as leaders at the next level of their lives.

The University of Florida Young Entrepreneurs for Leadership & Sustainability summer program gives college bound high school students the opportunity to live, work, eat, and play on the campus of UF for 5 weeks each summer while learning about entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.

Year Up, in locations around the USA, is a one-year, intensive training program that provides urban young adults 18-24, with a unique combination of technical and professional skills, college credits, an educational stipend and corporate internship.

Minds Matter transforms the lives of accomplished high school students from low-income families by broadening their dreams and preparing them for college success.