Help Local Nonprofits Win $25,000 Grant with Cause an Effect Campaign

State Farm is searching for people who want to Cause an Effect by bringing one of 40 $25,000 grants to their community.

From now until March 20, any and everybody can visit the Cause An Effect tab on the State Farm Facebook page (Cause An Effect) to submit a Cause for a chance to help make their neighborhood safer, stronger, and better educated. 

Cause An Effect is a youth-led, crowd-sourced initiative that partners with local, non-profit organizations to create solutions to community issues identified by consumers.

Everyone who submits a Cause via Facebook will be entered for a chance to win one of the 40 grants. 

“Our local nonprofits provide concrete solutions to pressing issues in this community,” said Brad Hilliard State Farm Spokesman. “The goal of Cause An Effect is to encourage local residents to identify core issues and provide resources for a local non-profit to creatively make a difference.” 

The State Farm Youth Advisory Board, a diverse group of 30 full-time high school and college students who are passionate about social responsibility, will review the Cause submissions and help State Farm select 100 finalists. State Farm will identify and pair one of the recommended or user-suggested nonprofits with each Cause.

These nonprofits will create and execute a plan to address the Cause; the Cause submitter can be as involved as they choose to be in this process.  

Once finalists are selected on April 27, local residents will get the chance to rally behind the Cause that means the most to them by voting on the State Farm Facebook page up to 10 times daily until May 17, when voting concludes.

The 40 Causes that receive the most votes will be announced on May 22, and a $25,000 grant will be awarded to the affiliated nonprofits to implement the solution.

For more information or to submit a Cause, visit the State Farm Facebook page: Cause An Effect  or search #causeaneffect on Twitter.

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