Students and parents (or guardians) are required to apply for funds. Students must be referred by their school’s Social Worker. Applications are reviewed monthly and voted on by the Applications Committee. The money is paid directly to the program.  Please see below for a list of activities we commonly fund, and examples of things that SKJAJA does not fund, prior to submitting your request.

The Spring Semester 2019-2020 Application cycle is now CLOSED.
SKJAJA will re-open the application cycle in August 2020 for the 2020-2021 school year.

Before you go...
Please consider taking our Wait List Survey!

SKJAJA Wait List Survey

​SKJAJA relies on grants, donors and corporate sponsors to fund our application cycles.  Answering the following questions will help SKJAJA learn more about the students who wish to receive funding after our funding cycle closes, and will help us raise more money for the future.

When you've completed this survey, your name will be added to the SKJAJA Wait List.  If any additional funding comes through between now and the end of our fiscal year (June 30), awards will be granted to those students on the wait list first.  If funds become available, SKJAJA will contact you and ask you to complete our application, and students will be considered on a first come, first served basis.

DOWNLOADS/FORMS

PIF REQUIREMENTS

• SKJAJA Application (2019-20)
• Survey #1 - Elementary (2019-20) - PDF
• Survey #1 - Elementary (2019-20) - ONLINE
• Survey #1 - Middle & High School (2019-20) - PDF
• Survey #1 - Middle & High School (2019-20) - ONLINE
• Pay it Forward time log​ (2019-20)
• SKJAJA Flyer​

Elementary:
 $100 granted = 1 hour of service required 
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Middle / High School:
$50 granted = 1 hour of service required
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​High school students ​can use SKJAJA PIF hours as Service Learning Hours

ACTIVITIES WE FUND

​Following are examples of activities that we often fund:

• Instrument rentals
• Dance/creative movement classes
• Painting classes
• Music lessons
• ​Youth rec sports (baseball, football, soccer, basketball, etc)
• Swim lessons
• Writing & cartooning classes
• Baby sitting training
• Overnight field trips
• Tutoring
• Sports camps
• Summer day camps

Examples of summer camps previously (or partially) funded...

• The ArtsCenter camp
• UNC Lacrosse camp
• UNC Basketball camp
• Hargraves Day camp
• UNC Greensboro Band camp
• Summer Reading Skills camp
• Future Business Leaders of America
• Overnight camp
• Summer program at the Arc of Orange County

ACTIVITIES WE DON'T FUND

• Yearbooks
• Prom fees
• Testing fees
• Competitive (travel) sports teams (ie: AAU)
• College applications
• Non-mandatory uniform requests (ie: team warm ups)
• Food
• College admittance/acceptance days or orientation
• International School Orchestra Trips