SAGE is global community of teenage entrepreneurs—and their supporters—sharing a common purpose: to make the world a better place.

Breaking News!

• Individual SAGE students want to earn international recognition for their work? Check out the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award program.

  This program is an exciting self-development programme available to all young people between the ages of 14 and 25. It aims to equip them with life skills to make a difference to themselves, their communities and the world.

  Launched in the UK in 1956 as The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, the Award has now spread to 126 countries. Our goal is to have one million young people participating in the Programme by the end of the decade.



• Grossman Family from Chico, CA sponsors eight new international SAGE special competitions addressing each of the eight Millennium Development Goals.Click here for more details.


• Sierra Health Foundation provides SAGE CA with a $25,000 grant to start SAGE in five Sacramento area high schools.


• SAGE Continental Coordinators recently met in Brazil to plan future SAGE strategy and details of the August 2009 World Cup, to be held in Brazil.

Archived News

Thursday, October 30 - SAGE is the organizer of an international meeting where five SAGE Continental Coordinators and SAGE Founder, Dr. Curt DeBerg, will explain how public and private sector pension plans work in their parts of the world. This event is sponsored by SEBRAE, FUNCEF, and PETROS. The goal is to develop a strategy to help SAGE youth in Brazil learn how to save and invest in the long-term. The outcome of this meeting wil be a booklet authored by SAGE Latin America Coordinator, Magdiel Unglaub. This booklet will be distributed to all high school age youth in Brazil. Also, this booklet will introduce the SAGE program to all of these students.

Friday, October 31 - Five SAGE Continental Coordinators, along with Curt DeBerg, will meet for the first International SAGE Summit. The coordinators are Irina Danikova from Russia, Geena Chung from South Korea, Peter Eimer from USA-Canada, John Lukisa from Zambia, and Magdiel Unglaub from Brazil. They will devise an overall plan for the development of global strategies for the next 3 years.

SAGE partners with NACCE. Click here to see how community colleges can start and fund their new youth development programs.

New Content

An Invitation to Teenage Entrepreneurs in California! [PDF]
SAGE World Cup 2008 Results (Below)
Informational SAGE USA Video (Resources)
Check back frequently for new updates!

Recently Updated Files!

How a High School Can Start a SAGE Program 08-09 (Powerpoint)
SAGE Handbook 2008-2009 (Word Doc)
SAGE CA 2008-2009 Schedule & Special Competitions (Word Doc)
SAGE-Youth Venture Seed Capital Application Form (Word Doc)
Sample Grant Proposal (Word Doc)
SAGE Bank Loan Application Form (Word Doc)

SAGE World Cup Website
Click here to see the
Website for the 2008 SAGE
World Cup!

The SAGE World Cup FINAL Results 2008 are in!

•  First Place: Nigeria (Jikwoyi Secondary School from Abuja)
•  Second Place: South Korea
•  Third Place: USA (Santa Monica)
•  Fourth Place: Singapore

1. Singapore
2. USA - Holy Angels Academy, Buffalo, NY
3. Nigeria - Model Secondary School

1. Nigeria (Jikwoyi Secondary School from Abuja)
2. USA (Santa Monica High School from California)
3. South Korea

  Sierra Health Foundation

  The Allstate Foundation

  GotVMail

  The Kenneth Pasternak Family Foundation

  Bank of the West

  Disney Worldwide Outreach

  The Jewish Community Foundation, LA

  The Louis & Harold Price Foundation

  Ray Morgan Company

  The Grossman Family Foundation

  Umpqua

  Steltzner Vineyards

  Wells Fargo

  Boschee/Ball Family

  Mary Ginno

  Tom Payne

  Clifford Neill

  Allison Smith

  Jon Olson & Renee Smith

  James Rudd