2024-25: Buckeye Education Foundation Grant Application

Thank you for your desire to improve students' learning experiences at BUSD schools this school year! We look forward to reviewing your grant application. Before you apply, please make sure you have reviewed the requirements and grant process as described on our website.

Here are some important things to note about the application process:

BUDGET: As part of the application below, you will need to attach an itemized budget that shows your project budget, and specifically how grant funds will be spent. Please make sure your file name includes your name. Please also make sure that your budget includes the TOTAL cost of the project. Be sure to describe ALL sources of funding for the entire cost of the project, not only the specific part that BEF is funding, if other sources of funding are contributing.
PREPARATION: Applicants cannot save and return to the application later. We recommend making note of the questions or printing them, and working on your info separately. Then, come back to this form when you have everything ready to submit.
BE CONCISE: The answers to the questions do not need to be lengthy. As long as you feel like you are able to answer the question being asked, concise answers are perfectly adequate. We want the application process to be fair and thorough, but not overwhelming or difficult. The goal of the application is to be able to understand the project, your role in it, how it benefits students, and how BEF funding would be used.

If you have any questions at any time, please contact us at grants@buckeyefoundation.org The people who answer questions are not involved in the application scoring process, so please feel free to ask away!

About You

Name*

First NameLast Name

Work Email*

example@example.com

Best Contact Phone Number*

Please enter a valid phone number.

What is your status with BUSD? Please indicate if you a teacher, staff member, or other employee, and what your position title is. *

About Your School

School name*

Please verify that your site's Principal is aware of and supportive of this project. Note that for projects involving book/curricula purchases, Principals must be informed and supportive of the specific items being purchased.*

YesNoNot sure

About Your Project

Title of Project*

This title may be used on Buckeye Foundation's publications both internally and externally

Describe the purpose of your project and how it will benefit your students' learning experience. *

If you'd like, you can include links to other examples of your project to help evaluators better understand what you are trying to accomplish.

Why is this project important for you and your students?*

In which grade(s) are the students who will participate in this project?*

How many students will be impacted this school year by this project? If the project includes the purchase of assets that will be used beyond this school year, how many students may be impacted per year and for how many years?*

When do you expect to complete this project?*

If the project includes materials that will be used beyond this school year, please indicate the date you expect the project to be first implemented for this school year's students.

What are the project's goals? Please make these goals: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely*

How will you measure the success of the project in relation to its goals?*

Budget Summary

Project budget: Please attach a file containing an itemized project budget, with item descriptions that show how the funds will be used. Please also make sure that your budget includes the TOTAL cost of the project (please include ALL sources of funding for the entire cost of the project, not only the specific part that BEF is funding, if other sources of funding are contributing). The amount in the budget for which you are requesting BEF funding should align with the grant amount you are seeking. *

Please make sure your file is clearly labeled with your name.

What is the requested grant amount? (Up to $1,000)*

What is the total project budget, including the amount you are requesting from BEF?*

What other sources of funding have been requested to assist with this project, and what was the outcome of those requests? (e.g. PTO/PTA, Principal's site funds)*

Has this project, or a similar project, been funded by another source in a previous year/years? If so, what year(s) and what funding sources?*

Will you be able to facilitate this project without grant funding from Buckeye Foundation?*

Have you received grant funding from BEF in a prior grant cycle? If so, when?*

Received funding in Spring 2023 (inaugural cycle)Received funding in Fall 2023Received funding in Spring 2024Have not received prior BEF grant funding

Grant Agreement

By checking the "I agree" button and submitting this form with my signature below, I verify that all my responses are accurate and honest. I agree that if I should receive any grant from Buckeye Education Foundation, that the entire amount of said grant will be used for necessary expenses to complete the project as described. I understand that purchases remain the property of Buckeye Union School District and not my personal property. I understand that all reimbursable expenses must be submitted no later than May 30, 2025 to be eligible for inclusion in the grant. I agree to submit a final grant report no later than May 30, 2025.

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