CultureConnect Humanities Grant Application

CultureConnect Humanities Grant Application
Grant Application

Guidelines
CultureConnect funds projects that forward our mission of empowering youth and families to build a future rooted in justice, global awareness, and cultural understanding. All projects must be a collaboration between students and administrators/teachers and/or staff.

We favor grant applications that:
- Cover humanities-based topics that are not addressed in the current curriculum OR that take a deeper dive on aspects of the current curriculum
- Are experiential
- Are new and innovative
- Embrace CultureConnect values of: diversity, collaboration, connection, dynamism, bravery and fun
- Seek input and participation from the communities being studied/celebrated/explored by the project, and offer compensation to those community members.
- Have specific learning objectives
Award Amounts:

The budget for these grants may vary from year to year. While there is no minimum grant amount, the standard maximum is $500; however, larger requests may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Deadlines:

We welcome grant applications on a rolling deadline. You can find the application at www.cultureconnectrbk.org and it can be submitted to admin@cultureconnectrbk.org

We will seek to respond to grant requests within 1 month of receiving them.

Application Process:

Teachers and students with project ideas can apply directly with this application.

Our grants review committee will offer preliminary approval to proposals we believe are worthy of support.

To ensure district buy-in, the grantee must then obtain sign-off on the project from
1. their school principal,
2. the director of curriculum, and
3. the superintendent.
Once district approval is secured, CultureConnect will submit a check for the approved amount to the district business office. The superintendent will ask the school board for approval of that donation, and once the school board approves it the grantees will be notified by the district clerk.

In order to access funds, grant recipients will follow the district-approved processes set by the business office.

Selection Process:

CultureConnect has a grant review committee made up of board members and other community volunteers. The committee meets at least once a month to review any grant applications that have been submitted.

We attempt to respond to applications within a month of submission.

If funds are no longer available, we might ask the applicants if the project can be delayed until the next budget cycle.

Responsibilities of Grant Recipients:

Once a grant application is approved, CultureConnect will submit a check for the approved amount to the district business office. The superintendent will ask the school board for approval of that donation, and once the school board approves it the grantees will be notified by the district clerk. In order to access funds, grant recipients will follow the district approved processes set by the business office.

Within a month of completion of the project, grant recipients must send CultureConnect a short recap of the project and summarize its impact, as well as provide a few photos for use on our website and social media. You can find the reporting form here.

Please ensure that all photos are properly vetted by your school district and in keeping with its photo approval and distribution policy. We will provide you with our “funded by” logo and require that you use that on all printed and electronic communication about the project.

Questions? Email admin@cultureconnectrbk.org

Note: Grant Reviews are confidential. Consideration of all requests will be based entirely on the information provided.
Date*

MonthDayYear
Date
Project Title*
One sentence description of project:*
One sentence description of the learning objective(s):*
Primary Grant Applicant Name (STUDENT)*
First and Last Name
Secondary Grant Applicant Name (TEACHER/STAFF)*
First and Last Name
Primary Applicant Phone Number*
Please enter a valid phone number.
Primary Applicant Email Address (STUDENT)*
example@example.com
Secondary Applicant Email Address (TEACHER)*
example@example.com
Other Participants:
School Name: *
Grade(s): *
Project Start Date*

MonthDayYear
Date
Project End Date*

MonthDayYear
Date
Is funding related to this project being applied for or been received from any other funding entity?*

YesNo
If Yes, describe:
Total dollar amount requested from CultureConnect:*
Grant Application

Project Narrative
Provide a narrative description of the project.

Your narrative should be 1-3 paragraphs.

The following questions should all be answered in the narrative:
1. How does the project address empowering youth and families to build a future rooted in justice, global awareness, and cultural understanding?
2. Expand on the learning objective stated in the above section.
3. How many students will this project affect?
4. If you are collaborating with any other community organizations or individuals on this project, please describe the nature of those collaborations. Specifically describe how you are collaborating with members of the community that this project is intended to highlight (ie. If you are doing a project about Indigenous art, how have you solicited input from Indigenous community members).
Project Narrative*
Grant Application

Budget Summary
Supplies, description and projected dollar amount. If none are needed, put "N/A":
Food, description and projected dollar amount. If none is needed, put "N/A":
Outside Speaker/Vendor (please describe). If none is needed, put "N/A":
Travel (please describe). If none is needed, put "N/A":
Compensation for community partners (please describe). If none is needed, put "N/A":
Other (please describe):
Should be Empty: