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CNH | Updated by CNH Key Club DistrictCalifornia-Nevada-Hawaii DistrictAugust 2013
Presented by:
Grants
Mickey Rosal, D23 Lieutenant Governor
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• What is a grant?• Youth Opportunities Foundation• Filling out an application• Submitting an application• Tips to help you• CNH Kiwanis Foundation Grants
Content
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A grant is…
A sum of money given by an organization, esp. a government, for a particular purpose.
What is a grant?
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What is it?
A fund that uses earned interest to provide grants for Key Clubs and Key Clubbers to help finance their community service projects.
Youth Opportunities Fund
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Where is it?
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50 cents, so what?!
50 cents from the $11 membership fee is given to the YOF.
But it is not all used for the fund.
Your 50 cents goes into a parent account. The interest from that account goes into a service account. 4% of the Service account is used for YOF
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Application Process
Scenario:
An awesome Key Club in the CNH District has a yearly service project where they make hundreds of blankets to donate to a local organization every winter season. The project costs $1000 annually, they want to apply for a grant to continue to do the project every year.
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Questions:
• When and where will your project take place?
• What have you done to get your project started?
• How will your project improve the community? The country? Or the World?
• How will you measure the success of your project?
• Give a timeline of your project
• Many more…
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• You can now fill it out online!
• The “Project Timeline” is a lot more organized and easier to fill out
• Better questions to better assess the application
• A new attachable budget form
Updates to the App
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The deadline this year is October 15, 2013
There are three ways to submit your application:
• Online: email to [email protected]• Fax: (+1-317-879-0204)• Snail mail: directions are on the application
Submitting the Application
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Directions
-Fill out the application online-Print it to get all the required signatures-Scan it to the computer then email it
OR-Fax it
OR-Mail it
* You can also start out with a blank application and fill it out by hand.
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-Incomplete applications
- No signatures
- Additional pages
- Late applications
- Division Wide Projects
Application No No’s- typos
- Incomplete sentences
- One word answers
- Vague plans
- No pre plans have been started
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Approved?... Receiving your Grant $$$
In January you will find out if you were approved or not, and for how much.
Funds are given on a REIMBURSEMENT basis- you need to complete the project by
January-save ALL receipts and invoices-send in another budget form
*All this will be covered in the mailed acceptance letter
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Other Available Grants:The Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation PTP Grant
It is a type of start-up grant. They will Grant you up to $250 to fund a NEW Service event that relates to Pediatric
Trauma Prevention.
This is not used to start fundraisers
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The gist of it:• This application can be submitted any time
of the year. (Allow four weeks to hear an answer)
• You may apply for one grant per project
• Similar to the YOF application process
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Grants can be found on cnhfoundation.org
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Questions Asked:
• Provide a one-sentence summary of the project
• Describe the target audience (who is benefitting)
• Amount requested• Describe the benefit to the community• Relate your project to the objects of
Kiwanis• When do you need your funds by
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• Provide a one-sentence summary of the project
• Describe the target audience (who is benefitting)
• Amount requested• Describe the benefit to the community• Relate your project to the objects of
Kiwanis• When do you need your funds by
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Further Questions: please contact:Mickey Rosal [email protected]
Jacob Torres [email protected] LeBlanc [email protected]
Jennifer Chaves [email protected]
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Questions?