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GRANT INSTRUCTIONS

GRANT APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Ladera Ranch Education Foundation
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2010

The following are guidelines adopted by the Foundation for grant consideration. All grant requests are considered on an individual basis and may go outside these guidelines at the discretion of the board.

  

    • Introduce an innovative and creative program involving students


    • Offer students a unique learning opportunity which enriches the study of a related subject matter


    • Provide resources which will enhance classroom curriculum by encouraging student participation


    • Not qualify for state, federal or district funding

 

The grant application procedure is as follows:

  

    1. Complete the application form. Please be as thorough as possible in providing requested information. Include copies of informational literature or photographs of equipment or materials, if applicable. Price information, including tax, shipping, and handling costs is very important.


    2. Sign the form. If the application is on behalf of more than one teacher, be sure all teacher signatures are on the form. Be sure to include the grade level and the number of students you anticipate will benefit from the grant.


    3. Obtain principal’s signature. This assures the Foundation that administrative personnel are partnering in your grant application.


    4. Return form to your school principal no later than the deadline for applications.


    5. Grant award receipts are required to follow up with the LREF board no later than January 15th of the following year after the grant award date. Follow up includes information on how and when the grant was implemented in the classroom and photos of the items in use with appropriate signed release forms.


    6. All approved grants are for school use. In the event that a grant award recipient leaves the school or elects to teach a different grade, items purchased with grant funds must remain in place at the school and grade to which the funds were originally granted.


    7. All items purchased with grant funds MUST be identified as so, including information that is presented to parents, teachers and administrators. All items must be identified with labels which indicate that the item was purchased with LREF granted funds. (LREF will provide the labels to each grant award recipient.) Failure to do so may result in the denial of future grants.


    8. Once approved, any changes to the grant must be approved by the grant committee. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of your grant.” Amounts in excess of the grant award will not be reimbursed.

 

Grant applications must be submitted no later than April 30th to your school office. Applications will be accepted at any time prior to the deadline but will not be accepted after the due date. Grant recipients will be notified no later than 7 days following the Foundation’s board meeting. For award recipients, complete purchase order information must be submitted to your school office administrator by September 30th. This information should include a description of the item(s), vendor, price, tax, shipping and handling. Payment requests made to LREF should include completed LREF Grant Payment Request form. IMPORTANT: Failure to timely submit your purchase order information will result in the forfeiture of your grant award.


Any questions concerning your application may be directed to info@LREFonline.org.