From: Karen Mendelow Nelson (karenm@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 06 2003 - 11:31:26 PST
Message-Id: <l03130301ba8d521cffcf@[192.168.111.131]> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:31:26 -0800 From: Karen Mendelow Nelson <karenm@exploratorium.edu> Subject: school gardeners in SF- SFGSA Mini grant application
Here is the mini grant application from the San Francisco Green Schoolyard
Alliance
and a message from Tamar.
Greetings Friends,
This is Tamar Cooper, Program Director for San Francisco Beautiful
and member of the San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance (SFGSA). On
behalf of the SFGSA I am proud to announce our mini-grants program.
The attached document is the grant application. We hope that this
program can be useful to your school or a school you are connected to.
Organizations that are directly involved with/related to a particular
publicly funded San Francisco school are eligible to apply. Examples
include school PTAs, School Site Councils, or an organized group of
teachers, parents and/or community members. Please pass this
application on to anyone you think may qualify.
Application Deadline: April 3rd, 2003
If you are unable to download the attached application or if you have
any questions, please contact me at this e-mail address
(tcooper@sfbeautiful.org) or (415) 421-2608.
Best Regards,
Tamar Cooper
Program Director
San Francisco Beautiful
Member, SFGSA
Dear San Francisco schoolyard enthusiast,
Thank you for your support of green schoolyards in San Francisco. The San
Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance invites you to apply to its new
mini-grant program, made possible by the David B. Gold Foundation and the
Foundation for Ecology and Culture.
Components of SFGSA Mini -Grant Program: The mini-grant program will only
fund supplies/materials (example: soil, seeds, plants, related art
materials, gardening supplies and related construction materials) and
gardening tools that will be used to create or enhance an outdoor learning
environment at publicly funded San Francisco schools.
Mini-Grant Eligibility: Organizations that are directly involved
with/related to a particular publicly funded San Francisco school are
eligible to apply. Examples include school PTAs, School Site Councils, or
an organized group of teachers, parents and/or community members. Priority
will be given to those who attended the SFGSA's Growing Greener School
Grounds Conference. Individual applicants will not be considered.
Average amount granted: $300-$600
Application Deadline: The application must be received by Thursday, April
3, 2003.
In addition to filling out this grant application, the following documents
are required and must be submitted with the application:
1) Letter of support from your school principal.
2) Letters of support from at least 2-3 teachers at your school, who will
commit to using the proposed project during class time, play time or after
school (depending on the nature of the project) and commit to engaging
students in the creation of the proposed project. Please note that members
of the applicant organization may submit letters of support.
3) A document stating the in-kind/financial support or volunteer time that
will be committed to the project.
4) A long term maintenance plan for the proposed project (summer
maintenance, long term plans for sustainability).
5) A designated "point person" as well as a secondary contact. The point
person will be responsible for proper expenditure of funds as well as
producing a timely follow-up report.
6) A timeline for planning, construction, completion and maintenance of the
proposed project. (We assume that most projects will be undertaken in Fall
2003.)
7) A Project Budget that includes:
a) The total cost of the project
b) How the mini-grant money will be used.
c) In-kind services the project will benefit from (including volunteer
time, donated supplies or
expertise etcŠ)*
d) Any other resources that will make this project successful
(additional funders, etcŠ)
8) Aerial photograph, plan view map, or other illustration of the school
that locates the proposed
project site (A simple drawing will be sufficient if formal maps are
not available).
9) Current photographs of the site where you plan to build/create your
proposed project.
10) Illustrations of the proposed project (if possible).
Please send your completed application to: SFGSA c/o San Francisco Beautiful
41 Sutter Street, Suite709 San Francisco, CA 94104
Mini-Grant recipients will be expected to provide follow-up information
once the grant has been implemented including:
1) Photographs of completed project.
2) Original receipts to account for all expenditures.
3) A scheduled follow-up visit by San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance
Members
4) A completed follow-up questionnaire and brief summary report.
* Please assume that 1 Volunteer hour = $10.50
If you have any questions please contact Tamar Cooper at (415) 421-2608 or
tcooper@sfbeautiful.org.
San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance
Growing Greener School Grounds
Mini-Grants: 2003
Grant Application
Name of Applicant Group/Organization:
_____________________________________________
School Name: __________________________________________________________________
Address, City, ZIP Code:
_________________________________________________________
Phone Number: _________________________________________________________________
School Principal's
Name:_________________________________________________________
Number of Students Enrolled at Applicant School:
_____________________________________
Name of After School and/or Summer School Program and Contact Person/Info
(if applicable):
______________________________________________________________________________
Number of Students in After School or Summer School Program (if
applicable): ________
Square Footage or Acreage of Outdoor Space on School Property (estimate if
necessary): ________
Point Person (individual responsible for proper expenditure of funds,
submitting receipts and follow up report ):
_____________________________
___________________________
Name Mailing Address
________________________ ________________________
Phone # E-mail Address
____________________________________________________
Affiliation with school (teacher, parent, garden coordinator, etcŠ)
______________________________ ____________________________
Secondary Contact Mailing Address
________________________________ ___________________________
Phone # E-mail Address
____________________________________________
Affiliation with school (teacher, parent, garden coordinator, etcŠ)
GRANT QUESTIONS - Please answer the following questions. You may use extra
paper if necessary:
Briefly describe the current status of your school's outdoor space. How is
it currently being used to address the school curriculum?
Do you have a master plan for the school's outdoor areas? If so, please
attach a copy to your application. If not, what are the long-term plans for
the school's outdoor learning environment?
Describe what the mini-grant will fund. (Please attach illustrations of the
proposed project if possible)
How will the school community (students, parents, teachers, administrators,
surrounding community members) be involved in this project?
What are the academic, environmental and community building outcomes you
foresee coming from this project?
Who will be involved in building, creating and maintaining what is being
proposed in this grant? How will they be involved? What areas of expertise
do they posses (carpenters, landscape architects, gardeners, plumbers,
etcŠ)?
How will the students at the school be involved in the design, creation,
and maintenance of the proposed project?
How will the proposed project be incorporated into the school grounds?
Karen Mendelow Nelson
Program Manager and Science Educator
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
karenm@exploratorium.edu
415-561-0313
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