How to Apply for Funding
District policy states that individual schools and staffers are allowed to pursue grants of up to $20,000 without prior approval from central office; you are advised to stay in communication with us as you pursue these grants, but encouraged to be independent and entrepreneurial in pursuit of resources for your school. Please do contact us if you are applying for a grant; we'd love to be able to help, if we can.
Grant Oversight Committee
The Committee is the primary vehicle for guiding and coordinating grant activities on a District-wide basis. This Committee, which is comprised of representatives from all District offices and entities involved in grant-funded activities, meets generally every two weeks (on Tuesdays). Following an agenda, the Committee exams all major grant opportunities through the lens of relevance to established District priorities and its capacity to implement, monitor and evaluate grant-funded activities. Based on these priorities, the committee designates an administrative unit within the District — a specific central office, region, or school — to serve as primary manager of the program for which funding will be sought, and provides guidance with respect to how the program focus should be defined.
The Grant Oversight Committee is responsible for reviewing the three types of intent to apply forms to decide if partnerships are appropriate and beneficial to its students and schools. For more information on these forms (and for a schedule of meetings), please refer to the Forms page.
In addition, the Committee is the vehicle through which cross-cutting grant development and compliance issues having a District-wide impact are addressed.
Policies and Procedures on Fundraising and Grants Chart
Download this useful legal size chart that summarizes the District rules based on the funding amount and applicant. A smaller version of the chart is also available in the Guide to Fundraising and Grantwriting for Schools on page 26.
District policy states that individual schools and staffers are allowed to pursue grants of up to $20,000 without prior approval from central office; you are advised to stay in communication with us as you pursue these grants, but encouraged to be independent and entrepreneurial in pursuit of resources for your school. Please do contact us if you are applying for a grant; we'd love to be able to help, if we can.
Grant Oversight Committee
The Committee is the primary vehicle for guiding and coordinating grant activities on a District-wide basis. This Committee, which is comprised of representatives from all District offices and entities involved in grant-funded activities, meets generally every two weeks (on Tuesdays). Following an agenda, the Committee exams all major grant opportunities through the lens of relevance to established District priorities and its capacity to implement, monitor and evaluate grant-funded activities. Based on these priorities, the committee designates an administrative unit within the District — a specific central office, region, or school — to serve as primary manager of the program for which funding will be sought, and provides guidance with respect to how the program focus should be defined.
The Grant Oversight Committee is responsible for reviewing the three types of intent to apply forms to decide if partnerships are appropriate and beneficial to its students and schools. For more information on these forms (and for a schedule of meetings), please refer to the Forms page.
In addition, the Committee is the vehicle through which cross-cutting grant development and compliance issues having a District-wide impact are addressed.
Policies and Procedures on Fundraising and Grants Chart
Download this useful legal size chart that summarizes the District rules based on the funding amount and applicant. A smaller version of the chart is also available in the Guide to Fundraising and Grantwriting for Schools on page 26.