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Guilford Green Foundation
2006 Grant Application
Please complete this Grant Application in accordance with Attachment A, Guidelines. Submit completed Grant Application and attachments to: Gifting Committee, Guilford Green Foundation, 330 South Greene Street, Greensboro, NC 27401.
Completed Grant Application must be postmarked no later than June 30, 2006.
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
Name of Organization or Institution (referred to hereinafter as “Grant seeker”):
GSAFE – Gay Straight Advocates for Education
Address: PO Box 41044
Website: Greensboro, NC 27404
Contact information for Grant seeker: Gary Palmer
Contact’s Name and Title: Gary Palmer, Chair
Telephone: 336.271.8428 Fax: Email: gary.palmer@replacements.com
If incorporated, please provide date of incorporation (month/day/year): August 26, 2005
II. POPULATIONS SERVED
A. Grant seeker serves the following populations (please check all that apply):
Persons who are:
Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Transgendered
The LGBT Community
under age 21
between ages 21 and 65
over age 65
Racial Minorities
Ethnic Minorities
□ with Serious Health Conditions
□ Disabled
B. Please describe, in a few sentences, the individuals or communities you serve.
We serve the students, staff and faculty of public and private schools, primarily in Guilford County. We do respond to questions and requests outside of Guilford County, including having one board member from Liberty, NC who is trying to affect change there.
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III. GRANT SEEKER’S OPERATIONS
A. Grant seeker’s General Purpose (please check all that apply):
□ Arts and Culture Human Services
□ Education □ Faith/Religious
□ Health □ Other (please describe below)
B. What is Grantseeker’s organizational or institutional mission?
The purpose of the Gay Straight Advocates for Education, Inc. includes but is not limited to: (a) providing for the promotion of a public policy by which schools are alleviated from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity/expression so that all students, faculty, staff and other school community members are made physically and emotionally safe; (b) providing resources which address the educational, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs and wants of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender youth and their allies; and (c) providing for the furtherance of the goals of valuing and respecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons in educational environments.
C. What are the start and end dates of Grantseeker’s current fiscal year?
August 26, 2005 – June 30, 2006 (Reflects our initial incorporation date)
D. What is Grantseeker’s total annual budget for the current fiscal year?
The projected budget was 7,105.00
E. What was Grantseeker’s total annual budget for the prior fiscal year?
This is GSAFE’s first year. We were incorporated in August of 2005.
F. If budgeted, what is Grantseeker’s total annual budget for the coming fiscal year?
$8,960
G. What percentage of Grantseeker’s budget is raised from Grantseeker’s own fundraising efforts?
68% is projected for 2006-2007
IV. GRANT FUNDING SPECIFICS
A. Being as specific as possible, what is the particular initiative, project or activity for which funds are now being requested from the Guilford Green Foundation?
Purchase of 5,000 “SAFE” stickers suitable for use in classrooms, car bumpers or businesses.
B. For the particular initiative, project or activity described in (IV.A) above, what is the total dollar amount Grantseeker is requesting from the Guilford Green Foundation?
$900
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C. What is the total budget for the particular initiative, project or activity described in (IV.A) above?
$1,300. (A quantity of 5,000 stickers).
D. Have other funds been raised or allocated toward meeting the budget identified in (IV.C) above?
Yes □ No
If yes, how much has been raised or allocated as of the date of this Grant Application?
$400
E. If the particular initiative, project or activity described in (IV.A) above is an ongoing program, please describe plans for continued funding of this program.
This initiative will target the 2006-2007 school year. There may be a need for a additional stickers sometime in the future but not on a large scale.
F. What are the start and ending dates for the particular initiative, project or activity described in (IV.A) above?
July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007
V. GRANT RECEIPT SPECIFICS
A. If Grantseeker were to receive a Guilford Green Foundation grant for the particular initiative, project or activity described in (IV.A) above, how exactly would those funds be allocated and used? Please be as specific as possible.
Purchase of 5,000 “SAFE” stickers from Customized Stickers.com. Our quote is for $1,249 plus shipping.
B. If Grantseeker were to receive a Guilford Green Foundation grant for the particular initiative, project or activity described in (IV.A) above, please describe the method of implementation, whether staffing will be involved, and the number and type of volunteers, if any, who will support implementation.
Last year we created a 3”x4” “SAFE” sticker. We ordered 1,000 and most of these have been distributed. In 2006-2007 we plan an aggressive campaign to have these displayed in school classrooms and offices in public and private schools. We will target middle schools, high schools and college/universities. In addition we will target support individuals in the community to display them at their offices, car bumpers, etc. Stickers have our name and website printed on them. Students will be actively involved in our campaign to identity supportive educators and attempting to have them display in their schools. We are already receiving enthusiastic requests for the stickers. We will provide the stickers at no charge. We realize there will be a number of stickers that will be taken but not displayed. We will distribute them in workshops, presentations and programs. Not all people will display them but those individuals will recognize what it means. It can be one step toward their future support of LGBT individuals.
C. If Grantseeker were to receive a Guilford Green Foundation grant for the particular initiative, project or activity described in (IV.A) above, what outcome is envisioned? What accomplishments or changes may result? 4
“Making the Invisible, Visible!” is our goal. Widespread display of these stickers will will help students and educators aware of the number of people willing to support LGBT individuals and allies in our schools. We envision a time where LGBT students in every school will be able to easily find educators and other students who support them. Our goal is to have LGBT support be the norm in schools, not the exception.
D. What tools or measures will you apply to evaluate the success or failure of a Guilford Green Foundation grant?
We will measure our success by the distribution and display of the stickers in the schools and community. We realize there will be a certain amount of stickers that will be taken but not displayed. We will distribute in workshops, presentations and programs. Not all people will display them but those individuals will recognize what it means. It can be one step toward their future support of LGBT individuals.
VI. OTHER INFORMATION
E. Is there anything not already covered in this Grant Application you would like the Guilford Green Foundation to know about your organization or institution?
We completed our first fiscal year will end on June 30th. The creation of GSAFE has gone very well. At our first Annual Meeting we increased our board to a total of 20 people. We now have four high school students on our board, one Guilford County School Board member, three African Americans and about 50% straight allies.
In addition, we operate the GSAFE Student Network. This is designed for high school students to share the work of their GSA or Diversity Clubs. We have active participation from several public schools, the Greensboro Day School and a strong group from the American Hebrew Academy.
F. Assuming money were no object, what unmet needs in our community would your organization or institution like to see addressed?
My understanding is that GLASS, the LGBT teen support group, is struggling to stay in operation. This support group is a very important function in our community and its continuance is crucial. Most of the students involved in our GSAFE work are advocates and are sometimes classified as “thrivers”. Students who need GLASS are often those who still need confidentiality and are often not public LGBT advocates. We need to do whatever it takes to keep GLASS operational.
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VII. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
As a condition to being considered for any grant the Guilford Green Foundation, in its sole discretion, elects to make to Grantseeker, Grantseeker agrees as follows:
• Grantseeker is a non-profit organization exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
• Grantseeker attests that a majority of its membership and/or the population it serves reside in the North Carolina Triad area (including Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph or Rockingham counties);
• Grantseeker agrees to use any grant funds received from the Guilford Green Foundation within Triad or for the benefit of residents of Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph or Rockingham counties;
• Grantseeker agrees, as a condition to accepting any funds from the Guilford Green Foundation, that the Guilford Green Foundation may, in its sole discretion, make public the fact that its organization or institution is a grant recipient, the activities or purposes for which such grant is made, and the amount and manner in which any such funds would be used;
• Grantseeker authorizes any publicity or documentation that demonstrates a granter-grantee relationship, should your organization or institution accept funds from the Guilford Green Foundation;
• Grantseeker agrees, as a condition to accepting any funds from the Guilford Green Foundation, that any funds granted by the Guilford Green Foundation be used solely and exclusively for the purpose, and within the time period, requested in this Grant Application, and that any differing use(s), or any use(s) within any differing time period(s), be pre-approved, in writing, by a vote of the Guilford Green Foundation Board of Directors;
• Grantseeker agrees to provide the Guilford Green Foundation with a year end accounting of the funds use for their granted purpose; and
• Grantseeker agrees, as a condition to accepting any funds from the Guilford Green Foundation, to promptly repay to the Guilford Green Foundation the grant monies received in the event (i) your organization or institution makes any unauthorized use(s), or any use(s) within any differing time period(s), that materially differ from the use(s), and/or time period(s), provided for in the Grant Application, (ii) that you fail to make a year end accounting report, or (iii) that this Grant Application contains any material misstatement or omission.
I hereby certify that I am authorized to sign this Grant Application on behalf of (please insert Grantseeker’s name) ________________________________________, that I have fully read this Grant Application and Attachment A, that I understand and agree with its terms and conditions, and that, to the best of my knowledge, this Grant Application is true, correct, and complete.
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Applications must be postmarked no later than June 30, 2006.
Submit completed Grant Application and attachments to:
Gifting Committee, Guilford Green Foundation, 330 South Greene Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 6
