ELIGIBILITY
The following are eligibility criteria which must be met in order to apply for a grant from the Jessamine County Educational Foundation:
GRANT GUIDELINES
The following are eligibility criteria which must be met in order to apply for a grant from the Jessamine County Educational Foundation:
- Institutions represented in application must provide public education within Jessamine County. This would include any educational institution receiving state and/or federal funding.
- Institutions represented in application can provide educational services to any age group including but not restricted to preschool, K-12 and adult.
GRANT GUIDELINES
- All grants must be submitted electronically. The application can be found at https://goo.gl/pxNaTS
- Normal funding from the foundation cannot exceed $500. However, grants, which show exceptional innovation or affect an exceptional number of students, will be considered at the discretion of the board. All matching criteria must be met. Grant funds from JCEF require a minimum of a $1 for $1 match. For example, if $200 is requested, the applicant must document at least a $200 match from some other source. The match may exceed the amount requested from the foundation but cannot be less.
- Matching funding sources must be documented in the application. Matching funds cannot include salaries. Individual classroom instructional funds can be used as a source of matching funds.
- All grants will be evaluated using the scoring guide linked from the grant.
- The foundation reserves the right to partially fund a grand based on the availability of funds.
- All grant recipients are required to evaluate the effectiveness of the grant.
- The evaluation section of the application must be completed. The board may request additional evaluation information.
- Any adjustments to awarded grants must be approved by the board, prior to purchasing items.
- All grants are reimbursement grants. You must spend the money up front, and turn in a copy of the PO in order to receive your grant money.
- Grant moneys will be awarded in checks made payable to the school unless otherwise noted.