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Re: Boeing Sponsorship and Grants ?
FYI, the Boeing volunteer hours donation is a separate program from the Boeing grant. To receive a Boeing grant, a Boeing employee must be involved with the team to any extent and apply in October. Volunteer hours may be applied in addition to the grant as a bonus, even if the team is not a Boeing sponsored team.
The key difference is:
- Boeing Grants are applied for and awarded in October, and are applied directly to the cost of attending a regional. This officially qualifies you as a Boeing-sponsored team
- Volunteer hours (part of the employee GIVE program) can be applied to ANY nonprofit organization, including FIRST. The funds can be distributed to a nonprofit org affiliated with the team, or transmitted to US FIRST. If transmitted to US FIRST, you can receive "re-grants" in the form of a payment to your organization in the amount of surplus payment for regional costs. Volunteer hour payments does NOT make you a Boeing-sponsored team! Also, payments are "after-the-fact" on a quarterly basis. For example, I record hours volunteered Jan 1 - March 31 sometime in March, and the payout occurs by May.
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