What grants have you done?

[treffk]

The coach of our team is currently in a grant-writing class so during these summer month when we do not have things to do we fundraise. This year we are focusing on grants. We have applied to Lowe's, P&G, Walmart, and many others. We have been asking for 5k from each. We tried to do the Best Buy grant but did not qualify because they do not give money to schools.

[SenorZ]

We received a Rookie JC Penney Grant and a NASA grant. I believe both were for 6.5K. The JCP was solely used for registration for FRC, and the NASA for purchasing parts, tools, etc. We still have some of that money left over.

I'm not the grant writer at my school, but I'm pretty sure JCP will supply grants to second year and even some veteran teams.

[Micah Chetrit]

Thanks for all the quick input. Our team has already applied for 9 grants this summer for 5K each. We hope to get at least one.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Micah Chetrit

Thanks for all the quick input. Our team has already applied for 9 grants this summer for 5K each. We hope to get at least one.

That is pretty darn impressive.

I spent this whole summer so far and intially from late January, trying to do one.
It ended up being 61 pages though.......and submitted 2 weeks ago.

The hard part is when you actually get it and reporting back.

[purpleandplasma]

Originally Posted by Micah Chetrit

Thanks for all the quick input. Our team has already applied for 9 grants this summer for 5K each. We hope to get at least one.

what grants did you apply for and how do apply for the nasa grant.

[Micah Chetrit]

Originally Posted by waialua359

I spent this whole summer so far and intially from late January, trying to do one.
It ended up being 61 pages though.......and submitted 2 weeks ago.

The hard part is when you actually get it and reporting back.

Most of our grants end up being about five pages on average. I couldn't stand doing 60+ pages for a single grant. how much did you ask/get on that one?

Originally Posted by purpleandplasma

what grants did you apply for and how do apply for the nasa grant.

I will see if I can remember all of them. Lowe's, Verizon, Best Buy, Adobe, Ford, AMD, Motorola, 3M, and Coke (plus JCP and NASA from the fall). we did not finish the Toshiba grant yet.
We were hoping to find a lot more, but that is all we could find. But Boeing does look like a good possibility.

[nnfuller]

Does anyone have their NASA or other grant proposals for me to look over, I am trying to prepare my team for a sustaining grant after our loss of sponsorship this year.

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by nnfuller

Does anyone have their NASA or other grant proposals for me to look over, I am trying to prepare my team for a sustaining grant after our loss of sponsorship this year.

Some resources here:
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr....aspx?id=14042

Rich Kressly did a great job on hints for preparing a NASA grant in 2009. Much of this information should still be relevant. This paper is housed in the white papers on these forums.

Also some grant writing resources on NEMO: http://www.firstnemo.org/resources.htm

[Trying to Help]

You should also look for small, local foundations. One year, we received a grant from a foundation that was created in memory of a local public figure. We've applied for grants from local women's clubs and other small regional foundations.

Hope this helps!

[Micah Chetrit]

Originally Posted by Trying to Help

You should also look for small, local foundations. One year, we received a grant from a foundation that was created in memory of a local public figure. We've applied for grants from local women's clubs and other small regional foundations.

Thanks for the idea. I never really thought of that. But I doubt there will be many just because of our small city size (which is the reason we're reverting to grants in the first place)

Thanks anyways

[purpleandplasma]

Originally Posted by Micah Chetrit

Thanks for the idea. I never really thought of that. But I doubt there will be many just because of our small city size (which is the reason we're reverting to grants in the first place)

Thanks anyways

If you need any help with trying to get sponsors, our team has a sponsorship presentation that has gotten us a lot of sponsors. I can e-mail it to you, or help you out if you'd like. We are the only team in our city, yet I don't belive we have any sponsors from our city, we go to places where family members of the team members work (they always feel more obligated to sponsors, plus they see first hand the thrills we get from FIRST). Anyway, if you want any help, just send me an e-mail. kellyc@rmhsrobotics.com

and if anyone needs any help, send me an e-mail, we aren't doing so well with grants, but sponsorship wise is pretty good.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Micah Chetrit

Thanks for the idea. I never really thought of that. But I doubt there will be many just because of our small city size (which is the reason we're reverting to grants in the first place)

Thanks anyways

You might be surprised. 1729 is a regional team because of the VERY small towns (note: not city) it serves.

Also, most states have websites listing local charities that give grants to only local groups. In NH it's http://www.nhcf.org/. You might want to google your state + charities.

[treffk]

I will see if I can remember all of them. Lowe's, Verizon, Best Buy, Adobe, Ford, AMD, Motorola, 3M, and Coke (plus JCP and NASA from the fall). we did not finish the Toshiba grant yet.
We were hoping to find a lot more, but that is all we could find. But Boeing does look like a good possibility.

I'm curious on how you qualified for the Best Buy grant? When we took the eligibility test it said we were not able to apply. When I looked further into the reasons why I discovered a clause stating that they do not give grants to schools. I'm just curious.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by treffk

I'm curious on how you qualified for the Best Buy grant? When we took the eligibility test it said we were not able to apply. When I looked further into the reasons why I discovered a clause stating that they do not give grants to schools. I'm just curious.

Best Buy does give grants to schools.
Maybe you are referring to a different/revised one?

[ebarker]

A great many companies give grants to 501(c)3 foundations.

A school is NOT a 501(c)3.

However, many school systems have one or more 501(c)3 foundations that are setup to support the school. Those foundations MAY be eligible to serve as a conduit for the grant.

For example, in our school district many schools have football booster or band booster foundations at the school. In our district we have a general academic foundation available to all the district schools. This particular foundation is setup to specifically access grants such as Best Buy and other similar organizations that give grants to academically oriented 501(c)3 foundations.

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