Sample Proposals

• New to grant writing?

• Have a program plan but no time and/or expertise to prepare a competitive grant proposal?

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SchoolGrants can help!

Thanks so much, Nina, for sharing!

• Table of Contents
• Abstract
• Baseline Data
• Budget
• Budget Summary
• Budget Narrative
• Program Narrative

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School Improvement Implementation Grant

• LCISD School Improvement Plan
• LCISD Long-Range Professional Development Plan

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Renee Kostecki, Citizenship Facilitator of Belvedere Academy, a part of Omaha Public Schools, shares her successful Parents as Partners in Education 2002 grant with SchoolGrants.  Renee has generously offered to answer questions that you may have with regard to writing successful grant proposals. You can email her by clicking here.   Renee's 4-point advice to all grant writers is:

• Be clear!
• Be precise!
• Be specific in all aspects!
• Show accountability!!

The Parents as Partners in Education grant was funded through the African American Achievement Council in Omaha Public Schools for an after-school tutoring program.

• Parents as Partners in Education 2002 

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Dr. Gary Frye has generously shared a $2,650 proposal he wrote to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Lubbock with us.  Grant funds were used for a district-wide science fair. 

[Please note:  Gary sent us a hard-copy of this proposal.  We have replicated it to make it available to you.  Please note that we did not have the actual forms provided by Ronald McDonald House Charities of Lubbock when we retyped the proposal.]

Download this proposal in PDF format by clicking on the link below:

• Ronald McDonald House Charities of Lubbock proposal

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• Safe Schools, Healthy Students

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In December 2000, Texas Education Agency, the state public education agency that oversees elementary and secondary education, received approximately $95 million from the federal government under Public Law 106-554. The federal funds were used to provide grant competitions in three areas:

• to help local education agencies make urgently needed repairs and renovations to school buildings;

• to use for technology activities related to school renovation; and

• for activities authorized under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Every state received one-time funding for these programs through the U.S. Department of Education.  

In Texas, permissible uses of the funds under the School Repair and Renovation competition were:

• Emergency repairs or renovation to public school facilities only to ensure the health and safety of students and staff, including

  • repairing, replacing or installing roofs, electrical wiring, plumbing systems, or sewage systems;

  • repairing, replacing or installing heating, ventilation, or air conditioning systems (including insulation); and

  • bringing public schools into compliance with fire and safety codes.

• Modifications to public school facilities necessary for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990;

• Modifications to public school facilities necessary for compliance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973;

• Asbestos abatement or removal from public school facilities;

• Renovation, repair, and acquisition needs (including lease or purchase) related to the building infrastructure of a charter school.

Two proposals of the four successful proposals, written by Donna Fernandez for open-enrollment charter schools in Texas, are shared here.  Dallas Can! Academy's proposal is for the acquisition of a new facility.  San Antonio Can! Academy's proposal was awarded funds needed to make ADA modifications.

If you need grant writing assistance, you can contact Donna Fernandez by calling (469) 235-7257 or by writing to SchoolGrants, P.O. Box 4431, Dallas, TX 75208. You can also contact Donna through the SchoolGrants Web site.

• Repair and Renovation - Dallas
• Repair and Renovation - San Antonio

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