Project Grant Application

Submitted by august on Sat, 2005-11-26 02:15.


The Secular Student Alliance provides many kinds of support to its student affiliates. Among the kinds of support are grants for various projects.

Typical grants from the Secular Student Alliance to its affiliates range from $100 to $200 for specific projects. We do occasionally give larger grants after we have developed a relationship with a particular affiliate. All grant proposals are reviewed by the Secular Student Alliance Grant Committee. Grant requests are reviewed as they arrive and are awarded based on merit and funding availability.

Secular Student Alliance project grants are intended as a supplement to funding from your institution (university, college or school) and local fundraising efforts, or for situatons where these funding sources may not be available. Your group should always investigate sources of institutional funding for its projects.

Please submit your application no less than 30 days before you need the money. We like to provide hands-on advice, not just the check - we would rather receive an incomplete request sooner than a complete one later, so we have more time to help you fill in the gaps and build your plans.

There are some basic requirements for all grant applicants:
  • Your group must be an affiliate of the Secular Student Alliance.
  • Your group must have a constitution, charter or bylaws.
  • Unless you are at a parochial school, your group must have official recognition by your school.
  • Your group must have a bank account in your group's name so that we can write the grant check to your group.
  • If you are awarded a grant, you must acknowledge the Secular Student Alliance in all publicity about the project being funded, and submit a project grant report within 30 days of the event or the conclusion of the project.
  • Unused Project Grant funds shall be returned to the Secular Student Alliance or, with specific permission, allocated to a new project.
If you do not meet one or more of these requirements, please tell us and we will be delighted to assist you and work with you.

For additional funding beyond institutional sources and the Secular Student Alliance, we encourage students to apply for grants from national freethought organizations, local off-campus organizations, and supporters in your area. If you would like help getting access to any of these organizations, please let us know. We want to help you.

Please review our mission and our core values. The more in line with our mission and values a project is, the more likely we are to fund it.

Grant Reporting

The Secular Student Alliance requires that all grant recipients submit a written report to the Grant Committee. These reports must be submitted no later than a month after the date of the event, and should be written in a manner such that they may be published in our electronic newsletter the eMprical. Your report must include the following information:
  • Your group and school name
  • A description of your project, including project dates.
  • A 400-700 word summary of the event or project. This summary should include how the funds were allocated and the benefit of the project to your group. (High event attendance, increases in membership, increased visibility, awards, and other results are all things we want to hear about!)
  • Copies of all fliers, advertisements, and other publicity with the Secular Student Alliance acknowledgment clearly visible.
  • Pictures: although not required, providing pictures is strongly encouraged for publication along with your report.
As Us For Help!

We want to help you with your project. If you have questions or concerns about the application or grant process, please don't hesitate to contact us. If you need some direction as you put your grant application togehter, we encourage you to check out our Sample Grant Application.


Contact information for discussing this proposal
Name of Person Filing This Application:
Email:
Street line 1:
Street line 2:
City:
State:
Zip:
Phone:

Information about your group
Name of Organization:
Campus:
Web site of organization:
Number of members in organization:
Date organization was founded:
Constitution: either give us the URL of your constitution on your web site, or cut and paste it into the text box.

Information about your project - please be as specific as possible in this section.
Project name:
Start date of project:
End date of project:
Description of the project:
Goals for the project:
What results, influence, or outcomes do you expect the project to have? How do you expect this project to benefit your group?
Your Capacity:
Please let us know if your group has executed a project like this before. If not, what have you done? What steps are you taking to make sure the project is successful?
Event Participation:
If this is a public event (lecture, debate), please let us know your anticipated attendance. If this is a group project/activity, please let us know how many members/individuals you expect will participate.
Publicity Plan (for public events only):
If your project will be a public event, please include your publicity plan, including a timeline.
Cooperating parties:
Are other organizations participating in this project or assisting with its funding?

Project Budget Information
Total project cost:$
Project Budget:
Please be as specific as possible. Include your expenses as well as all other sources of funding that you have received, have applied for, or are considering. Please mention any funding you are getting from your own group's operating budget, funding from your school, fundraisers, other local or national organizations, etc. You do not need to have funding from all these sources to be eligible for an SSA project grant.
Institutional Funding:
We're very interested in learning how our groups get funding from their university, college or school. Please provide us with a little more detail about the funding your group has received from your school. How much did you apply for, and how much did you receive? Were there any unusual circumstances? If you did not apply for institutional funding, please let us know why.
Amount requested from SSA:$

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