Thank you for your interest in the Clear Fork Valley Foundation Grants to Teachers Program. The information that you will include in the attached Application Form will enable the Grant and Scholarship Committee to make a judgment regarding the possible funding of your project. The Foundation is requesting proposals for innovative or imaginative programs, projects, services or activities that emphasize new approaches to teaching, stimulate thought and expand existing curriculum. If you apply for materials or equipment, please specify exactly how they will be used.

The grant applications are available online at the web site of the Clear Fork Valley Foundation (www.cfvf.org). Applications may also be obtained from Clear Fork Valley Foundation Grant and Scholarship Committee members--one in each school building.

Teachers or School Personnel of Clear Fork Valley Schools

Applicants will be reviewed on a competitive basis. The Committee will review each application using the following criteria.

• Need for the project is clearly explained
• Goals are clearly stated, realistic and worthwhile
• Plan of action is clearly described: needed materials, resource personnel and time schedule specified
• Plans of evaluating and assessing project are clearly defined
• Reasonable budget request that is sufficiently detailed
• Proposal indicates creative and innovative thinking of applicant
• Proposal has been submitted to the Richland Count Foundation's TAP Program

1. Applicant's name, school name and principal's name are to appear only on the cover sheet. In order to insure objectivity in the proposal review process, no application will be considered if the name of the teacher, school, or principal appears within the application.
2. Grants will be made for the current school year. The proposed grant project must be initiated during this school year and purchases from grant moneys must be made during the school year.
3. Grants will only be awarded for a project that is not the Clear Fork Valley School System's responsibility to support.
4. No Program/Project will be considered if the amount exceeds $500.00
5. The applicant will receive a check for the amount of the grant approved by the Foundation. The applicant will read, sign, and return a copy of the Program Acceptance and Receipt Form to the Clear Fork Valley Foundation.
6. At the conclusion of the project, the applicant will submit a written evaluation report with a financial accounting statement to the Clear Fork Valley Foundation. The report will be due no later than the third Friday of June.
7. In the event that project requirements are not fulfilled, grant moneys must be returned to the Foundation.

Clear Fork Valley Foundation
P.O. Box 533
Bellville, OH  44813

Applications must be postmarked by the third Friday in September.

The Grant Committee will review applications. Grants will be awarded in October. Grants may or may not be awarded in their entirety at the discretion of the committee. Recipients will be notified.

All supplies, equipment, and materials purchased with grant moneys become property of the Clear Fork Valley School System when the grant recipient terminates employment with the Clear Fork Valley School System.

 
If you would like to apply for this scholarship, please print out this application.