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From: Joe Waldrum <jwal...@uaex.edu>
Date: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Subject: Call for Applicants: Heartwood Mini-Grants Spring 2012
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From: Joe Waldrum <jwal...@uaex.edu>
Date: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Subject: Call for Applicants: Heartwood Mini-Grants Spring 2012
To: LEA...@listserv.uark.edu
Call for Applicants: Heartwood Mini-Grants Spring 2012
Application Deadline: April 1st
Mini-Grant Recipients Announced: May 1st
Award range: Up to $1,000 per project
About Heartwood Mini-Grant Program:
The
purpose of the mini-grant program is to provide funding for activists
who need it. The Mini-Grant program seeks to provide funding for
creative efforts and ideas fomented by Heartwood members and
member-groups. Efforts and ideas could range from Heartwood's roots as a
forest protection organization to current efforts to stop mountain-top
removal and biomass projects to sustainable living projects to new ideas
we have not considered at this time. Ideas and efforts that are
quantifiable (e.g. actions taken, phone calls made, letters written and
sent, websites on-line, films made, meetings held) and work to sustain
and expand environmental activists in the Heartwood region will be
considered.
Grant Guidelines: Grants will be awarded to selected projects that aim to do one or all of the following:
• Educate the Heartwood Region about an environmental threat or opportunity.
• Take action within the Heartwood Region to protect, restore, and/or create environmental integrity.
Issues may include, but are not limited to:
• Sustainable communities (this is a broad topic from food issues to air to water to infinity and beyond)
• Forest protection (this could be on-the-ground work in the forest, building a campaign, mapping, etc)
•
Energy consumption (such as it pertains to healthy forests and
communities, such as biomass incineration, mountain top removal coal
mining, and natural gas hydrofracking)
All projects should contain one or all of the following elements:
• Public outreach
• Education
• Organizing
• Media
How to Apply
Email the completed application below to in...@heartwood.org by April 1st, 2012. You will receive an email confirming your application and will be notified of the award by May 1st. Please do not hesitate to contact in...@heartwood.org if you have questions or would like feedback on your proposal.
Project Review
Upon
completion of your project, you will be required to complete a brief
project report. The Report will include copies of any multimedia,
photographs, video, web links, examples of news coverage, etc.
Recipients of the Mini-Grants will also agree to allow Heartwood use of
the materials for its own advocacy and educational purposes. A report
form will be provided with instructions.
Heartwood Mini-Grant Application Form
NOTE: Please answer the following questions on a separate document.
1. Name of organization:
2. Title of project:
3. Amount requested:
4. Complete contact information for organization:
5. Who is the primary contact for this project? Please include complete contact information:
6. If an organization, is this an incorporated 501(c)3?
7. What is the annual budget of your organization?
8. Names of other groups involved in this project, if any:
9. Project Description (no more than 4 sentences):
10. Goal(s) of project: For example, "Mail 3,000 letters to Congressman X about MTR".
11. What is your plan to achieve this goal? Include your strategy, activities, and message.
12. What is the time line for this project? Include a weekly time line with specific action items by each week, if appropriate.
EXAMPLE:
JUNE
Week 1
13. What are your benchmarks for measuring success?
EXAMPLE
14.
How would this project benefit the Heartwood Region? (The Heartwood
Region includes--but is not necessarily limited to--the Central
Hardwoods and Appalachian Region, including Indiana, Ohio, Illinois,
Kentucky, Missouri, Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, West
Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina.)
15.
Briefly explain how your project achieves the following: Educates the
public; Educates decision makers; Creates a tool or opportunities for
other activists in the region.
16. What is the total budget for the project? What are the other funding sources?
17. Please provide the budget breakdown for the project.
EXAMPLE
Budget for Materials
Budget for Public Outreach
Event Costs
*
Heartwood "core states" include Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and
Missouri. Over time, Heartwood has branched out to serve areas of need
throughout an 18-state region, with emphasis on Michigan, Mississippi,
Pennsylvania, Arkansas, West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee.
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Joe D. Waldrum
Professor
Leadership Development
University of Arkansas
Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
2301 South University Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72204-4940
501-671-2076
501-671-2133 FAX
jwal...@uaex.edu
www.uaex.edu/leadar
Application Deadline: April 1st
Mini-Grant Recipients Announced: May 1st
Award range: Up to $1,000 per project
About Heartwood Mini-Grant Program:
The
purpose of the mini-grant program is to provide funding for activists
who need it. The Mini-Grant program seeks to provide funding for
creative efforts and ideas fomented by Heartwood members and
member-groups. Efforts and ideas could range from Heartwood's roots as a
forest protection organization to current efforts to stop mountain-top
removal and biomass projects to sustainable living projects to new ideas
we have not considered at this time. Ideas and efforts that are
quantifiable (e.g. actions taken, phone calls made, letters written and
sent, websites on-line, films made, meetings held) and work to sustain
and expand environmental activists in the Heartwood region will be
considered.
Grant Guidelines: Grants will be awarded to selected projects that aim to do one or all of the following:
• Educate the Heartwood Region about an environmental threat or opportunity.
• Take action within the Heartwood Region to protect, restore, and/or create environmental integrity.
Issues may include, but are not limited to:
• Sustainable communities (this is a broad topic from food issues to air to water to infinity and beyond)
• Forest protection (this could be on-the-ground work in the forest, building a campaign, mapping, etc)
•
Energy consumption (such as it pertains to healthy forests and
communities, such as biomass incineration, mountain top removal coal
mining, and natural gas hydrofracking)
All projects should contain one or all of the following elements:
• Public outreach
• Education
• Organizing
• Media
How to Apply
Email the completed application below to in...@heartwood.org by April 1st, 2012. You will receive an email confirming your application and will be notified of the award by May 1st. Please do not hesitate to contact in...@heartwood.org if you have questions or would like feedback on your proposal.
Project Review
Upon
completion of your project, you will be required to complete a brief
project report. The Report will include copies of any multimedia,
photographs, video, web links, examples of news coverage, etc.
Recipients of the Mini-Grants will also agree to allow Heartwood use of
the materials for its own advocacy and educational purposes. A report
form will be provided with instructions.
Heartwood Mini-Grant Application Form
NOTE: Please answer the following questions on a separate document.
1. Name of organization:
2. Title of project:
3. Amount requested:
4. Complete contact information for organization:
5. Who is the primary contact for this project? Please include complete contact information:
6. If an organization, is this an incorporated 501(c)3?
7. What is the annual budget of your organization?
8. Names of other groups involved in this project, if any:
9. Project Description (no more than 4 sentences):
10. Goal(s) of project: For example, "Mail 3,000 letters to Congressman X about MTR".
11. What is your plan to achieve this goal? Include your strategy, activities, and message.
12. What is the time line for this project? Include a weekly time line with specific action items by each week, if appropriate.
EXAMPLE:
JUNE
Week 1
- Planning Meeting
Week 2- Print flyers
- Start radio and newspaper ads
Week 3- Have concert
- Clean up concert site
Week 4- Follow up
13. What are your benchmarks for measuring success?
EXAMPLE
- Recruited 5 new volunteer organizers
- Placed 20 free radio spots
- Placed announcement and coverage in 3 local newspapers
- Turned out 2000 people at concert
- Created new short film on the Indiana bat, its habitat and threats to be distributed to schools
14.
How would this project benefit the Heartwood Region? (The Heartwood
Region includes--but is not necessarily limited to--the Central
Hardwoods and Appalachian Region, including Indiana, Ohio, Illinois,
Kentucky, Missouri, Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, West
Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina.)
15.
Briefly explain how your project achieves the following: Educates the
public; Educates decision makers; Creates a tool or opportunities for
other activists in the region.
16. What is the total budget for the project? What are the other funding sources?
17. Please provide the budget breakdown for the project.
EXAMPLE
Budget for Materials
- Layout/Design
- Printing
- Postage
Budget for Staff TimeBudget for Public Outreach
Event Costs
- Postcard Production and Mailing
- Printing
- Mailing Service
- Postage
*
Heartwood "core states" include Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and
Missouri. Over time, Heartwood has branched out to serve areas of need
throughout an 18-state region, with emphasis on Michigan, Mississippi,
Pennsylvania, Arkansas, West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee.
Becky Woodaman
Heartwood Coordinator
Heartwood Coordinator
Box 538
Gosport, IN 47433
--
Joe D. Waldrum
Professor
Leadership Development
University of Arkansas
Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
2301 South University Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72204-4940
501-671-2076
501-671-2133 FAX
jwal...@uaex.edu
www.uaex.edu/leadar
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