Northmont Education Foundation
Grant Guidelines
Northmont Education Foundation
(NEF) Mission:
To provide funds to enhance the
education of the students in the Northmont Community through grants and
scholarships.
Northmont Education Foundation
(NEF) Purpose:
The purpose of the Foundation is to
promote the programs and activities of Northmont Schools through donations and
gifts in support of the following categories: (1) Academic Excellence -
to promote student academic achievement; (2) Fine and Performing Arts -
to promote student excellence in music, dance, the performing arts, and fine
arts; and (3) General - to promote general enrichment programs,
activities and athletic interests.
Northmont City School District
(NCSD) Mission:
The mission of Northmont City Schools is to provide students an
exceptional education with diverse opportunities so they maximize their
potential and are productive, responsible citizens.
Northmont City School District (NCSD) Vision:
Northmont City Schools will be a model
district that provides the highest standard of excellence in education through
our vision:
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Varying opportunities for student and employee
growth
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Inspiring students to be creative,
self-directed, critical thinkers through innovative, differentiated instruction
and program choices
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Supporting and serving our ever-changing student
culture
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Integrating parent and community partnerships
through the district
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Ongoing development of state-of-the-art
facilities
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Northmont students will be college and/or career
ready
The Four Strategies
from the NCSD Strategic Plan:
Strategy 1 -
We will develop and implement a plan to ensure active, ongoing parental and
community engagement in partnership with all Northmont schools.
Strategy 2 - We will develop and
implement a plan to ensure a progressive curriculum and programs, which improve
individual student achievement and growth that supports our ever-changing
student culture.
Strategy 3 - We will develop and
implement a plan to continue to build, renovate, expand and/or eliminate
facilities to support the mission and vision.
Strategy 4 - We will develop and
implement a plan to guarantee and enhance staff development and growth.
Grant Application Criteria
The Northmont Education Foundation awards thousands of
dollars each year in scholarships and grants.
The volunteer Trustees assign a high
priority to the stewardship of the funds that the organization receives through
its philanthropic efforts. Therefore, in
2019, the Trustees made the decision to reevaluate our grant application
process to ensure proper stewardship and distribution of our grant funds. A comprehensive list of potential grant
criteria was created and an anonymous survey was conducted to determine which
criteria the Trustees felt were the most important in determining which grants
should be funded. It became quite
evident that seven criteria should be used in determining NEF grant funding:
1. Student Impact. How will the project/program directly impact the
students at Northmont? What students will the project/program impact? How will
the project/program enhance/improve the students’ understanding of an existing
concept? How will the project/program
help overcome an existing challenge in the classroom?
2.
Connection
to NEF Mission & Purpose. How well does the project/program align with the Northmont Education
Foundation (NEF) Mission? How does the project/program align with the NEF
Purpose by specifically promoting (1) student academic achievement; (2) student
excellence in music, dance, the performing arts, and fine arts; or (3) general
enrichment programs, activities or athletic interests?
3. Innovation. How is the project/program unique and
innovative? Has anything like this been done in the district
before? Is the project/program unique to Northmont and can it be
duplicated in other districts or schools? Are existing resources being
re-purposed in a new and creative way?
Does the project/program have the potential to make a bold statement
such as “Look what we’re doing at Northmont!”
4. NCSD Connection & Impact. How does the project/program demonstrate a
connection to the Northmont City School District (NCSD) Mission, Vision, and/or Strategies? Will the project/program have
district-wide impact? Will
the project/program positively promote the NCSD within the local Northmont
community or beyond? Will the
project/program help overcome an existing challenge in the district?
5. Building Impact & Collaboration. How will
the project/program impact the applicant’s building? Will the
project/program generate collaboration among other teachers, grades, buildings,
etc.? How many classes or grade levels
will be impacted by the project/program? Will the project/program help overcome
an existing challenge in the building? Can the project/program be scaled and/or
duplicated in other classes, grades, buildings, or communities?
6. Need. Will the project/program fulfill
an existing need in the district? Will the project/program be implemented without NEF
funding? Is the project/program an initiative that is currently
being recommended by the Ohio Department of Education and has yet to be fully
implemented at Northmont? Is the project/program an up-and-coming
initiative that has yet to be implemented at Northmont?
7.
Sustainability/Longevity. What is the life
expectancy of the project/program? Will the project/program extend beyond a
year or two? Will the project/program need further funding (or continued
funding) to sustain it? If so, how will the project/program continue
to be funded in the future? Will the project/program continue to be supported/sustained
if the applicant retires or leaves the district? If so, how will this be accomplished?
Grant Evaluation Process
1.
Only Northmont City School District staff, students, or
community volunteers shall be considered for NEF grant funding.
2.
A minimum of five NEF Trustees shall individually
evaluate each grant application based on the seven criteria using a 7-point
Likert scale. An averaged collective
score shall be calculated for each grant submitted with a possible maximum
score of 49 points (perfect score).
3.
A final comprehensive list of submitted grants shall be
ranked according to the averaged collective scores.
4.
A final determination of grant awards shall be based on
the ranking of the averaged collective scores. The amount/size of the request,
requests for funding in the past, first time requests, and full/partial funding
shall only be factors when determining ties or when there is limited funding
for a given year.
5.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:
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A partial funding request of a larger project is
acceptable and encouraged.
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Requests for food and/or transportation must be
clearly tied to the seven criteria.
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Technology projects must be reviewed by the
technology department prior to submission. (Contact Suzanne Lintz and/or Brad
Bush)
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A Building Administrator is required to sign the
grant application. This is not
necessarily an approval. The NEF Trustees simply want assurance that Building
Administrators are aware of all grant requests in their buildings.
Final Report
Grant recipients are required to prepare a brief report on
the use of their funds at the conclusion of the school year in which the grant
was used. A form will be sent to the recipient with instructions.
Donor Appreciation Breakfast
Grant recipients may be called upon to present and/or
display at the NEF breakfast to be held in the fall of 2021.
The application deadline is Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at
4:00pm.
To complete the grant proposal, you can:
Print a copy of the grant proposal form below, complete,
scan and e-mail to Joanne Mazzone at jmazzone@northmontschools.net or complete
and send to Joannne Mazzone at Central Office via district mail or snail
mail (4001 Old Salem Rd., Englewood).
Any additional questions can be directed to any of the NEF
trustees, Joanne Mazzone or
Bob McClintock.
Notification will be made in April with presentation at the
year-end assembly.
