Grant Proposal Process

Spring Grants Announced
On March 13, 2012 the PTO voted to award $8252.55 to support eight projects that will benefit Franklin and Randall.

Download and read the 2012 grant proposals:

• 2012 Full Grant Proposals document
• 2012 Grant Proposals summary table

Focus of Grants
Grant requests should align with the Franklin-Randall PTO bylaws which include the following objectives:

• To encourage close and effective relationships among Franklin-Randall children, parents, schools, and the community.
• To provide a forum through which parents, teachers, and administrators can communicate on pertinent issues of general importance or urgency.
• To develop united efforts among parents, teachers, administrators, children, and the general public to secure for every child the highest advantages in physical, intellectual and social education.
• To sponsor and promote involvement in events and programs that encourage a sense of community both within each campus school, and among the communities of Franklin and Randall Schools and their surrounding neighborhoods.
• To raise and contribute monies to support programs and projects that enhance Franklin and Randall Schools, their communities and relationships with their neighborhoods.
• To promote continuity between Franklin and Randall schools.

Grant Priorities
All grant requests should be for programs, projects and materials that enhance Franklin and Randall schools. Priority will be given to grant applications that:

• Have a clear purpose.
• Address a specific need of the Franklin-Randall community.
• Benefit a large number of Franklin-Randall students.
• Benefit a particular subgroup, special population, or address closing the achievement gap in the Franklin-Randall community.
• Have no other avenue for funding (district, school, corporate, parent, etc.)
• Have matching funds from other sources.

Grant Policies

• The PTO awards grants twice each year, in the fall and in the spring. The majority of the grants are awarded in the fall.
• All requests for funding that conform to the grant guidelines and submission >instructions will be considered.
• In order to assess each grant request fairly, the person or persons requesting the grant may be present at the grant committee meeting at which the grant application is reviewed.
• Grants may be fully or partially funded, or not funded at all.
• Items purchased with PTO funds that remain after the grant has been completed will remain at Franklin-Randall schools or returned to the PTO unless other arrangements are approved by the PTO.
• Applicants must be employees, students, or members of the Franklin-Randall PTO (parents, guardians, etc. of a student). A Franklin-Randall employee must sponsor a grant submitted by a student(s).
• Once a grant is approved, grant recipients must submit receipts for reimbursement to the treasurer of the PTO by June 30th, 2012. After June 30th, the unused money will roll into the following year’s pool of grant money unless grant recipients submit a special request to the PTO to extend the deadline.
• Grant money will only be dispersed for expenses outlined on approved grant application.

Eleven Great Grants Approved for Fall 2011

On November 8th, 2011, the PTO voted to award $6,207.65 to support eleven projects that will benefit Franklin and Randall.

Interested in knowing more about the proposals? Download the summary and full proposals. Summary of all the grant proposals. Full grant proposals.

2011 Spring Grants
There were a total of 17 applications. The PTO funded twelve (fully or partially), One page summary of the proposals Full grant proposals

2010 Fall Grant Recipients
On November 9th, 2010, the PTO voted to award $8,133.40 to support ten projects that will benefit Franklin and Randall.

About the 2010 Fall Applications
There were a total of 18 applications. The PTO funded ten (fully or partially), five were able to find support in different ways and three were declined. Grant Proposal Summary (one page).
Full grant proposals for all applications.