APPLICATION information + Process

SEF welcomes grants from Scituate Public School teachers pre-k through grade 12, administrators, parent teacher organizations, and other community non-profit organizations* offering education-focused programs and/or activities. Organizations that are not a part of Scituate Public Schools must have all necessary documentation to demonstrate 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, including a current board of directors and signed by-laws. These documents do not need to be included as part of an application but may be requested by SEF.
*A representative may be an employee, officer, director, or volunteer for the applying organization.
This application is available online from February 15, 2025 - March 31, 2025, and must be completed by 10 PM on March 31, 2025. After that time it will become inaccessible online. The online application must be completed in one sitting and can not be saved. A PDF of the application is available to use as a working document to draft your application. You may print the application as a working document here.
Grant applications are welcome in all academic areas, and all art disciplines, including but not limited to visual arts, music, and physical/health/wellness education, and guidance.
No applicant may receive direct financial benefit from any SEF grant.
SPS-based applications must be for initiatives that are outside of the district’s current and planned operating budgets.
Proposals must seek funding to cover a period of time not greater than one year. Multi-year projects require re-application each year.
Although all completed, eligible applications will be considered, SEF has a preference for funding new initiatives each year. Projects that have been previously funded through a SEF grant are less likely to receive additional funding.
The average funded grant is $2,500-$3,000. It is rare that the Scituate Education Foundation funds grants in excess of $5,000. SEF may choose partial funding of grants. If your grant exceeds $5,000, please outline your priorities for funding.
No request for food items or marketing in applications will be considered.
SPS Applications that seek funding for technology purchases must have endorsement from SPS Technology. Technology purchases from SEF funds are for use by the applicant(s) during the award year and become the property of SPS or the sponsoring organization thereafter. Please contact the SPS technology director in the SPS Central Office with questions about receiving the endorsement.
Applications may not request funding for teacher salaries or bonuses.
Please do not send any information other than what is requested in the application. If further information is required to evaluate your proposal, a member of the SEF Grant Committee will contact you.
SPS-based applications must be for initiatives that are outside of the district’s current and planned operating budgets.
SPS applicants who receive funding must follow the district’s existing procurement policies. All funds awarded to SPS employees will be disbursed directly to the SPS Business Office and will be available after July 1, 2025. Please contact Cindy Ciessau in the Business Office with questions.
Applicants are invited to learn more about SEF’s grant review process and scoring rubric here.

(last updated 2/14/2025)

ONLINE APPLICATION

Please note: the online application must be completed in one sitting. Once it is started you will not be able to save your entries. thank you!

COVER PAGE

Instructions: please complete the following fields. Please do not send any information other than what is requested in the application.

Proposal Title

Name of Applicant(s)

School(s)/Department/Organization Represented

Applicant's title or role within organization:

Primary Contact Name

Primary Contact Email Address

Primary Contact Phone

(###)

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Mailing Address

Please list the address for correspondence or check disbursement.

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

For SPS Teacher Applicants, have you discussed this proposal with your school Principal or Department Head? For non-SPS Applicants, have you discussed this proposal with your organization’s President or other Board of Directors member?

Yes

If you answered "yes" to the question above, please provide the individual/individuals name(s) and contact information below.

For SPS Applicants only: Proposals that request funds to purchase technology equipment/hardware that require support from or integration with existing SPS resources should have the endorsement of the SPS Technology Department. Applicants should contact Rich Long in the SPS central office. Examples of technology include but are not limited to any computer, handheld or other accessory device, or any software or application purchase. Please provide information below to indicate whether SPS Technology has endorsed this project, as well as any relevant comments from SPS Tech. (Non-SPS applicants may leave this field blank)

Date Submitted

YYYY

APPLICATION FORM

Instructions: please complete the following fields.

1. Proposal Title

2. Proposal Summary

Please limit your response to no more than 500 words.

3. Grade level(s)/Ages of targeted participants:

4. Total number of participants expected:

5. What is the desired learning outcome of your proposal? Please be sure to explain how your proposal will provide a rich educational experience that is not otherwise available to participants.

6. SEF grants are intended to foster innovative thinking and collaboration, to solve problems, to enhance skill development, and/or to promote lifelong learning. Please tell us how your grant addresses any one or more of these goals. (Please limit your answer to about 300 words.)

7. Understanding your vision for implementation of your proposal helps our grant committee envision your project’s success. Please provide any or all of the following: A “snapshot” or moment you envision with your learners and the materials, technology, speaker or event you are proposing OR an anecdotal story of seeing the materials, technology, speaker or similar event in the past.

8. How will you measure the success of the proposed project? Please be as specific as possible.

9a. Total funds requested:

Please enter a dollar amount.

9b. If SEF is unable to fully fund your proposal, would you accept partial funding for this proposal?

Yes

9c. If your answer to 9b is YES, please briefly describe how reduced funds would change your proposal, e.g. it would be offered to fewer participants, certain materials would not be purchased, etc.

10a. Please provide an itemization of expected costs, including substantiation for all costs. (Please do not provide website links. Should you need to provide supplemental information, including screenshots, please share documents via Dropbox)

10b. If you wish to provide documentation to support your answer to question 9, please use Dropbox and provide a link for us to access files in the space below. Please do not provide any files except those which are directly related to the cost of your proposal.

Not familiar with Dropbox for file sharing? Visit their website here: http://www.dropbox.com.

11. Have you identified any sources for co-funding this project? (e.g. internal budgets, PTOs, Private Grants, etc.) If yes, please provide details and indicate if those funds are readily available, i.e. already committed, to this project.

12. Agreement

Please read and agree to the following statement:

I certify that I personally have prepared and submitted this application. I understand that by submitting this application and, if SEF approves it, by receiving a grant award that I must use all awarded funds in a manner directly reflective of this application. Funds may not be used in any manner other than that specified in this application. I also understand that I will be required to complete a post-project evaluation. Grant award recipients may also be invited to share their post-project evaluations at an SEF Board of Directors meeting or other community event. Additionally, I agree that SEF may use content from this grant application and from any post-project evaluation as part of its marketing and/or fundraising efforts.

APPLICATION information + Process

ONLINE APPLICATION

Please note: the online application must be completed in one sitting. Once it is started you will not be able to save your entries. thank you!

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