Youth Gardening School Community Partnership
Call for Collaboration Application
APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2016
Please use the following word template and work with your team to draft your application narrative. This
information must be submitted via email using this completed template to grants@kacee.org by Feb. 1,
2016.
Lead Organizational Information and Descriptions and Letters of Support from Collaborators
(50 points)
The Lead Organization is responsible for managing the collaborative team, budget and disbursements,
project reporting and submission of final report. This is a proposal for a diverse collaborative partnership
that includes (1) a community organization; (2) a school; (3) a parent; (4) a local agricultural producer, and (5)
up to three additional partners within the same community or otherwise geographically situated for ease of
collaboration. NOTE: Additional partners may be added throughout the project planning and
implementation—these proposed partners represent the core collaborative team.
(1) Name of Lead Organization:
Examples of eligible organizations include but are not limited to: Schools, School Districts, LEAs, PTAs, Boys and
Girls Clubs, Summer Youth Programs at zoos, parks and nature centers, 4-H Clubs, FFA Organizations, Church
Youth Summer Programs, Community College, College and University Summer Youth Programs or Boy and Girl
Scouts.
Address:
Email:
Phone Number:
Website:
Contact Person Name:
Contact Person Email:
Phone Number:
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Our organization is:
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, such as a school, nature center, museum, learning center, or
community group
A local school, district, education agency, college or university (Please specify: __________________)
A state education or environmental agency
Other (Please specify: _______________________________________________________________)
a. Please provide your mission statement.
b. Please provide a brief description of your organization and unique qualifications to be the lead
organization.
c. Please describe your organization’s interest in and need for youth programming connected to
gardening.
d. Please describe how your organization would partner with a school to support the development, care
and maintenance of a garden year-round.
Audience Served & Estimated Impacts (25 points):
a.
Where is the garden project most likely to be located and what is the rationale for the location?
b. Please describe the audiences (early childhood, elementary, middle/high school students, adults,
community members, environmental educators, etc.) that your proposed project will impact, including
estimated numbers, demographics (ethnicity and socio-economic data).
c. Please describe the anticipated outcomes and impact for the identified targeted audiences through
this project.
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d. Which of the following priorities is your team most interested in addressing through a school gardening
project? Your project must address one or more priorities for each column.
Educational Priorities
Community Priorities
Hands-on learning
Children’s health
Career & technical education
Community food security
Community engagement
Environmental concerns
Environmental Education Teaching Skills
Cleaning up our communities
STEM curriculum connections
Building strong partnerships
Service learning
Economic development
Other:
Encouraging volunteerism
Other:
e. Please describe how you believe these educational and community priorities will be addressed
through this collaborative.
Organizational Capacity (25 points):
a. Please outline your rationale for how this particular group of partners is prepared and equipped for
success in development and ongoing support of a school garden program
b. Please identify the lead person(s) for this project and describe their qualifications and experience. Send
as a separate attachment a one page resume for the lead person(s) for this project.
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Please sign and date the proposal. A scanned signature is acceptable. By signing this proposal, you are
certifying that to the best of your knowledge, you have the full commitment of each of the collaborative
partners to participate should your proposal be selected. If sending electronically, please scan the whole
document and send no later than 11:59 CST on February 1, 2016 to grants@kacee.org. When saving and
sending this document, please save to a single electronic file, preferably in PDF format, although Microsoft
Word files will be accepted. Please ensure that the filename includes the name of the submitting organization
or agency. For example “Smith High School proposal.pdf ”
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Signature
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Printed Name
Title
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Date
Thank you for your interest in this program and your commitment to environmental education.
Please email your proposal to KACEE at grants@kacee.org and look for an emailed acknowledgement within
48 hours.
NOTE: Letters of support from the collaborative partners may be submitted as a single document to
grants@kacee.org. Please be sure to include the following in the subject line of the email: “Letters of Support
for (Lead Organization Name) Proposal”
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Appendix 1 – Selection Criteria
Only proposals that complete the full application, with complete contact information and letters of support
will be considered responsive to this request for proposals. Responsive proposals will be evaluated on a 100
point scale using the criteria below. Applicants should take these criteria into consideration when designing
proposals and should address them directly in their proposals.
ELEMENT
Criteria
Organizational Information
and Description (50 points)
Proposal provides complete description of a diverse collaborative
partnership that includes (1) a community organization; (2) a
school; (3) a parent; (4) a local agricultural producer, and (5) up
to three additional partners within the same community or
otherwise geographically situated for ease of collaboration. The
collaborative partners identify their unique contributions to the
project and are ideal for the proposed project.
Audiences Served and
Anticipated Impacts (25
points)
Audiences are clearly identified and appropriate for this proposed
project. Educational and Community priorities are clearly
identified, appropriate and reasonable for the proposed project.
Anticipated outcomes and impacts are clearly identified and
reasonable for the proposed project.
Organizational Capacity (25
points)
Clear and compelling description that identifies how and why the
collaborative is well equipped to support a successful project.
Lead Person(s) is identified and possesses the qualifications, as
evidenced through their resume of the skills, knowledge and
expertise to successfully lead their collaborative. Letters of
support identify interest, need and commitment (as appropriate).
100 points
TOTAL
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Appendix 1 – Collaborator Letters of Support
Directions: Please provide your collaborative partners with the information appropriate to their
organization/agency. Letters of Support should be on letterhead, signed and scanned and should address the
information requested below:
Schools:
Name of School:
Address:
Email:
Phone Number:
Website:
Contact Person Name:
Contact Person Email:
Phone Number:
Our school is:
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, such as a private or parochial school
A K-12 public school
A local education agency, college, technical college or university
a. Please provide a brief description of your school, including grade levels, demographics, subjects taught
and any prior school gardening efforts, if applicable.
b. Please describe your school’s interest in and need for a school gardening program that involves
students in the establishment, maintenance, and hands-on learning opportunities of a garden on or
near your school site.
c. Please describe how your school might partner with community organizations and volunteers to
support the development, care and maintenance of a garden year-round and use the garden as a
learning resource for students.
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Lead Parent Volunteer:
Name:
Address:
Email:
Phone Number:
a. Please provide a brief description of how you are related to a student or students in the above school,
and any previous experience with volunteering at the school.
b. Please describe your interest in and/or need for a school gardening program at your child’s school
c. Please describe how you might support the school garden program by helping to engage other parents
and cultivate connections with community organizations and volunteers to support the development,
care and maintenance of a garden year-round.
Additional Parent Volunteers (as applicable):
Agricultural Producer:
Name:
Address:
Email:
Phone Number:
Website:
Contact Person Name:
Contact Person Email:
Phone Number:
a. Please provide a brief description of your farming or ranching operation.
b. Please describe your farm’s interest in a school gardening program that engages students in food
production.
c. Please describe how your farm or ranch might engage with school and community partners to enhance
learning opportunities that connect the school garden to real world agricultural production (such as
science, economic, and career connections to farming).
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Additional Partners:
Examples of eligible partners include but are not limited to: additional community organizations, churches,
businesses, restaurants, culinary schools, farmer’s markets, food councils or food hubs, farmers unions,
community meal programs, parent teacher organizations, etc.
Partner Name:
Address:
Email:
Phone Number:
Website:
Contact Person Name:
Contact Person Email:
Our organization is:
Phone Number:
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, such as a school, nature center, museum, learning center, church or
community group
A for-profit business
A local education agency, college or university
A state education or environmental agency
a. Please provide your mission statement.
b. Please provide a brief description of your organization.
c. Please describe your organization’s interest in and need for youth programming connected to
gardening.
d. Please describe how your organization might partner with a school to support the development, care
and maintenance of a garden year-round.
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