The College Service Venture
Program, funded by the Ball Brothers Foundation through the
Independent Colleges of Indiana, is a grant to Manchester College
which we seek to share with the other independent colleges and
universities in Indiana. It is a wonderful opportunity for students
to develop a service project to stimulate interest in community service
and civic involvement. This program will require a sense of
innovation and entrepreneurship, while providing for community
impact and the academic and professional development of the students
involved.
Manchester College is
inviting teams of undergraduates from all of Indiana’s independent
colleges and universities to compete for awards to support their
proposed philanthropic ventures. All ventures will deliver a
significant return on the investment (at least 2:1) to support a
community, college or civic project in Indiana.
Ten to 15 grants will be
awarded, up to $1,500 per grant awarded, during the 2005-2006 and
2006- 2007
academic years. Each service project will achieve a minimum of a
2:1 return on investment. (Specifically, the investment will
produce twice as much return, e.g., funds raised, value of services
delivered, donated labor and talent etc. as grant funs provided.)
Additionally, student participants will benefit in non-monetary ways
by encouraging philanthropy, developing leadership and
entrepreneurial skills, and using communication and problem solving
abilities.
To emphasize our intent at
the heart of this proposal is the commitment to “venture.” However
valuable, it is one thing, “just to serve.” It is another to
organize the efforts and resources of others, and to seek leverage
to advance an important interest.
Here is your opportunity to
serve and enhance the well-being of Indiana. We invite your ideas
and application.
Click on the links below to learn
more about them:
Hypothetical
Example
Grant
Proposal Guidelines
Grant
Proposal Deadlines
Grant Obligations
Funding For The
Grants
What Supplies Can Be Purchased With The Venture Grant
Applying For
A College Service Venture Grant
Explanation
Descriptions
Click on the forms below:
Introductory Page
Budget Page
Hypothetical
Example
The Interfaith Club of Heartland College is concerned with hunger
and homelessness. As a prelude to Thanksgiving, they organized
a community-wide food drive in support of the local ood pantry,
using their grant of $800 for publicity, transportation, education
materials, pizza for volunteers, and related expenses. With student
coordination, local Boy Scouts delivered identifiable bags for
canned goods and other non-perishable food throughout the community,
and picked them up one week later. By rewarding merchants with
appropriate publicity, the Club was able to obtain free turkeys and
other perishable items for local markets. The net result was 10,000
pounds of food, valued conservatively at $7,000, available to the
local food pantry for its clients at Thanksgiving time. It helped
to meet a markedly increasing need.
Students and scouts contributed at least 320 hours of direct
service. Each understands the nature of hunger and homelessness,
and their community, better. The program appears ready to operate
fully with the support of the local Consortium of Christian Churches
next year.
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Grant
Proposal Guidelines
The College
Service Venture Program will invite teams of undergraduates to apply
for grants to support their proposed philanthropic ventures. The
ventures must deliver a significant return on the investment (at
least 2:1) to support a community, college, or other civic project
in Indiana.
Grants will be awarded in amounts up to $1,500
in any one of these areas: arts & culture, civic affairs, community
development, education, health, recreation, and welfare.
Requests for funding will be reviewed by a
student selection committee, with a firm understanding of the
program’s commitment to venture and leverage.
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Grant
Proposal Deadlines
Grant reviews are
scheduled to occur on November 1, 2005, February 1, 2006, October 1,
2006, and February 1, 2007. The applicants will be notified and
grant accounts will be established as soon as possible after these
deadlines.
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Grant Obligations
§ Projects must be carried out between Fall 2005 and
Spring 2007.
§ Public recognition of support by the Ball Brothers
Foundation and the Independent Colleges of Indiana.
§ Any funds from the grant that are not used must be
returned.
§ Copies of receipts and a financial report must be
submitted at the completion of the project with a statement on the
amount of “return on investment.”
§ An evaluation of the project must be submitted at the
conclusion of the project.
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Funding For
The Grants
Funding for the College
Service Venture Program is provided by a grant from the Ball
Brothers Foundation and administered by the Independent Colleges of
Indiana. The funds were awarded to Manchester College which will
support ventures from other independent colleges and universities in
Indiana.
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What Supplies Can Be Purchased With The Venture Grant
The service venture grant funds can be used on materials and
supplies needed to accomplish your project. The grant funds are not
to be used to make donations or purchase gifts, or to pay volunteers
who are helping with the project.
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Applying
For A College Service Venture Grant
An application for a College Service Venture Grant must include the
following items:
§ Introductory Page (Form is provided)
§ Budget Page (Form is provided)
§ A typed and detailed explanation that describes
how your project benefits the community; explains the preparation of
volunteers and significant actions; and offers reflection and
assessment. (The aforementioned topics are described below to help
guide the explanation.)
§ At least on letter from a supporting faculty or
staff member affirming support
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Explanation Descriptions
All topics must be described and the questions should be used as
guides to complete the explanation
Community Benefits How is this project going to benefit the
community? How did you identify the need for the project (e.g.
communication with government or community leaders)?
Volunteer Preparation How will
you recruit, involve, and prepare the volunteers for the project?
Detail specific recruitment and preparation or training strategies.
Significant Action In what
specific activities will the volunteers be participating? Will the
volunteers actually work with the community and the population being
served, and, if so, how will this occur? What is the anticipated
impact of the service?
Reflection What opportunities
will allow the individuals to discuss their volunteer experiences?
How will this project help tie their volunteer experience to their
personal lives, education, and professional goals?
Assessment How will the community
be different after the completion of the service project? What are
you trying to modify or enhance? How will you know that your
project is a success?
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