Hands-on Learning Grants Full List of Questions

Email*

1-1. What is your name?*

1-2. What is your title?*

1-3. What is your phone number?*

1-4. List names and titles of any other key members of the project team.*

1-5. What is the Title of your grant proposal/project?*

1-6. Describe your project in two sentences or less - your best "elevator pitch".*

1-7. Project start date (Must be after July 1, 2025)*

1-8. Funding completion date (All funds must be expended by May 1, 2026)*

2-1. Approximate number of learners who will benefit from the project.*

2-2. What is the grade level(s) of the learners?*

2-3. How will learners from diverse races, cultures, and ethnicities, or for whom English is not a first language, benefit from this project?*

2-4. How many district sites will benefit from the project?*

3-1. Specific Learning Need:  What learning gaps, issues, or concerns are addressed?*

3-2. Hands-On:  Describe how students will engage with the hands-on learning project.*

3-3. “Creative” and “Innovative” are key elements of Seven Dreams Education Foundation Hands-on Learning grants.  Please list THREE (3) adjectives or phrases that describe how your project is creative and innovative.

4-1. Name of Building Principal/Program Administrator who has approved your grant proposal?*

4-2. When did you receive approval from this person?*

4-3. If your proposal includes funds for technology or will impact the physical building, who from technology and/or building and grounds gave approval?*

4-4. What additional support will you need to sustain the project after SDEF funding is expended?What support will you need and how will it be met? *

5-1. How will you evaluate the success of the project?  Provide specific method for evaluation.*

5-2. How will the project and results be publicized to the school community, parents, and community at large?*

5-3. How will you acknowledge the financial support from the Seven Dreams Education Foundation?*

6-1. What is the total cost of the project, including funds from Seven Dreams and other funders?*

6-2. Amount of funding requested from Seven Dreams Education Foundation (Must not exceed $3500.  Requests exceeding $3500 will not be considered.)*

6-3. If you are seeking other sources of funding, indicate Source/Amount/Confirmed Date/Under Discussion

Example:  PTO/$1000/Confirmed 10/1/23

Fundraiser/$500/Under Discussion

6-4. Source #1 - If no other sources of funding indicate $0*

6-5. Source #2

6-6. Source #3

Budget for the Project: Please list details and specific costs in each of the following areas.  If there are no costs in an area, indicate $0.

6-7. Materials - list type, source, and cost*

6-8. Outside contracts (consultants, artists, etc.) - list type/name and cost*

6-9. Transportation - list type and cost*

6-10. Other - give specific expenditures and costs*