Schneider Electric
Charitable Contributions Program
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Schneider Electric and Howard D. Colman Memorial
funds provide grant monies for the Schneider Electric Charitable Contributions Program.
Grants from these two Funds are held and managed
by the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
and are reviewed and directed by a committee
of employee volunteers at Schneider Electric
Who
is Eligible?
To be eligible for funding, an applicant must:
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Be
a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, not-for-profit agency
and/or organized group carrying out a charitable
purpose for the public good in an efficient
matter
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Provide
services within the Illinois counties of Winnebago,
Boone, Ogle, and Stephenson
- Be operated and organized so that there is no discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, age, ethnic origin and disability
- Be current on all final reports for grants from the Community Foundation; if your agency has a program currently being funded with a Community Foundation grant and your final report is not yet due, you must submit an interim letter letting us know the progress of your program (do not use the online final report form for this)
What
We Look For
We welcome proposals for projects that benefit
a broad spectrum of the community or a chronically
under-served segment of the population. We are
interested in proposals that reflect foresight
and perhaps, some risk taking. Schneider Electric Charitable Contributions Program looks
for projects that:
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Address recognized community issues with
innovative approaches
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Build
positively on the rich diversity of our community
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Present
clear work plans which show the ability to
achieve the project’s goal
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Promote
cooperation, create efficiencies without duplication
of services
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Demonstrate
leadership and develop the leadership potential
of the community
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Demonstrate
quality, vision, effectiveness, collaboration
and good management
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Strengthen
an agency’s effectiveness or stability
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Provide
long-range fund development planning beyond
the funding period
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Articulate
meaningful, reasonable, measurable outcomes
What
We Fund
We award grants in the areas of Health and Human
Services, Education, and Children, Youth, and
Families.
1.
Health & Human Services
Encompasses social service projects that benefit
the under-servered segments of our community.
For example, issues of homelessness, health
care, hunger, poverty, rehabilitation and the
elderly.
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Empower
the under-served to seek solutions
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Promote
self-sufficiency
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Programs
that focus on long-term approaches to issues
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Provide
independence to the elderly and disabled
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Improve
access to health care
2.
Education
Encompasses community education projects that
serve all age groups and segments of our population
and that are not normally funded by the public
school system
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Increase
literacy and basic skills development in community
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Develop
efforts that address the needs of students
who are most at-risk for dropping out of school
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Promote
inclusiveness and diversity
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Provide
creative approaches to improvement of our
educational system
3.
Children, Youth & Families
Encompasses programs that enhance the quality of life for
children and youth through opportunities to
enhance their intellectual, emotional, physical,
and social development.
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Support
models that encourage an alliance of shared
responsibility and coordination of resources
among schools, parents and community-based
organizations, and encourage the expansion
or replication of those programs most effective
in poor communities.
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Enhance
the life options of youth through such means
as improved basic skills and school retention;
development of work, life management, and
leadership development skills; and reduction
of risk-taking behaviors.
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Support
efforts to enhance parental understanding
of strategies they themselves can use to improve
the educational attainment of their children.
Grant
Cycles
The deadlines for submitting all applications are January 15th and July 15th of each year. If the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, proposals are due on the next business day. Grants under $10,000 are typically awarded in mid April for the January grant cycle and mid October for the July grant cycle. Grants of $10,000 and over are typically awarded in June for the January grant cycle and in December for the July grant cycle.
Carefully consider the funding cycle that allows you to receive funds prior to the start of your program. Grant applications for summer programs should apply to the July grant cycle the year before the program begins.
Only one proposal per organization per grant program will be considered during the Community Foundation's fiscal year (July 1st through June 30th).
Exceptions to this rule:
- You are invited by a Grants
Committee to resubmit an application in the following grant
cycle.
- Organizations participating in
a collaborative may apply once a year as a member of the collaborative,
and once as itself or as part of a second collaborative.
Grant Committees are comprised of Community Foundation Trustees
and Community Advisors. The Community Foundation's Board of Trustees approves all grant awards.
All grant recipients are required to submit an online final report upon completion of the project for which the grant was made. This report must include the outcomes achieved by the project and a detailed budget explaining how the funds were used. The report may also include an oral presentation or other components as deemed necessary by the Community Foundation.
Final reports are due within one year of grant approval. You may access the final report by clicking here. Past grant recipients will be excluded from future grant consideration if a final report has not been completed for prior funding. If an organization submits an additional application while a Community Foundation funded project is still in progress, an interim letter must be completed and returned by the grant cycle deadline. (Do not use the online final report form for this.)
Grants are made for one year only; should circumstances allow, a multi-year commitment may be considered.
What
We Do Not Fund
Grants are not made for the following:
Online
Application
Please Note: As the Community Foundation strives for complete accuracy in its grant programs, we reserve the right to update grant application forms 60 days before the deadline. Only applications started within 60 days of deadline will be accepted. While you may browse the online application at any time, you are reminded to check your calendar before you begin filling out any grant application.
To
start a new application, click New
Application.
To
access an application that you chose to save
and finish later, click Saved
Application.
Please Note: Your computer must use one of the following commonly used internet browsers and have cookies enabled in order to access the online application.
- Internet Explorer version 5.5 SP-2 or higher
- Netscape 6.2.2 or higher
- Netscape Communicator 4.76 or higher
- Internet Explorer 5.1.4 for Mac OS X
Budget Worksheet: For your convenience, we are providing a budget worksheet that you can download by clicking the link below. You may find it easier to complete this worksheet in paper form before entering the information into the online form.
Budget Worksheet
If
you have questions, please contact Barbara Nelson,
Vice President and Senior Program Officer at
(815) 962-2110 ext 15 or bnelson@cfnil.org.
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