BUTTE COLLEGE FOUNDATION          

                CRITERIA FOR AWARDING FOUNDATION GRANTS

 

 

 

The Butte College Foundation may award annual grants to Butte College . These grant funds will be made up of individual donations as well as an annual allocation from the Foundation General Fund. These grants will be awarded by the end of each semester.

 

            The Selection Committee Will Be Made Up Of:

 

                        Four Butte College Foundation Directors

A Butte College employee representing Instruction.

                        A Butte College employee representing Business Services.

                        A Butte College employee representing Student Services.

 

            These funds will be awarded based on the following criteria and guidelines:

 

                        1.   Grants are awarded for the greater benefit of Butte College students.

 

2.   In awarding grants, the selection committee will fulfill the total grant request or a specified portion of the grant request.

 

3.       Priority will be given to grant requests with matching funds and/or evidence of extraordinary commitment to the project.

 

                        4.   Priority will be given to the grant showing most overall campus benefit.

 

                        5.   Priority will be given to creative, innovative Butte College projects.

 

            General Information:

           

            After receiving all grant requests, the Executive Director will:

 

                        1.    Mail a list of grant requests to all Foundation Directors to give them the opportunity   

                               to fulfill a request prior to the Foundation’s funding of the project.

 

2.     Offer Foundation Directors the opportunity to contact a Foundation Director representative on the selection committee about a particular project they would wish to see funded.

 

3.          Make the completed grant applications available to the Grant Selection Committee, in the Foundation office.

 

4.          Invite all Grant Selection Committee members to the office to review the applications prior to the selection committee meeting. (Give 10 days time for this grant application review.)

 

5.          Grant applicants are asked to meet with the Selection committee on a specified date in the Butte College Board room.  Each applicant will have two minutes to support their request.

 

All unused grant funds will remain in the Foundation Grant Program to be re-allocated the following year.