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San José Go Green Mini-Grants
A Funding Program of the City
of San José Go Green Schools Program
Goal and Purpose of the Grants
The goal of the San José Go Green Mini-grants
Program is to promote environmental stewardship in the current student
generation. Mini-grants are intended to foster school-wide and in-
classroom recycling and other environmental actions and environmental
education. This program was established in 2006 to encourage environmental
practices and programs involving students, parents, teachers, principals,
custodians and district level administrators in San José K-12
public and private schools. It is intended that these grants help
establish, maintain or expand on-campus recycling or composting
programs or other sustainable environmental programs. Grants are
intended for projects that work directly with and benefit K-12 students.
Grants are not intended for school facility upgrades or equipment
for water or energy conservation. Financial assistance is available
for those needs from other sources.
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Eligible Projects/Examples
- Purchase of supplies and equipment to promote recycling and
other environmental programs on campus, including digital camcorders
or cameras to create environmental films promoting recycling
or other green practices
- Production of environmental short film (5 minutes or under)
with purchase of video equipment and supplies; production must
be student-led, student-written, student-directed, student-produced
- Purchase of supplies and equipment that stress reuse and waste
reduction, such as refillable water bottles and reusable lunch
containers
- Purchase of reusable promotional items made of recycled materials
including posters, caps, tee-shirts, water bottles, mugs, school
supplies, magnets, reusable lunch equipment
- Purchase of student, teacher, custodian, school administrator
and parent award items and award event supplies to recognize individuals
or groups who were part of the program’s success
- Payment for costs related to environmental field trips, school
assemblies, presentations, entertainment
- Purchase of environmental education books, videos, DVDs, posters
and supplies
- Payment for teacher trainings, including this year special trainings with the Krause Center for Innovation: Green Schools 101 and other environmental education enhancements
- Purchase of materials to allow construction, planting and/or
maintenance of school gardens including composting, worm bins,
tree plantings, and native, drought tolerant, or non-invasive
bulbs and plants
- Purchase of litter pick-up gloves, tools, carts that enhance
litter removal campaigns
- Projects involving two or three schools working collaboratively
together to cross-mentor each other in green practices
- Other creative ideas, which would promote school recycling
and green school actions and practices
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Who Is Eligible to Apply for the Grant?
Teachers, principals, environmental or science
club advisors, student environmental or other leadership clubs or
groups, custodians, parents and PTAs and PTOs of San José K-12
schools, public or private, are eligible to apply. San José-based
501c3 community based organizations that serve San José K-12
students are also eligible to apply (501c3 status is required for
funding). Only one application per school. No paid contractors,
or other paid employment or contractual services are eligible.
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Grant Range Amounts
Grants can range from $500.00 to $5,000. Please
make sure that the amount you request is appropriate to the project
you describe. The total amount available for 2008-2009 San José
Go Green Mini-grants is $47,000. If awarded, your application may receive partial funding, not the total amount you requested.
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What is the Project Funding Period?
Funds will be available upon grant award. The
funding period is from grant award, January 30, through June 5,
2009. Project funds not spent by June 5 must be returned to the
City of San José. Funds may be used for a summer session
activity, but they need to be spent before June 5.
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Is There a Fee?
There is no fee to submit a grant.
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What Is the Deadline for Applying?
Email applications by 5PM on December 5, 2008.
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How Do I Apply? / Who Do I Contact With
Questions or for More Information?
APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL. DO NOT SEND A PRINT APPLICATION BY U.S. MAIL.
Complete the designated application form.
Save an electronic copy for yourself and email the completed application form to sjgreenschools@sanjoseca.gov.
For more information:
Deb Bogart
City of San José Go Green Schools Program
Environmental Services Department
200 E. Santa Clara St., Tower 10th Floor
San José, CA 95113
sjgreenschools@sanjoseca.gov
408-975-2533
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How Will Grant Awards Be Decided?
The Go Green Mini-grants Grant Award Team will
review the grant applications for applicant eligibility, appropriateness
of project funding amount request, and the degree to which the project
meets one or more of the following funding criteria:
- project starts simple and builds on successes, avoids the risk
of becoming overwhelming
- promotes school recycling programs, featuring recycling of paper,
beverage containers, cardboard, food and/or yard waste
- promotes school composting or gardens that provide environmental
learning
- promotes environmental education, including teacher training
- promotes other environmental practices and programs at the
school, including energy conservation, water conservation, green
buying/environmentally preferred procurement, green building /
sustainable design, and environmentally-healthy pest management,
groundskeeping and cleaning practices
- promotes students’ direct experience of nature, especially
of local parks, creeks, the watershed, the San Francisco Bay,
and other local natural features
- project creates or strengthens an on-campus Go Green Team including
a teacher, parent, student, custodian and principal to plan, promote,
carry out and maintain the program
- promotes partnerships with other area schools or environmental
organizations for environmental purposes
- project has the potential to become a long term, sustainable
program that will have a life of several years beyond mini-grant
funding
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Who Will Make the Grant Awards Decisions?
The Go Green Mini-grants Grant Award Team will
consist of program staff of the City of San José Go Green Schools
Program and other Environmental Services Department programs, and
community representatives.
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When Will the
Grant Awards Be Released?
The Go Green Mini-grants will be announced on or before January 30, 2009. Grant funds will be available upon
award.
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What Will the
Grant Project Reporting Requirements Include?
Reporting is intended to be simple. One page
progress reports will be due at mid-point, April 3, and at project
end, June
5, detailing how funding has been used and how it has impacted
students and the school.
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Who Are the San
José Go Green Mini-Grant Sponsors?
Go Green Mini-grants are funded by the City of
San José and administered by the San José Go Green
Schools Program. The San José Go Green Schools Program is
a program of the City of San José Environmental Services
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