Falmouth Education Foundation (FEF)
Allocations Policies and Guidelines

Grant Application Requirements

• Deadlines for applications are the last Friday in October and February.
• Completed applications must have appropriate signatures.
• Completed applications must include the original application and TEN copies.
• Completed applications must be delivered to the Falmouth Superintendent’s Office at 51 Woodville Road on or before the due date by 4:00 p.m.

Funding Priorities
Applications that meet one or more of the following criteria will be considered:

• Ideas that support the Falmouth Schools’ educational philosophy and its goals.
• Innovative educational projects/programs/items that augment the curriculum in a meaningful way.
• Projects/programs/items that explore new and imaginative curricular ideas and teaching practices.
• Projects/programs/items that will directly impact a significant number of students and/or teachers over an extended period of time.
• Evidence of a well-conceived, clearly described project that demonstrates carefully researched budgeting of projects/programs/items.

Restrictions

• No beneficiary may receive more than 10% of the FEF funds available in that year except by majority board approval.
• Funds from the FEF shall be available to programs affiliated with the Falmouth School System and the Falmouth community at large.
• The FEF chooses to fund projects that are not organized around the areas of sexuality, politics, or religion. Any exception requires majority board approval.
• Grant funds may not be used to pursue degrees, pay indirect costs or administrative fees, pay for travel expenses, or pay for salaries.

Grant Notification
All applicants will receive written notification of award or denial within four weeks of the deadline.

Grant Recipient Requirements:

1. To request funds, submit in writing along with 1) originals or copies of invoices or paid receipts and 2) a copy of the grant notification letter to FEF Allocation Committee P.O. Box 6043, Falmouth, Maine 04105. Please specify to whom the check should be made payable.If you have any questions about the procedure, please email Toni at abutter1@maine.rr.com or call her at 781-7467.
2. All allocated funds are to be collected within 6 months of notification. If the funds are not able to be collected within that time frame, written notification of an extension request is required and should be sent to FEF Allocation Committee PO Box 6043, Falmouth, Maine 04105 so that unused money will not be revoked. Any unused funds not requested or extended as noted above will be returned to the FEF for future consideration.
3. It is the recipient’s responsibility to ensure that the project/program complies with all appropriate municipal, Board of Education, corporate, and/or other agency’s rules and regulations prior to submission of the grant request.
4. Recipients will be required to submit a program evaluation outlining the strengths and weaknesses of the funded project/program.
5. Recipients will be required to apply FEF stickers wherever appropriate (these will be provided by the FEF).
6. Recipients will work with the FEF to publicize the project/program within the community.

      All materials purchased with the FEF funds will remain the property of the Falmouth  school district and/or community organizations.