Sample Grant Review - #2

Each application received by the Right To Learn Grants Program will be evaluated according to the rubric below. Within 10 business days following an application, Right to Learn will provide a grant decision (approval, denial or request for more information) and comprehensive feedback on the application. A sample of this feedback is provided below for one of the sample applications published on the Right To Learn site.

Sample #2: Eureka Community Day of Action

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Area of consideration	Score (1-9)
Project clearly identifies and articulates strategy to achieve the desired social change.	5
Grant amount requested is proportional to the number of students involved in or impacted by the project.	7
Project plans for effective uses local resources and community involvement (via in-kind donations and discounts, support from civic groups, etc.)	9
Team proposes an innovative and creative strategy to address the problem/challenge.	5
Project is viable and has a likely chance of successful implementation.	8
Other considerations: number of schools/students involved in project, previous involvement in Right To Learn activities, strong references/recommendations, involvement of low-income and historically underserved communities.

Narrative Comments:

We liked your idea very much because this small community seems verytightly knit and we think it would be a very successful day that can involve everyone. However, your proposal does not have a concrete goal for what the day of action will accomplish. We would suggest sending the petitions from the petitionsigning booth to the state legislators, inviting those legislators to speak or soliciting asmuch media attention as possible for this Day of Action. You should meet again to better articulate the goal, and possibly involve other students or adults in the discussion. Then please resubmit your proposal so we can reconsider it. The strongest part of your proposal is the way in which you will use free community resources like food and performance donations to keep the budget very low for this kind of event ($10/person if 500 people attend). While a community event in a park is not a unique idea, we like that you are brining local attention to statewide issues, which you said usually does not happen. With a better articulated goal, it is likely that we will fund this project.