Grant Description

Proposal Submission

Please submit proposals by completing this online form and in the grant description below please enter the following:

A. Beneficiaries - The number, location, and grade level of primary beneficiaries
B. Objectives - Description of grant activities and a timeline
C. Evaluation Methodology - How you will evaluate the project's impacts during and after completion
D. Budget - Detailed accounting of all project expenses
E. Future Budget - Whether the proposal will have future operating budget impacts and if so how your proposal will remain funded or supported in the future when CEF funds are spent
F. Qualifications - Education, experience or personal interest of grant team

If you have additional documentation to submit in support of your proposal, please upload it at the bottom of the proposal form.

Eligibility for Grant Award

Those eligible for grant award include teachers, administrators and curriculum specialists within the public school system or any member of the community in conjunction with a schoolteacher or administrator. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD, YOU MUST HAVE DISCUSSED AND REVIEWED WITH YOUR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL PRIOR TO GRANT SUBMISSION.

Examples of Previous Grants

What Can Be Funded

CEF has learned that collaboration with the administration early and often within the grant process ensure that grant submissions are well crafted and more likely to be funded.

Start up, one-off or multi-year costs
Training related to implementation of the program (not normally funded professional development)
Grant-related equipment, supplies, travel, and materials
Curriculum development, as long as it complements but does not replace system funding - Staff stipends should be no more than the maximum rate set by the Concord Public Schools

What Cannot Be Funded

Any proposal without a detailed budget
Salaried positions
Ongoing operational annual costs/expenses
Programs ordinarily funded in the school budget
Basic school curriculum development
Equipment, supplies, materials, and so on, not related to the delivery of the proposed program
Food and beverage associated with a proposed grant

2022-2023 Concord Ed Fund Grant Application