THE EAST LONGMEADOW EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT FUND, INC.

East Longmeadow, Massachusetts

October, 2006

The East Longmeadow Educational Endowment Fund, Inc. was established and funded by parents and local businesses as a non-profit private foundation whose sole purpose is to improve the quality of public education in our town. Each year, the Endowment expects to make grants to educators, such as yourself, for the purpose of enriching the students in your classroom, resource room or library.

This is our eleventh year of soliciting grant requests. This year, the Board has voted to award educational impact grants for a total of $20,000.00, for the school year 2006-2007. We will follow our format from last year and will not be targeting a particular school to award a portion of the grant. We will again allow all of the schools to participate and have the ability to submit impact grant requests to the Endowment.

In order for this process to be effective again this year, we need your help. We need your insights, input and perspective captured in the form of a grant request. This grant request will set forth your ideas for projects, programs, special curriculum and equipment that will motivate students and stimulate learning.

Accompanying this letter is a grant application form. Please provide us with as much detail as you possibly can. Describe your ideas, goals and objectives. Itemize needed supplies, resources and equipment required to implement the project or program. Our criteria for evaluating impact grant requests is as follows: (i) The project should impact as broad a number of students as possible: (ii) The educational enrichment resulting from the grant should be as long lasting as possible; and (iii) An ongoing commitment by the school system to maintain the program. Especially related to (iii), we are requiring a signature from the Superintendent on all impact grant applications. Please note that all applications must be submitted by December _____, 2006.

We look forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions or concerns about this process, please feel free to contact myself at 525-5682 or Damon D’Amico at 526-0859.

Sincerely,

Nancy Cokotis, Allocations Co-Chair
On behalf of the East Longmeadow Educational
Endowment Fund, Inc.

Name of Applicant: ______________________________ School: ____________________

Subject/Grades Taught: ______________________________

Grant $’s Requested: $________________

Applicant’s Home ______________________________

Address ______________________________ Phone: _____________________

On a separate page, please type and attach responses to the following questions:

Alternate Funding: What other funds may be available to you for the project.

Applicant___________________________________Date:____________________________

Principal ___________________________________Date:____________________________

Superintendent_______________________________Date:____________________________

Please complete an application utilizing the above layout in typewritten form and mail to: