Mini-grant Web Instructional

8/2/2019 Mini-grant Web Instructional

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We make a promise to sustain the South Mountain Regions

quality of life which is critically reliant onits natural, cultural, and economic assets.

Join us in this promise.


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Mini-GrantWORKSHOP


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Workshop Outline: About the South Mountain Partnership Grant basics

Past projects

Details of the Application

What happens if you are awarded


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Map courtesy ofCapital RC&D


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PURPOSE

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Stimulate on the ground projects that aligns with the goals andstrategies of the partnership.

Biggest bang for the buck- with results that we can own andpromote as a partnership.

Strong partner collaboration.

Overlaps many categories that create the regions sense of place.


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Goals


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Preserve, sustain, and develop

critical natural and cultural assets ofthe region

Promoteregions natural andcultural assets and develop them into

a major regional economic force

Build a critical mass of public and

private organizations, non-profits,

and citizens to support thePartnerships mission

Goals:


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Strategies


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A) INVENTORY our assets so that we can preserve, promote,

and develop them

B) PROMOTE AND ADVOCATE for natural and heritage

assets, agriculture, and recreation and SHOWCASE

ORGANIZATIONS/ BUISNESS that support them

C) COLLABORATE with key COMMUNITIES to preserve,

promote, and develop natural and heritage assets,agriculture, and recreation

D) SUSTAIN THE PARTNERSHIP and develop programs andactivities that will attract all kinds of demographics

Strategies:


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Visit www.southmountaingrant.blogspot.com

For a complete list of resources


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Who can apply ?Municipalities, municipal agency, a pre-qualified land trustand authorized organizations are all eligible applicants.

Authorized organizations must be both tax-exempt underSection 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and registeredwith the PA Dept. of State, Bureau of CharitableOrganizations. The Pennsylvania Recreation Trails and the ATV

legislation also allow eligibility for some private groups.


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What Amount Can YouAsk For?

There is a grant request limit of

$25,000 and a minimum of $2,500


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Where Does The Project

Need to Be Located

All projects must be within Cumberland, Adams,Franklin, or York County and have significant ties to the assets

of the South Mountain, to the communities tied to theseassets, and to the working lands surrounding it. Applicants

must submit in the application a list of all participatingpartners who would benefit or participate in the project.


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FUNDEDPROJECTS2009-2012


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-Land Conservancy of Adams County

Tales ofPreservation


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-Land Conservancy of Adams County

Tales ofPreservation

Ad C t C ti


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Adams County ConservationDistrict & Strawberry Hill NaturePreserve

Vernal Pools Workshops

PROMOTION


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PROMOTION

Publication 5,000 booklets

- mailed to 50 acre + landowners- available at TPAs- Conservation District Offices

- Primary businesses

Website hosted on Capital RC&D as aproject pagee-book a page flippingdigital publication on-line

- link available to all partners- Forest Stewardship website

- Woodlot Owners- Hardwood Council

Workshops/Conference- Forest Stewardship Training- TUs River Conservation Course- Potential conferenceA Feast in

the Forest 2011 @ IronmastersMansion


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Community Supported Forests

A Partnership with

Penn State University

DCNR Forestry

Capital RC&D

Central PA Conservancy

Community

Supported Forests


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Local Food, farm &Outdoor Attractions

(Press event for kick-off at theFarmers On the Square Market:

included Cumberland CountyCommissioners, PDA, and others)


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Local Food, farm &Outdoor Attractions


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Photo by Robert T. Kinsey

APPALACHIANTRAIL MUSEUM

SOUTH MOUNTAINS


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SOUTH MOUNTAINS

UNDERGROUND

RAILROAD


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CAMP

MICHAUX

Cumberland CountyHistorical Society


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CAMP

MICHAUX

Cumberland CountyHistorical Society


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CAMP

MICHAUXGATEWAYS NARROWSINTERPRETIVE PROJECT

Arendtsville Borough


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BOILING SPRINGS

SIGNAGE PLAN &INTERPRETIVE

PROJECT

Photo by Cornee van der Linden

Boiling Springs Civic Association


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MOUNT HOLLY MARSH

PRESERVE SIGNAGEIMPROVMENTS

Cumberland County

Photo by C. Thoyes

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Details of the

Application

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DetailsNo more than 4 pages

(double sided which means 8 pages total)

10 point font

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Ranking Projects:Criteria Out of 100 points

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10 POINTS Criteria A: Sufficient Project Scope20 POINTS Criteria B: Partner and Regional Collaboration20 POINTS Criteria C: Satisfies Goals and Objectives of Strategic Plan

10 POINTS Criteria D: Overlaps Many Categories of Interest10 POINTS Criteria E: Measurable Success20 POINTS Criteria F: Match Is Secured10 POINTS Bonus Points: Project Directly Related to Outcomes of

Workshops

Required For Application To Be Scored: Acknowledgement of Terms andConditions

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PLEASE ONLY LIST PARTNERS THAT

ARE PROVDING A MATCH, LETTEROF SUPPORT REQUIRED

Partners

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Synopsis- SHORT!!

A) Scope: summary

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Tie into regions assets:

agriculture, natural resources, heritage, and recreationA) Scope: summary

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A) Scope: budget

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A) Scope: budget

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Itemize all costs: per unit cost x amount

Use this for both direct costs

Use for in-kind costs or professional labour

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A) Scope: budget

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Professional services whether donated or

contracted should be at the professional billingrate

Un-skilled labor is set at PAs minimum wage($7.50)

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A) Timeline

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A) Timeline

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A) Scope: budget

Match needs to be 1:1

What you CAN match What you CANT match

-Donated volunteer orprofessional time

- Donate materials, land, etc..

- Other grant dollars (but NODCNR funded projects)

- Straight cash!

- A match to other DCNR fundedgrants

- Unjustified professional servicerates (no guessing)

- Funds that are already beingspent for the project


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B ) Partners


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C) Goals and Objectives

LINK


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Recreation

Land Use&

Planning

Heritage

Ecology

Tourism &Economic

Development

Agriculture

Projects that intersect the mostareas will rank the highest


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E) Measurable Success

In project closeout we will be reviewing where you are at in meeting your

measurements for success.

METRICS, METRICS, METRICS!!!


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F) Match

Simple yes or no

If no- please explain the circumstances so we can determine if it may still be deemedeligible


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BONUS POINTS!

If project was identified, discussed or stemmed froma Partnership meeting or workshop, it will receive

additional points


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BONUS POINTS!

No points will be given if your organization attendedan event for something un-related to your project


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Absolutely required

Terms and conditions are provide through the link. Ifyou are not typically the signatory for contracts,please review this with the person that would


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Absolutely required


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Absolutely required


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Absolutely required

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Important dates:

Application Deadline:Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 5 p.m.

Grant Awards Announces: September 2012

Project Completion: December 31, 2013

****Please note many project take much longer forparties to agree and sign agreement

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Send to:Kimberly Williams (South Mountain partnership Co-Lead)

Appalachian Trail Conservancy at

[email protected]

****Please no PDFs- send a Word file
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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What happens if you

are awarded? Agreement signed by both parties Scope of work based off of application

Agreements signed sometime between September andOctober 2011

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Questions?


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GOOD LUCK!!!!


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We make a promise to sustain the South Mountain Regions

quality of life which is critically reliant onits natural, cultural, and economic assets.

Join us in this promise.

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