Chenango Youth Philanthropy Council seeks Requests for Proposals
CHENANGO COUNTY – The Chenango Youth Philanthropy Council (CYPC) is now seeking proposals for grant applications as its 2018 Spring Request for Proposals initiative is officially underway.
Comprised of 21 students from Norwich High School and Sherburne-Earlville High School, the CYPC students have spent the school year participating in various workshops and seminars relating to non-profit organizations, foundations, and grant-making.
Now, the CYPC is seeking proposals from 501(c)(3) nonprofits that will, "demonstrate a measurable impact from non-profits located in and providing services to residents of Chenango County. Proposals should reflect a careful rationale for the project and be able to demonstrate measurable results in a mid-year review, which will need to be submitted by December 1, 2018. Grant applications will be accepted for up to $5,000. Partial funding may be awarded."
The CYPC students themselves wrote the 2018 Request for Proposals (RFP) after carefully considering what it should consist. NHS senior Emma Blenis said, "Looking at the RFP for the first time can be extremely daunting, because you have no idea what it's saying."
Norwich CYPC Advisor Kelly Collins-Colosi said, "We met with Sherburne about a month ago and we looked over an RFP form we've used before, and this was the first year I'd say they really spent time to examine what they wanted in the RFP. They really took the time to tear it apart, to take that initiative, and I was really impressed by that."
Grant applications up to $5,000 will be accepted by the CYPC, and they must be submitted by Friday, April 13 at 12 p.m. To apply for the CYPC 2018 Spring Request for Proposals, three hard copies of your application and attachments should be sent to: The Place, c/o CYPC, P.O. Box 509, Norwich, NY, 13815.
In addition to writing the RFP, the Norwich and Sherburne-Earlville students also wrote a comprehensive scoring rubric to more accurately decide which non-profit's proposal is most deserving of funding. The Norwich and Sherburne-Earlville students also each wrote a list of priorities that they believed need to be addressed in the area.
Sherburne-Earlville senior Thaddeus Karaman said, "Personally I'm really grateful for it, I think it's a great idea that they're trying to get students involved in the community in such a way. It's important that people like me and other kids in the school are involved to kind of see what the community needs, and it kind of encourages us to stick around."
Blenis agreed with the sentiment. "I participate because it's good to give back to the community as well as educate yourself further."
The Chenango Youth Philanthropy Council is a program made possible through a collaborative partnership with The Place and Chenango United Way. For more information, contact John Quattrocchi at (607) 336-9696 ext. 106, or by email at youth_works@theplacenorwich.com.
In year's past, the money granted by the Chenango Youth Philanthropy Council has been provided by donations from the Community Foundation for South Central New York, Chobani, and the R.C. Smith Foundation.
NHS CYPC members are: Brenna Baker, Hannah Baker, Emma Blenis, Erin DeVinne, Adriana Fratini, Matthew Giglio, Destiny Gladney, Maddi Hafele, Hannah Klockowski, Aria Maholchic, Abi Natoli, Jackson Sherry, Megan Turner, Mia Walton, and advisors Kelly Collins-Colosi and Beth Nassar.
S-E CYPC members are: Laura Alishauskas, Emma Baker, Harrison DuBoise, Anna Frost, Thaddeus Karaman, Nicole Turner, Eva Westbrook, and advisors Lauren DiRusso and Candice Poyer.
Pictured: Chenango Youth Philanthropy Council, with students from Norwich High School and Sherburne-High School, poses for a photo op after gathering to create its Request for Proposal document and rubric last week. (Submitted photo)
Comprised of 21 students from Norwich High School and Sherburne-Earlville High School, the CYPC students have spent the school year participating in various workshops and seminars relating to non-profit organizations, foundations, and grant-making.
Now, the CYPC is seeking proposals from 501(c)(3) nonprofits that will, "demonstrate a measurable impact from non-profits located in and providing services to residents of Chenango County. Proposals should reflect a careful rationale for the project and be able to demonstrate measurable results in a mid-year review, which will need to be submitted by December 1, 2018. Grant applications will be accepted for up to $5,000. Partial funding may be awarded."
The CYPC students themselves wrote the 2018 Request for Proposals (RFP) after carefully considering what it should consist. NHS senior Emma Blenis said, "Looking at the RFP for the first time can be extremely daunting, because you have no idea what it's saying."
Norwich CYPC Advisor Kelly Collins-Colosi said, "We met with Sherburne about a month ago and we looked over an RFP form we've used before, and this was the first year I'd say they really spent time to examine what they wanted in the RFP. They really took the time to tear it apart, to take that initiative, and I was really impressed by that."
Grant applications up to $5,000 will be accepted by the CYPC, and they must be submitted by Friday, April 13 at 12 p.m. To apply for the CYPC 2018 Spring Request for Proposals, three hard copies of your application and attachments should be sent to: The Place, c/o CYPC, P.O. Box 509, Norwich, NY, 13815.
In addition to writing the RFP, the Norwich and Sherburne-Earlville students also wrote a comprehensive scoring rubric to more accurately decide which non-profit's proposal is most deserving of funding. The Norwich and Sherburne-Earlville students also each wrote a list of priorities that they believed need to be addressed in the area.
Sherburne-Earlville senior Thaddeus Karaman said, "Personally I'm really grateful for it, I think it's a great idea that they're trying to get students involved in the community in such a way. It's important that people like me and other kids in the school are involved to kind of see what the community needs, and it kind of encourages us to stick around."
Blenis agreed with the sentiment. "I participate because it's good to give back to the community as well as educate yourself further."
The Chenango Youth Philanthropy Council is a program made possible through a collaborative partnership with The Place and Chenango United Way. For more information, contact John Quattrocchi at (607) 336-9696 ext. 106, or by email at youth_works@theplacenorwich.com.
In year's past, the money granted by the Chenango Youth Philanthropy Council has been provided by donations from the Community Foundation for South Central New York, Chobani, and the R.C. Smith Foundation.
NHS CYPC members are: Brenna Baker, Hannah Baker, Emma Blenis, Erin DeVinne, Adriana Fratini, Matthew Giglio, Destiny Gladney, Maddi Hafele, Hannah Klockowski, Aria Maholchic, Abi Natoli, Jackson Sherry, Megan Turner, Mia Walton, and advisors Kelly Collins-Colosi and Beth Nassar.
S-E CYPC members are: Laura Alishauskas, Emma Baker, Harrison DuBoise, Anna Frost, Thaddeus Karaman, Nicole Turner, Eva Westbrook, and advisors Lauren DiRusso and Candice Poyer.
Pictured: Chenango Youth Philanthropy Council, with students from Norwich High School and Sherburne-High School, poses for a photo op after gathering to create its Request for Proposal document and rubric last week. (Submitted photo)
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