Inspiration Playground is a component fund of the
Community Foundation of Northern Colorado.

Funds donated by Fort Collins Rotary Clubs
and the Community of Northern Colorado.

Mission 

The mission of the Inspiration Playground Program Endowment fund is to optimize the use of Inspiration Playground within the area served by Poudre School District by promoting educational use of the playground and its equipment. This will be accomplished by:

• Increasing meaningful activity and interactions for children of all abilities.
• Purposeful programming integrating play for children of all abilities.
• Promoting activities that increase children’s understanding of the benefits of physical and social activities through playground utilization.

Guidelines

Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, a school, or a city-affiliated program that serves residents of Poudre School District. Requests for more than $1,000 will not be considered. Requests to purchase snacks, meals or clothing items such as t-shirts will not be considered.

Process

Grant requests will be accepted twice each year, while funds are available (see deadlines below.) Requests for funding must be submitted online using the online form below. Grant recipients must also submit an online evaluation report (Final Report) within 60 days of project completion. 

Deadlines

Application Deadline    Notification of Award     Grant Distribution
Sept. 10, 2010                  Sept. 24, 2010                   By Oct. 22, 2010
Feb. 4, 2011                     Feb. 18, 2011                    By March 18, 2011

Questions

Please direct questions to Chief Operating Officer Roxanne Fry at 488-1989 or roxanne@CommunityFoundationNC.org.   

Is your agency a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization?	PLEASE SELECT A RESPONSE No (You are not eligible to submit a request for funding.) Yes (Please continue completing this form.)
First and last name of project contact:
Email Address:
Work Phone Number:
Name of School (or Name of Organization if you do not work for a school):
Name of program, class level, or department within the school/organization (Example: Early Childhood Program):
Tax ID (EIN):
Mission Statement:
School/Organization Street Address:
City:
State:	Colorado Kansas Missouri Nebraska New Mexico South Dakota Wyoming
ZIP:
Name of planned activity/project for which you are seeking funding:
Amount Requested (Example: $xxx; Requests should not exceed $1,000):
Number of children to be served:
When will funds be used? (Month/Year)
Brief description of planned activity and the expected benefit (LIMIT: 100 words. Please draft your text in Microsoft Word or another word processing program, and then use the Word Count feature to ensure that your response does not exceed the 150-word limit):
Provide an itemized budget of the expenses to be paid by a grant from this fund. Separate each item with a semicolon. (Example: Bus driver at $14 per hour for 3 hours = $42)
Is there anything else you would like the Inspiration Playground Grant Review Committee to be aware of?