Grants for Regional Leadership Collaborations

Background

The INDIANA LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION (ILA) is a statewide organization that strives to foster and facilitate best practices of leadership in Indiana and its people by connecting, supporting, and sustaining leadership development programs, initiatives, and leadership activities in Indiana Communities.

In addition, we facilitate regional collaborations and provide resources to amplify the work of leadership.  It is with this mission in mind that the ILA has initiated grants for REGIONAL LEADERSHIP COLLABORATIONS. 

Each of the five ILA regions have opportunities to access $2500.00 to support collaborative efforts in which ILA Board Members and organizational members play a convening, facilitation, or participatory role, the benefits of which will have community-wide impact.

Eligibility Criteria

•  501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations, or units of government based in Indiana are eligible to apply.  The lead organization must be an ILA member to apply.
   
• Eligible projects/programs should encourage regional networking, promote the event, have ILA information available, and support ILA’s mission and membership. 
   
• Eligible projects/programs may not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation. 
   
• Eligible projects/programs must be a collaborative effort with an ILA Member with clearly defined roles.  At least one ILA Board Member should be directly involved in the use of the granted funds, assist with planning, serve as a consultant, attend, speak at the event, and/or generally promote the benefits of membership in ILA.
   
• Eligible projects/programs should be innovative and provide creative solutions to community issues, encouraging organizations to “think outside the box.”
   
• Eligible projects/programs must have a clearly defined operating plan, evaluation plan, and plan for sustainability.  Further, they should meet the published grant guidelines and ILA Mission. (See attachments)
   
• Eligible projects/programs must be new or an expansion of an already successful project or program targeted to building best practices in leadership in the community and Indiana. 
   
• Please allow a minimum of 30 days lead time for a decision by the grant committee to be made.

  GUIDELINES: ILA REGIONAL COLLABORATION GRANT

  1)  ILA will reserve $2,500 per region (five regions according to suggested regional map) to support new collaborative efforts in which organizational members of ILA play a convening, facilitation, or participatory role, the benefits of which will have community-wide impact.

  2)  Examples of regional collaborations (not limited to these examples):
   
  ·    Leadership training/development for community members
  ·    Study project pertaining to a regional concern
  ·    Hands-on project that improves a regional concern
  ·    Preference is given to projects that impact a larger audience over projects focused toward a small target population

  3)  Examples of how the grant money may be used (not limited to these examples)
     
  ·    To pay speaker/trainer/facilitation fees
  ·    To provide materials for participants
  ·    To provide costs of event (room rental/refreshments)
  ·    To implement conclusions of a study or actions of a project

  4)  Amounts awarded will be reimbursements for money expended by the ILA member organization in support of the collaboration.  Receipts will be required before grant money is released.

  5) The grantee shall be a member of the ILA and meet eligibility requirements.  The registered, official address of the grantee shall be located in the region to which the funds are allocated.

  6) Funds are not transferable region to region unless the collaboration crosses regional boundaries. (In other words, funds not requested in one region will not necessarily be available to another region.)

  7) Funds for each project or event must be approved by the ILA Board.  Assuming approval, funds will be awarded on a first-come first-served basis, and will be available until June 30, 2011.

  8)  After June 2011, the ILA Board will evaluate the grants program and determine disposition of any remaining funds and/or continuation of the grant program.

  9)  Opportunities to promote the ILA and membership must be provided at the event.  This could be in the form of a personal appeal by an ILA member or Board member, making brochures/materials available at the event, showing an ILA presentation, using the ILA logo on materials, and/or other methods.

  Submit the following request form for approval by the ILA Board.  Make your request early if you have no other way of funding the costs.  Thirty days minimum needed for approval.

  Request Form (Attach a separate sheet for Questions 5, 6, 7, and 8)

  ·    Mail to ILA Treasurer Ron Richard, 2742 Bellview Lane, Rising Sun, IN  47040.  Or email to Ron Richard ronrichard@embarqmail.com

  1)    Name of individual making request:

  2)    Name of ILA member organization involved in the regional collaboration:

  3) Street Address or PO Box :

  City:                                              Indiana Zip Code

  Daytime Phone:                                  Email:

  4) Region involved in the collaboration (North, West, Central, East, South, or Describe if Other):

  5) Describe the purpose of the collaboration, the anticipated outcomes, and how it   will benefit the region:­­­­­­­­­­­­­­  

  6) List Collaborative Partners involved in the project and their roles:

  7)  Describe the target population and size for the project.

  8)  Amount requested from the ILA and how funds will be used:

  9)  Dates of project/event for which funds are requested:

  10)  A written report must be submitted to the ILA Board after the conclusion of the event or project, including how funds were expended.