HELP!!! MY PROGRAM NEEDS FUNDS!!!

HELP!!! MY PROGRAM NEEDS FUNDS!!! HOW TO FIND FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR YOUR TMC PROGRAM

Is your TMC site in financial turmoil??? Not enough funds for • Supplies • Games • Food • Extra Curricular Activities • Software and other Technology • Parental Resources • Outreach into the Community

There are many financial resources out there, that our TMC sites can benefit from. But sometimes they are just a little hard to locate. There may be a way to cross the broke barrier…

GRANTS!!!! Are the perfect way to bring all kinds of financial resources to your site BUT… Every site has different needs and, one site might not be able to fully benefit from a certain grant that another one can. SO HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND GET THE RESOURCES WE NEED???

Step #1 We must find where all these grants are being offered, and the best place to check is with… Associated Grant Makers www.agmconnect.com

Associated Grant Makers • Our MissionTo support the practice and expansion of effective philanthropic giving. AGM is a community of foundation staff and trustees, corporate grant makers, donors and philanthropic advisory services that builds a connection with nonprofit leaders.

Step #2 • Look at the RFP or objective of each available grant to see if your TMC site qualifies • RFP = Request for Proposal OR… • The questions that your program must answer in order to receive funds. You must also look at the deadline in which you must turn the proposal in, and what interests the grant will serve. Let’s look at some examples…

REMEMBER… If your site does receive a grant, the RFP ALWAYS APPLIES!! If the program misuses the funds, they will come and get you.

Now that you have chosen a RFP, there are several steps that must be taken to complete the grant application process. These steps vary by the grant that you select for your TMC site. Some grants ask for more information than others. Here are some of the basic documents that need to be submitted into the application. Step #3

RFP Example • Boston Capacity Tank • 2009 (Year 2) Capacity Grants for Clusters • Application Packet • TABLE OF CONTENTS • Please note: Overview, Instructions, Budget Instructions, and Funding Criteria are found in the 2009 (Year 2) Capacity Grant Overview,which may be found on the website of the Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston, www.bmaboston.org or by contacting Deandra Robinson at drobinson@bmaboston.org or 617-445-2737 x26. • Intent to Apply Page 1 • Application Checklist Page 2 • Application for Lead Agency Only Pages 3-5 • Application for Each Cluster Partner Agency Pages 6-7 • Required Attachments Page 8 • Federal Budget Form 424A Page 9

RFP (2) • Boston Capacity Tank • INTENT TO APPLY • Application for 2009 Cluster Capacity Grants • Please fax to Ellen Bass, 617-445-3557 by Monday, November 17, 2008. • Submitting an Intent to Apply is not mandatory or binding. • Please complete the following to indicate your intent to apply for a 2009 Cluster Capacity Grant: • Lead Agency Organization Name: Greenwood Shalom Outreach Community, Inc • Lead Agency Organization Address: 378 A Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124 • Application Contact Person Name: Tanna Preston • Contact Telephone: 617-282-1464 • Contact email: tpreston.asp@verizon.net • Cluster Partner Agencies (name only; not binding). The cluster will include a lead agency, to which all grant funds will be paid, and may include partners expecting to subcontract under the grant budget, and/or in-kind partners. • List partner agencies expecting to subcontract under grant budget:List in-kind partner agencies: • GBNCC-Greater Boston Nazarene Compassionate Center Haitian Nazarene Church • GRASP, Inc. John Marshall School • _______________________________________ _______________________________________ • _______________________________________ _______________________________________ • If desired, please contact Ellen at 617-445-2737 x13 or ebass@bmaboston.org before November 17 to schedule a time to discuss your project or to submit a draft for feedback.

RFP (3) • Application Checklist • Contact: For any questions regarding the application, please contact Ellen Bass at 617-445- • 2737 x13 or ebass@bmaboston.org. • Deadline: 12:00 noon on Monday, November 24, 2009 • The Boston Capacity Tank, 4th floor • c/o The Black Ministerial Alliance • 2326R Washington Street • Roxbury, MA 02119 • (Submissions received after this deadline by any means will not be accepted. Faxed and emailed applications will not be accepted.) • Electronic Copies: To download an electronic copy, go to www.bmaboston.org, and click on Grants, then click on Apply for a Grant. You may request an email copy by e-mailing drobinson@bmaboston.org. Please note that ten (10)hard (printed) copies (including original) of the completed application must be submitted for circulation and review by volunteers. • The following items comprise the Grant Application package. Please submit ten (10) COPIES of each, collated in the following order: • Lead Agency submissions: • ___ Cover letter signed by Board Chair of lead agency and Executive Directors of each Partner FBO/CBO (or appropriate administrator of public agency). (Faxed signatures are acceptable.) • ___ Section I. Lead Agency Grant Application with 4-page attached narrative (Sections II and III). • ___ Standard Form 424A Budget (use of grant funds only) • ___ Grant RequestBudget Narrative • ___ Audited or Reviewed or Compiled Financial Statements • ___ Board-approved operating budget for the organization (current fiscal year) • ___ Year-to-Date Financial Statements (current fiscal year) • ___ Board Roster • ___ IRS letter (or substitute, see application instructions) • ___ Job Description(s) for staff and/or Scope of Services for consultant(s) • Each partner agency submission: • ___ Section V. Partner Agency Grant Application with 1-page attached narrative (Section VI) for each cluster member, including lead agency.

RFP (3) • Boston Capacity Tank • Application forCluster Capacity Grants 2009 • Please type or print neatly; please submit 10 copies (including original). • Section I: Overview To be completed by lead agency only. • Lead Agency Organization Name (Legal): Greenwood Shalom Outreach Community, Inc • Applicant is (check one):x Faith-based organization (FBO) ___ Community-based organization (CBO) ___ • (Please refer to guidance in instructions to determine if your organization is an FBO or a CBO.) • Main Address: 378 A Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124 • St City State Zip • Phone: 617-282-1464 Fax: 617-282-1573 Web Site: www.greenwoodmemorialumc.org./outreach • Director of Lead Agency (Executive Director, Pastor, Minister, Rabbi, Imam, etc.): • Tanna Preston Phone: 617-282-1464 • Contact for this Proposal (Name & Title): Tanna Preston • Contact Phone: 617-282-1464 Contact Email: tpreston.asp@verizon.net • Does cluster have: 1. A strategic plan? Yes / No 2. A fundraising plan? Yes / No • Summary of Capacity-Building Project (no more than 4 lines): • Please list each cluster member: • List partner agencies expecting to subcontract under grant budget:List in-kind partner agencies: • Greater Boston Nazarene Compassionate Center Haitian Nazarene Church • GRASP, Inc. John Marshall School • _______________________________________ _______________________________________ • _______________________________________ _______________________________________ • Section II: Budget Summary and Requested Grant Amount To be completed by lead agency only. • Total Grant Request $40,000_____________ Within the period: January 1, 2009 – Sept. 30, 2009 • Total Current Organization Budget $379,414.84 Organization Fiscal Year End: 6/30 • Agency unrestricted net assets as of last fiscal year end (see Statement of Activities in audit): $6,446 • Does agency have financial policies and procedures regarding budgeting__x_, bank reconciliation_x__, cash • flow__x_, management reporting_x__, and internal controls__x_? (Check if yes for each, leave blank if no.) • Does agency have a financial system allowing for segregation of sources and uses of funds? _x__yes ___no • Which of the following is attached to document your agency’s tax exempt status? • x_____IRS letter confirming 501(c)3 status • _____Copy of agreement with a 501(c)(3) fiscal agent and copy of its IRS letter • _____If neither of the above, State tax exempt certification or State Articles of Incorporation

RFP (4) • Section III: Lead Agency Overview of PartnershipPlease limit response to 2 pages; Lead Agency only should complete. • Please describe the cluster’s activities to date and relationships. Please mention briefly what makes your cluster unique. The development of this partnership has been an ongoing work in progress over the last four (4) years. Greenwood Shalom Outreach Community, Inc. and GRASP have a history of collaborating on various projects together to enhance the services for its constituents and working closely together to ensure the growth and development of organizational capacity and the success of their programs. Early in their development located in close proximity they became a resource for each other in various capacities. DNCC initially being located in Dorchester with a similar mission, after joining VGASP 2003, attending the monthly workshops, and identifying similar issues of concern began to seek assistance on various projects and provide encouragement and support to other VGASP programs. The following list of organizations and activities have provided the agencies with technical assistance and resources, economic support, and have been integral in quality programmatic development. The work and affiliations outlined below have been key in the development of this proposal. • Greenwood and GRASP participated in the Boston After School Quality Initiative designed to assist inner city out of school time programs to improve quality and to pursue national accreditation and have attended trainings, traveled together to national conferences to learn new practices and to visit programs out of state. The executive directors of each program have become program endorsers for National After School Association. • Greenwood and GRASP were participants in the Engaging Families Initiative (EFI) sponsored by the United Way of Mass Bay, Harvard Family Research Project, and BOSTnet. Greenwood Shalom is featured in the publication “Focus on Families- How to Build and Support Family-Centered Practices in After School” published by the above mentioned partners of EFI. The goals were to help strengthen parent and child relationships, to promote parent involvement in their child’s school and after school, and to develop parent leadership ability. • Tech Mission, CTC Net and ATA Access are agencies dedicated to the technological development and advancement of community based and faith based organizations serving low-income and disabled participants. Greenwood, GRASP and DNCC have all been recipients of funding from one or all of these agencies to develop computer labs, to improve accessibility, to acquire hardware and software, and to develop youth and community training programs. The program staff have attended local trainings, traveled to conferences, researched materials and curriculum and worked together to improve their technology programs. • Our partnership is founded on similar and missions and goals to which we are strongly committed. We view each agency as having resources and strengths to help and to benefit the other. We are dedicated to ensuring the growth and development of our youth, determined to facilitate the academic and educational success of our youth, committed to fostering and developing the gifts and talents of our youth, and understand the dire importance of addressing the health issues within our community. We believe if we work together more youth and more families will receive better services and extract the best each program can offer. The organizations’ key personnel bring together years and years of professional and personal experience in education, youth development, health, and experience in the other services we provide. We look forward to continue to work together on our various projects and working together on this proposal. • This cluster collaborated on An After School and Out of School Grant and was awarded a grant of $150,000 which will cover both the after school 2008-2009 and summer programs 2008.

RFP(5) • Because this RFP is written with other agencies, the lead agency writes one section and the other agencies have to write their part. • This can be tricky because all parts have to work together to get everything in on time.

Letter of assurance for RFP for the AOST grant that was funded. • Grasp, INC. • Full Life Gospel Center John Marshall Elementary School • 493 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124 35 Westville Street, Dorchester, MA 02124 • 617-288-3027 x12, x14 (T) 617-288-7788 (F) 617-635-8810 (T) 617-635-8815(F) • August 19, 2008 • Donna Traynham • Center for State and Federal Programs • Massachusetts Department of Education • 350 Main Street • Malden, MA 02148-5023 • Dear Ms. Traynham: • As a way of introduction, Grace Renaissance Academic Studies Program restructured as GRASP, Inc. has provided youth enrichment services in the Dorchester Codman Square area for approximately ten years reaching several hundred youth from the surrounding neighborhoods and greater Boston including two years of after school programming in the Roxbury area as partners with the Orchard Garden Pilot K-8 School and look forward to commencing our second year of programming as partners with John Marshall Elementary School through the Partners for Student Success Initiative now coordinated with the BPS DELTAS office. Our services are provided year round, during out-of-school time hours and full day vacation weeks and summer. We are proud of our quality academic program that provides homework assistance and tutoring and extra-curricula activities in literacy, math, science, and social studies. Our performing arts program has developed a performance choir that has appeared on local television and produced several showcases of youth talent and a cassette disc featuring GRASP Young Anointed Choir singing a collection of Christmas carols. In addition, we offer music lessons in piano and vocals with a goal to add other instruments in the upcoming season. In addition to the above activities, we provide a host of enrichment activities including, but not limited to public-speaking culminating in an oratorical showcase, sports, arts and crafts, sewing, gardening, computer access and training, educational and recreational field trips and photography. Of primary importance to our program mission is providing support to the families. Educational advocacy is provided to help our parents of children with special needs to understand and to navigate the educational process for child with disabilities and to develop an Individual Education Plan that addresses their child’s needs. • We have had many partners in our work. Our success has been contingent upon collaboration with many agencies all striving to provide quality programs for youth. We have worked closest with Greenwood Shalom Community Outreach, Inc. and our mutual efforts have been a model for other programs. This proposal is a natural progression of our work together on an extensive list of projects and activities. After careful review of our current program designs, we mutually agree that the enhancements outlined in this proposal: health and nutrition program, performing arts, academic support and a collaborative system to build relationship with schools and teachers will improve the quality of our programs. We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with Greenwood on another Department of Education After School and to Out of School Time Quality Grant to provide our youth and families with the best possible services which awarded this grant will help to facilitate. Our agency is prepared to cooperate with Greenwood to accomplish all aspect of the requirements outlined by the Department of Education After School and to Out of School Time Quality Grant. • Please accept this letter as the assurance that our proposed programs will in no way displace our other after school and out-of-school time activities. The grant will afford us the opportunity to expand and enhance upon existing activities by providing financial support to hire staff. We trust this application will meet with approval and look forward to partnering with the state to provide quality services for our future leaders. • Sincerely, • Katherine Allen Combs • CEO Program Development • GRASP AFTER school program • GRASP alternative summer program • GRASP ADVOCACY SERVICE PROGRAM • (GRASP)

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS • 501 C3 => Tax exempt status • YTD Financials => Profits, Losses, Budgets and Balances • Board of Directors • Articles • Letter of Intent => Your TMC sites mission statement and also include your intentions after receiving the funds and what you plan to use the resources for.

501 c 3

Year to date financials

Year to date (2)

Profit and loss

Profit and loss (2)

Board of Directors • GREENWOOD SHALOM OUTREACH COMMUNITY • BOARD OF DIRECTORS • The Board of Directors meets at least six times a year. • Name Title Address Term Exp • Rev Garvin Warden President 380 Washington Street July 30, 2010 • Dorchester, Ma 02124 • (Pastor, Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church) • Joyce Harvey Member 106 Radcliffe Street July 30, 2010 • (Massachusetts Department of Health)Dorchester, MA 02124 • Allan Merren Member 17 Larchmont Street July 30, 2010 • Dorchester, Ma 02124 • ( Mechanic/Maintenance, Amtrak) • Jeanette Merren Vice President 17 Larchmont Street July 30, 2010 • Dorchester, MA 02124 • (Trustee Chair, Greenwwood; Chemistry Lab Technician, Brigham & Women’s Hospital) • Winston Edwards Member 150 Clare Avenue, Apt 4C July 30, 2009 • Hyde Park, MA 02136 • (Laboratory Processor, New England Medical Center) • Cassandra Morgan Clerk 12 Larchmont Street July 30, 2009 • Dorchester, MA 02124 • (Teacher- James Curley School) • Deidre DeGraffenreid 51 Larchmont Street July 30, 2009 • Dorchester, MA 02124 • (Harvard University- Registrar’s Office) • Christopher Geer P.O. Box 126 July 30, 2010 • Milton, MA 02186 • GREENWOOD SHALOM OUTREACH COMMUNITY • ADVISORY BOARD • Name Title Address Term expires • John Wortham Advisor 2 Brook Avenue July 30, 2009 • Wellesley, MA 02482 • David D’Orlando Advisor 10 Clarence Road • Wayland, MA 01778 July 30, 2009

Article • Boston Beyond • Sign up for our newsletter • search: • About Us • Our Initiatives • Resources • Research • What's Happening • Greenwood Shalom After School Program • In 1999, the Greenwood Shalom After School Program was founded in the living room of one of its current board members. It was a fitting beginning: The organization, which has since moved to the Greenwood Memorial Church in Dorchester, provides intensive academic support to children from around the city—of the 33 children currently enrolled, nearly all test below grade level and more than 30 percent have special needs—but it has also become an important gathering place for families. • “It’s not just a drop-in after-school program,” explains Tanna Preston, Greenwood Shalom’s executive director. “It’s not just about helping children with homework. It’s about helping parents become engaged in their children’s lives on various levels.” • During the 2002-2003 school year, Greenwood joined the United Way’s Engaging Families Initiative and began offering structured activities for parents and families: workshops on parent-teacher conferences, cultural outings to the Wheelock Family Theater, day trips for apple-picking. (At the beginning of every year, the program sends out surveys to parents asking what they’d like to see offered.) Aside from providing memorable experiences—some of the families had never been to the theater, or outside of the city—such activities, says Preston, allow children to see their parents in a different light. • The relationship between the families and the program has deepened as a result, and now it is not uncommon for parents to approach the staff with questions or problems; Greenwood Shalom, which is affiliated with the Black Ministerial Alliance, then refers parents to the appropriate organization or agency. And the staff has found that engaging parents trickles down to the children. As just one example, Preston points to the parents who have pursued GEDs and have enrolled in community college with Greenwood Shalom’s help. “The children think, ‘Oh, Mommy is studying,’” she says, “and they realize that it’s important for them to study, too.” • What's Happening • News Room • Newsletters • Publications • Features • Donors • Programs • Guest Columns • Jobs • Events • Grants • Photo Gallery • 89 South Street, Suite 601, Boston, MA 02111 t 617.345.5322 f 617.812.4693 • DisclaimerSite Map

Article (2) • focus on families! • Building and supporting family-centered practices in after school • In 2000 Consuedo John was ecstatic to learn that her son, Mathew, had been accepted to the John J. Murphy Charter School in Dorchester, but she had a dilemma. As a full-time accountant, what would Mathew do after school? • Her neighbor also had a son attending the Murphy School. She agreed to pick up the boys after school if Consuedo dropped them off in the morning. Better yet, the neighbor invited Mathew to enroll in the after school program where she taught at the Greenwood Shalom, a church in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. • UWMB helps to improve lives by providing the resources people need to access opportunity. Through UWMB’s Engaging Families Initiative (EFI), Ms. Tanna Preston, Executive Director of the Greenwood Shalom After School was able to leverage the best practices offered by the initiative. • A multi-year, community-wide effort to improve the lives of black and Latino children ages 6-10, EFI enables after-school programs through the usage of research-based practices and technical assistance to help parents support their children’s learning and to develop their own leadership skills. Through the initiative, Ms. Preston and her staff designed a program that takes into account the challenges and strengths of the working family and increases family involvement, a key factor in a child’s informal learning. • At Greenwood Shalom, Matthew had a safe place to go after school and Consuedo discovered a network of supportive adults (other parents, caregivers and the after school staff) with whom she shared both the struggles and victories that come with raising children. Thanks to EFI, Consuedo and Mathew joined other families from the after school program for movie nights, pot lucks, and visits to local museums. The more she became involved the more she felt an important part of her son’s education and his life in general. She was even happier to lend her accounting services to the program when Ms. Preston asked. • Consuedo’s experience with Ms. Preston and the Greenwood Shalom After School was so positive that she now sits on the board of directors. She epitomizes the success of the Engaging Families Initiative through her increased involvement in her son’s out-of-school learning and the cultivation of her own leadership skills. EFI is a prime example of how United Way is fulfilling its mission to bring the community together to improve peoples’ lives and strengthen the neighborhoods of Greater Boston.

Letter of intent-Some grants need a letter of intent before you respond to the RFP • Greenwood Shalom Outreach Community, Inc. • Greenwood Shalom After School Program • Summer Enrichment Program • A Victory Generation Affiliate • 378 A Washington Street • Dorchester, MA 02124 • Phone: 617-282-1464 • Fax: 617-282-1573 • October 27, 2007 • Foundation • Dear Ms. : • I am pleased to submit this letter of inquiry for your consideration. I believe the Greenwood Shalom After School and Summer Enrichment Program responds to the Foundation’s funding priorities by taking a long-term, multi-faceted approach to youth development for Boston’s inner city youth, including enhancing their self-esteem, and providing mentoring and parental/caregiver supports. • Program Description: Housed at the Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church in the Four Corners area of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, the Greenwood Shalom After School and Summer Enrichment Program is an out-of-school-time program dedicated to improving our students’ academic achievement and encouraging their individual growth. We strive to nurture the whole child, raising in-school performance, encouraging self-discovery and expression, and building self-confidence. We also reach out to parents, helping them to participate in their children’s learning and encouraging them to continue their own educational journeys by working toward a GED or community college degree. • Our students are bright and energetic, but they face a variety of challenges in their home neighborhoods and public schools. According to the 2000 Census, 38% of all families residing in Dorchester earn below $30,000 per year. The average educational level is a high school diploma; 27% of the adult population has attained less than a high school diploma. 31% of Dorchester’s children live below the Federal Poverty Level. Moreover, there has been a recent spike in violence, primarily committed by area youth against other area youth, in close proximity to our site. Other crime statistics indicate that our students live in areas of Boston that have alarming levels of both fatal and non-fatal violence every year. • Therefore, Greenwood Shalom’s after school program serves two critical functions in our community. First, we provide our students with a place to go every day after school. We are open from 1:30-6:00 PM, and we expect the kids to come directly to us at the end of their public school day. We provide a safe space where they can continue their learning day; find new ways of self-expression through our art and music programs; and build friendships based on affirming, constructive interactions monitored by positive adult role models and mentors. • Second, we offer a strong academic curriculum based on core components of quality after school programs. These core components include academic tutoring, assistance with homework, arts and crafts, speech and language skill development, and emphasis on reading, math and computer literacy. Additionally, we reach out to parents in several key ways. General program highlights include: • Literacy and math skills instruction based on Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. • 5th thru 8th grade participation in AXIS, an intercultural science education program. • A new Teen Corner Initiative that focuses on high school prep, as well as a Teen Job Readiness Program. • The Behavioral Modification Plan, a program that works with parents to establish a rewards system for their child’s good behavior and homework completion here and at home. • Workshops to teach new math concepts to parents and caregivers, thus enabling them to help their kids with homework. • A Parent Support Program, which includes referrals, financial aid and academic support for parents who wish to pursue a GED and then community college. Parents completing this program receive credit toward vouchers for their children’s enrollment.

Letter of intent (2) • We are licensed to serve 49 students in grades K-8 (and up to age 16 for children with special needs). In 2006-7, we served 43 children, referring a number of families on our waiting list to other area programs, because we did not have funding for additional staff. Next year, we hope to be fully funded so that we can fill all 49 of our student slots without compromising our low staff-to-student ratio. Most of our students are not Greenwood Church congregants, and most attend Boston Public Schools. Last year, 4% of our students’ families paid full fee, while 96% received vouchers or were awarded scholarships based on the Massachusetts Sliding Scale Fee for Child Care. • Goals and a Sample of Related Objectives: • Work in partnership with the children's parents/caregivers so that they are knowledgeable and actively engaged in their children’s education. (Ensure at least 80% parents attend at least 3 activities throughout the school year, including a Parent Empowerment Seminar.) • Enhance each child's academic performance, love of learning and self-esteem. (Ensure at least 90% of participating students are promoted to the next grade.) • Provide high-quality, affordable activities. (Increase number of youth served to license capacity of 49.) • Create a network of community groups committed to nurturing, educating and advancing the children's social development. (Maintain and increase the number of committed volunteers.) • Budget and Funding: Greenwood Shalom After School Program’s projected budget for fiscal year 2008 is $318,896. Of that, $30,000 will be covered by support from the Black Ministerial Alliance, approximately $44,000 by student tuition (with a projected estimate of 95% of students receiving financial aid) and $61,000 in in-kind donations. The remaining $183,896 will be obtained primarily via governmental or private grants. We currently have funder commitments for approximately 60% of these outside funds. • We receive in-kind support from the Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church, which donates the church’s vestry hall to our program, as well as from the Boston Public Schools, Americorps, area colleges and various local community outreach programs, which provide staffing, curriculum training and technical support. • Over the last two years, we received grants from the Adelard A. and Valeda Lea Roy Foundation, Sovereign Bank Foundation, Clipper Ship Foundation, Wheeler Charitable Trust, United Methodist Foundation, StrideRite Foundation, Black Ministerial Alliance, Boston Compassion Capital Fund, Boston Capacity Tank, CEDAC (for facilities), Hestia Fund, Citizens Charitable Foundation, Connections for Technology (CTCNet), Dammann Fund, BOSTnet, Sean McDonough Charitable Foundation, Lincoln and Therese Filene Foundation, and Massachusetts Department of Education - After and Out of School Time and Supplemental Educational Services (No Child Left Behind). Several of these grants may be renewed, and we have targeted ten new foundations to approach in the coming months. • Our Request: Recognized both locally and nationally as a model out-of-school-time program, Greenwood Shalom provides a much-needed service to a community desperately in need of safe, affordable, high quality youth development programming. Children learn, grow and develop here, and parents/caregivers find new ways both to participate in the children’s learning and to continue their own education. Our program is effective and enriching, but we need private dollars to be able to continue to provide these services. To this end, if invited to submit a full proposal, we would respectfully request a $20,000 grant from the Foundation, which would support two additional tutor stipends during after school time. The additional staff would enable Greenwood Shalom to serve more youth, while maintaining a low staff-to-student ratio. • Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or need additional information. I can be reached at (617) 282-1464 or tpreston.asp@verizon.net. Thank you for your consideration. • Sincerely, • Tanna Preston • Executive Director

YES, THIS IS A LOT OF WORK • You can help by doing research. • You can help by proof reading. • You can help by xeroxing. • You can help with your creativity which will help your director can use to help look for foundation, corporate, state and federal funds. • Talk to staff in other programs-maybe programs can work together to get needed resources. • Sometimes, fliers and brochures are needed. This is something you can do.

HELP!!! MY PROGRAM NEEDS FUNDS!!!