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G. Community Fund
The Bonner Scholars Program Rules state that each campus
must establish it’s own procedures for students
to decide which Community Fund proposals are awarded.
The rules also state what projects are eligible for
Community Fund support.
The new Bonner
Web-Based Reporting System (Bonner WBRS) will includes
a section for tracking and reporting Community Fund
expenditures.
Below are some examples of the procedures campuses
have established for awarding their Community Fund allocations:
- DePauw University elects six students to sit on
the Community Fund Committee who rotate so that new
and veteran members, as well as all classes, are represented.
Proposals are given to the committee by filling out
a "Bonner Community Fund Application" and
submitting it. Agency representatives are informed
verbally of the Community Fund at semester meetings.
Students seek funding for projects at their agencies
and other places where they see fit.
- Davidson College devotes a section of the Steering
Committees Powers, Procedures, and By-Laws specifically
to the Community Fund allocation. The statement reads
as follows:
Section 7. The Community
Fund
The Davidson College Bonner Community Fund
is established for the purpose of enabling Bonner
Scholars and fellow students to actively pursue
goals of community building and improvement that
they would otherwise be unable to attempt or accomplish
without such funding. The above mission statement
will be printed in the Davidson Handbook and the
Bonner Orientation Manual to publicize the community
fund.
The grant proposal should be one to two pages
in length, include a program description specific
estimated costs, as well as goals and objectives
for the program, copies of all grant proposals will
be distributed to all representatives prior to the
decision meeting.
- The deadline for Fall grant proposals,
is September 15th, the deadline for Spring grant
proposals is January 31.
- The Coordinator is directed to assist applicants.
- Applicants are invited to the meeting to
testify on behalf of their proposal.
- Voting on proposals occurs in two steps:
1) accept or reject the proposal based on content
and merit only and
2) grant specific amounts to accepted programs.
- The Steering Committee reserves the right
to add any conditions to an accepted proposal.
- It is hereby recommended that approximately
half of the total annual funds, be granted per
semester.
- Assisted by the Secretary, the chairperson
shall manage check distribution.
- The Steering Committee requires at least
one update, including a financial report, from
each grant recipient.
- The Coordinator is authorized to direct
a special process for certain emergency cases.
- The Community Fund shall be kept in a separate
bank account.
- Any unused funds from the Fall can be granted
in the Spring, any annual surplus can be granted
the following year.
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