Download the Funding Application (a Microsoft Word Document)
Download the Funding Award Evaluation Form (a Microsoft Word Document)
    

Application Process:

Teachers, students and community members may apply each fall to Public School Funding Alliance for funds to bring materials and programs into the schools. All applications must be submitted electronically. Please fill out the application form here. The applicant must certify that the application has been approved by a principal at either Methow Valley Elementary School or Liberty Bell Junior/Senior High School. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that Public School Funding Alliance receives the application and should retain a copy of their own.

Our deadline for fall funding applications is October 1. Public School Funding Alliance determines the allocation of most of the funds raised each school year by November of that school year, and applicants are notified by November 1. Public School Funding Alliance does accept funding applications throughout the course of the school year, and the board of directors reviews them on a quarterly basis. The bulk of our funding allocations, however, occur in October each year. For projects starting first thing in September or materials that need to be ordered at the beginning of the school year, we strongly encourage applicants to apply by May 15. Applications received in the summer and in September will be considered in October, unless it is absolutely necessary that the board review them before our October meetings. Public School Funding Alliance is a funding organization, and is not responsible for the administration and content of any of the programs it funds.

Funding Protocol for Organizations Receiving Funding for Multiple Projects: Funding applications for multiple projects must be submitted by October 1 of the school year for which funding is being applied. The application must include an itemized budget that lists each project with its anticipated costs, as well as a timeline for all of the application’s projects. All expenditures for each project must be documented in the form of receipts or invoices. All documentation must be submitted for each school year by no later than June 15 of that year, and payment will be made upon receipt of documentation of each project’s expenditures.

Our Criteria for Evaluating Funding Applications: 

  • Sustainability (is the project likely to continue after the funding year?)
  • Need (would the project exist without funding from Public School Funding Alliance?)
  • Impact (what will be the project’s effect on the school community as a whole?)
  • Educational Value (does the school need the project?)
  • Innovation (does the project expand or enhance the learning environment?)
  • Diversity (does the project add to the diversity of programs funded by Public School Funding Alliance?)
Some of the programs funded by Public School Funding Alliance require new personnel positions.
Download our Guidelines for Contracting with Personnel.
   

Each funding recipient must complete a Funding Award Evaluation Form and submit it electronically to Public School Funding Alliance each year by June 15. Download the Funding Award Evaluation Form