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PROCEDURES
UPON AWARD OF A CLUB GRANT
1. Upon
award of a grant by the Board of Trustees, a Kiwanis club or division
should request the approved funds from the Division Trustee when the
club or division is ready to start the project and spend the funds.
Funds should be applied for in the current fiscal year.
2. The
Division Trustee will request the approved funds from the Executive
Director and, upon receipt of the funds, shall present the grant award
to the receiving club or division at the start of the project.
3. The
receiving club or division shall expend the grant funds on the project
for which the grant was approved within six months of the date of
issuance of the funds.
4. The
Division Trustee and Lieutenant Governor shall confirm to the Board of
Trustees in writing that the grant funds were used for the project for
which the grant award was approved.
5. The
Division Trustee shall make reasonable efforts to have the receiving
club or division obtain media publicity in the local community that
will benefit from the project for which the grant award was approved.
6. A club
that submits an application for grant funds shall have made its annual
support contribution to the Florida Kiwanis Foundation at the date of
the application in order to be considered for a grant award.
7. A club
or the clubs in the division shall maintain liability insurance on the
project for which the grant award was approved, so as to indemnify the
Florida Kiwanis Foundation.
8. The
Florida Kiwanis Foundation shall be named and given appropriate credit
for its participation in the funding of the project for which the
grant award was approved.
9. A club
or division that receives a grant award shall provide a written report
to the Board of Trustees within twelve months of the issuance of the
award on the status and impact on the local community of the project
for which the grant award was approved.
10. A
grant award made to a club or division shall further the goals and
ideals of Kiwanis, as well as promote the growth and development of
Kiwanis in the local community.
11. The
decisions of the Board of Trustees of the Florida Kiwanis Foundation
shall be final regarding consideration of grant applications and
issuance of grant awards. |