Development Committee Report 2008



Development Committee Report 2008

Grants Paid to NFBI through this committee's applications are:

1. Lions Club contribution -- Jacksonville Area Lions Club $200.00 for the 2,008 State

Convention

2. $5,000.00 Miller Foundation, unrestricted

3. Imagine Fund NFB -- $5,000.00

4. Andrews Family Foundation -- $2,000.00 The grant proposal has already been written for 2009 and will be mailed in early January.

5. Knapheide $5,000 is secure.

6. We also got $12,000 from the Leona Stanford Vollintine Charitable Trust.

Annual Appeal

Annual appeal Letter Campaign -- approximately $1,400.00 was raised in 2007. Appeal letters

were sent out late this year, but almost $700.00 was received by Kelly within the first several

weeks of the mailing having been sent. Cathy added 20 new names to the Villas' mailing list.

Patti sent at least 20 updates to the Villa's as well. Thank you notes need to go out.

Denials:

The two foundations that turned us down were: The Best Foundation, the ask was for $5,000.00

and the Monticello College Foundation for $6,000.00. Both refusal letters said our proposals

were excellent, but both foundations had more worthy requests than funds. We've applied for an

additional 25 grants to fund FreedomLink, and we've not been selected for15

Pending:

We are still in the running for 10 grants related to FreedomLink.

Reports:

Cathy sent a report to Mr.Richard Lansdon and will send one to the Miller Foundation as well.

Imagination Fund first report is due in Jan.

Future Plans:

The NFBI Board needs to designate where the Miller money will be spend so the Committee can

inform him in writing. This will help with additional proposals. Denise Avant has agreed to

assist with writing grants which should help us expand our grant writing and train more people to

write these proposals. Patti is still cultivating Ms. Lindon who gave to National but might also

give to NFBI. Since personal contacts lead to the most grants we need to work with as many

personal contacts as possible. Lions clubs yield smaller grants but if we started sooner and gave

presentations, we might be able to get more of those.

Freedom Link

Grants

Status

Granted 1

Denied 24

Pending 10

Total 35

1. NFB Imagination Fund

$2000?

Granted

2. Learn and Serve America

$4000

Denied

3. Lieutenant Pat Quinn’s Office- People with Disabilities

$1500

Denied

4. Midwest Alliance

$200 per mentee and $300 per mentor

Pending

National Science Foundation

5. Transitions Grant = $2500 Denied

6. Mentoring Grant = $2000 Denied

7. STEM Grant = $1000 Denied

8. Motorola Foundation

$5000

Denied

9. Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation

$2000

Pending

10. Coca-Cola Foundation

$3000

Pending

11. Pepsi Co foundation

$3000

Denied

12. Google Foundation

$2500

Pending

13. William T. Grant Foundation

$1000

Denied

14. Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services

$3500

Denied

15. Connecting to Success

$500

Pending

Rehabilitation Services Administration

16. Transitions Grant = $5000 Denied

17. Mentoring Grant = $2000 Denied

18. Education Grant = $1500 Denied

19. College Prep Grant = $1000 Denied

20. Transition Coalition

$1000

Denied

Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs

21. Field Initiated Projects = $4000 Pending

22. High-quality Supplemental Educational Services and After-School Partnerships = $1000 Denied

23. Mentoring Grants = $3000 Denied

24. Traditionally Underserved Populations Grant = $1750 Pending

25. ELA Grant

$2500

Denied

26. Hamberger Helper Foundation

$2000

Denied

27. Berlington Northern/Santa Fe Foundation

$1000

Denied

28. Daimler/Chrysler Foundation

$1250

Pending

29. JC Penney Fund

$1000

Denied

30. The Allyn Foundation

$2500

Denied

31. Fred and Jean Allegretti Foundation

$5000

Denied

32. Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation

$2000

Denied

33. Aileen S. Andrew Foundation

$2500

Denied

34. AT&T Foundation

$1000

Pending

35. Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth Grant

$10,000 (over 3 years)

Pending

Respectfully Submitted

Cathy Randall

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