

Making a Difference Grant
Any employee or employee group is eligible to apply for Making a Difference Grants. Prior to submitting your application, please discuss your project with your administrator to ensure that the project is not already included in the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ budget. Selection is based on grant criteria including innovative teaching/learning and cultural/social/economic programming.
Innovative Teaching & Learning
Grant scoring will be based on these criteria:
Projects should enhance student success at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ.
Projects should be consistent with ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ's mission to create opportunity through education.
Projects should involve and benefit students as fully as possible.
Projects that promote innovation and experimentation and impact a significant number of learners are encouraged.
Special consideration will be given to new endeavors.
Cultural & Social & Economic Programming
Grant scoring will be based on these criteria:
Projects should be consistent with the mission of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ.
Projects should enhance the greater-Montcalm learning community.
Projects that impact a significant number of learners are encouraged.
Special consideration will be given to new endeavors.
Award Process
Review your proposal with your supervisor.
Submit the Making a Difference Grant Application online. Submissions will be directed to ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ Executive Director for Institutional Advancement and the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ Foundation Lisa Lund.
¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµâ€™s Executive Team will review the application. Reviewed applications will then be submitted to the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ Foundation Grants Committee. The process may take up to six weeks. Projects should not be implemented prior to the grants committee’s review.
Fund Availability
Grant funds will be available immediately following the announcement of the awards.
The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ Foundation will handle the disbursement of grant funds. An invoice or a purchase order is required before disbursement. ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ purchase orders should be used for purchases of equipment and supplies whenever possible. A copy of the invoices for purchases must be submitted promptly to the Foundation. The individual listed as the contact person on the grant application will be the only person who may authorize grant expenditures.
Funds must be used within one year of the award date unless prior arrangements have been made with the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµF Executive Director.
Final Report
Grant recipients must submit a final report to the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ Foundation upon completion of the project. Final reports should be submitted to ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ Executive Director for Institutional Advancement and the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ Foundation Lisa Lund within one year of the award date.
The report should include:
A detailed accounting of actual expenditures.
A brief narrative regarding the implementation of the project and how the project furthered the mission of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ.
An evaluation of the project demonstrating its impact.
A photograph or photographs of the project implementation, if possible.
Making a Difference Grant Application
Contact Us.
Lisa Lund, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ Executive Director of the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ Foundation | 989-328-1284 | lisal@montcalm.edu