How to Request Funding
The Litchfield Education Foundation provides funding for three types of projects.
Types of Grants
Mini-Grants - requests less than $1,000
(use mini-grant form)
Intermediate Level Grants - requests more than $1,000
(use Intermediate & Capital Request form)
Capital Projects - requests deemed tangible, with lasting value, have no personnel involved, and are not events
(use Intermediate & Capital Request form)
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Guidelines:
- Request should not be in an operational budget
- Request should serve the community at large
- Request should be educational in nature
- Request should be innovative or foster innovation
- Scholarships will not be awarded
- Requests should be approved by the appropriate administrator(s)
- Mini-grant - Building Principal
- Intermediate Level & Capital - Principal & Superintendent
- Copy of all grant requests to Central Office
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Mini-Grants
Note: For grants requests within the Litchfield Public Schools - funds are distributed by the LPS Business Office.
LEF does not directly provide funding to the applicant except for community based projects which do not use school facilities.
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Intermediate Level Grants and Capital Projects
Intermediate Level & Capital Grants can be submitted at any time.
Approval by the building principal and the superintendent is required.
Requests will be forwarded to LEF by the Central Office.
Note: For grants requests within the Litchfield Public Schools -
funds are distributed by the LPS Business Office.
LEF does not directly provide funding to the applicant except
for community based projects which do not use school facilities.
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Mailing Address:
Litchfield Education Foundation
ATTN: Project Committee
P.O. Box 874
Litchfield, CT 06759
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(Mini-grant decisions are usually made within two weeks of the deadline date.)
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