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Memphis 2020: programs that will have a tangible impact on Memphis in the next five years
Before completing the application,
please type your initials here to
indicate that you have read and
understand the application guidelines
including the requirement that if your
organization is chosen as a finalist, a
3-minute presentation is required at
The Finals event at the Memphis
College of Art on the evening of April
14, 2016.
TAL
Organization information
Organization's name
If eligible, has your nonprofit
completed a profile on
WHEREtoGIVEmidsouth.org?
Name of project
Has your organization received a GiVE
365 grant before?
Organization's full mailing address
Organization's website
Name/Title of CEO (Ms. Dr., etc.)
Name/title of contact person for this
application (if different from above)
Contact phone number
Contact email address
Amount requested from GiVE 365
SCS Project Green Schools c/o School Seed
No
SCS Project Green Schools
No
SchoolSeed (nonprofit for our School Disctrict)
2670 Union Avenue Extended, Suite 1123
Memphis, TN 38112
http://www.scsk12.org/uf/webadmin/foundation/green/
Mrs. Tracy A. Leaks
Tracy A. Leaks, Green Schools Project Leader
(901) 416-4118
[email protected]
10200.00
Please provide a description of your
organization including the population
served, the main programs, and history
of success (if applicable).
Project Green Schools is a STEM, project-based learning program
that involves building Green Teams throughout our school district
(grades K-12). The students in the Green team are trained to use
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
equipment to conduct an energy audit of their school. The program
is introducing our students to Green careers, familiarizing them with
STEM equipment while also helping them make the life-long
connection between how a population's behavior as it relates to
resource management impacts the economy and ultimately our
environment. A Green team consists of a Team leader (teacher), the
school's Plant Manager and a student audit team. Project Green
Schools is a STEM, project-based learning program that involves
building Green Teams throughout our school district (grades K-12).
We've trained nearly 600 students to date and are need of supplies
to expand the participation of the program.
Project detail
What is the challenge facing Memphis
that your project will address?
What other local organizations are
addressing the same (or similar)
issues?
Please provide a brief 2-3 sentence
summary of your project for use in
communications with members and for
the Finals event printed program,
should your application be chosen.
Exposing students to Green and STEM careers.
None that I'm aware
Project Green Schools is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics) project-based learning program that involves
building Green Teams throughout Shelby County Schools (SCS) in
grades K-12. This revolutionary program is providing SCS Green
team members with hands-on training and exposure to the STEM
and Green career industry. We train and educate our participating
students with a broad awareness of STEM industries now and thus
prepare them to be future Scientists and Engineers, shaping a better
tomorrow on a local and global scale.
Please describe the project for which
you are seeking funding.
Project Green Schools, through SCS's non-profit, SchoolSeed
Foundation, is seeking funding to purchase the following:
• $5,731 STEM equipment for energy audit toolkit lending library.
• $2,200 The University of Memphis WOW mobile
(Water-on-Wheels http://www.memphis.edu/wateronwheels/about/index.php) fee to
bring the WOW mobile to twenty Green schools for grades 3-6 at a
cost of $100 per school + a $10 gasoline fee.
• $2,069 Field trips to locations in our city to conduct three
community service clean-up projects planting trees, etc. for grades
6-12.
Why are you doing this project?
This program is addressing several challenges:
* The program introduces students including those of
underrepresented populations (girls and minorities) to careers in
STEM.
* Our student Green teams are leading the charge to reduce energy
consumption and the CO2 gas emissions at their schools.
With funding from Grant 365 we will be able to achieve a great deal.
Define short-term success for your
project. What do you expect to see as a
result of this grant at the end of one
* We'll purchase additional equipment for our energy audit toolkit
year? (May, 2017)
lending library so that 20 new Green Schools can check out STEM
equipment to conduct an energy audit of their school.
* We will book the W.O.W.(Water on Wheels) Mobile Lab to visit 20
of our participating Green Schools. This is an amazing environmental
educational resource that an entire school can experience (grades
3-6). When the WOW mobile visits schools, the mobile lab is parked
outside of the school and students can be rotated in and out of the
mobile lab. This is a very educational, yet cost effective way that
students can experience this resource.
* We will be able to do advance planning to ensure three successful
community service projects for a total of 75 middle and high school
participants.
Define long-term success for your
project. What do you expect this
project to have achieved in three
years? In five years?
Long-term success for our project would consist of having adequate
equipment to sustain an energy audit toolkit lending library. The
equipment will be used during the training of new Green teams. We
currently have 38 participating schools to date (we have averaged
the training of approximately 20 new schools per year since the
start of our program). Our goal is to train an additional 20 schools
each year (i.e., approximately 200 new Green team students) until
all schools are served.
In three years we will reach an estimated 900 participating students.
In five years we will reach an estimated 1,300 participating students.
As additional students are participating, they impact the behavior of
their school population helping reduce energy consumption
school-wide (saving money and reducing CO2 gas emissions). As we
train and educate our participating students, we are also working
towards our long-term goal of building strong business and
post-secondary partnerships that will allow students to take
advantage of a strong local STEM workforce pipeline.
Why are GiVE 365 funds important to Innovative programs such as Project Green Schools are vulnerable
your project at this time?
to budget cuts. With your support we would be able to continue the
great work that we're doing preparing students for the STEM
workforce of tomorrow.
Grantees are asked to share their
I would love to keep you abreast of our progress within Green
progress and provide brief updates
Schools. SCS has a media waiver that parents complete during
that can be shared with members
school registration. This grants us permission to display our footage
three times in the twelve-month grant via social media, photos, websites, testimonials or otherwise.
period. Will you be able to provide
updates on the project that can be
shared with GiVE 365 members
through some or all of the following
methods: social media, photos, videos,
testimonials, etc.? Please explain.
Attachments
Were you able to complete the GiVE
365 Financial Health Worksheet using
IRS forms 990 or 990EZ?
FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATION: Please
upload the completed 2016 GiVE 365
Financial Health Worksheet.
PROJECT BUDGET: Please attach a
detailed project budget including line
item expenses such as staff time,
materials, and any other costs. Please
detail BOTH revenues and expenses
including other grants or income
sources if applicable. A budget
narrative may be brief, but is
mandatory.
Yes.
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Give 365 Grant Project Budget
Project Green Schools
2016-17
Category
Expense
Source/Vendor
Amount
Requested
EQUIPMENT
20 Raytek
MiniTemp Infrared
temperature gun
($119 each)
http://www.raytek-direct.com/product/raytek-raymt4uminitemp-portable-ir-thermometer-18-to-400c
$2,380.00
20 Extech Foot
Candle Light Meter
($99.99 each)
https://www.instrumart.com/products/25374/extech-401027light-meter
$1,999.80
20 Extech
Humidity/Temperat
ure pen ($27.57
each)
http://www.tequipment.net/Extech44550.asp?v=7349
20 Kill-A-Watt EZ
Electricity Usage
Monitor ($39.99
each)
http://www.powermeterstore.com/p4578/kill-a-watt_ez.php
$551.40
$799.80
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS/FIELD TRIPS
3 clean-up projects in areas identified as blighted communities
will be completed during the 2016-17 SY
Transportation
(provided by
Durham Bus
Company)
Lunch provided
Miscellaneous
materials
Cost for travel for one school bus Middle or High school ($300
per trip)
$900.00
Budget for lunch ($10 per student). We’ll plan for 25 students to
participate for each of the 3 service projects + meals for at least
5 chaperones
Gloves, trash bags, cones, water bottles, etc.
$900.00
http://www.memphis.edu/wateronwheels/about/index.php
$2,200
Administrative fee (2%) SchoolSeed serves as our district’s
$200.00
$269.00
CONTRACTED SERVICES
W.O.W.
Water on Wheels
Mobile Lab visits to
22 participating
Green Schools
($110 booking fee
per school).
SchoolSeed
nonprofit.
TOTAL REQUESTED: $10,200.00
2670 Union Ext., Ste. 1123 – Memphis, TN 38112
Board of Directors
William Mitchell, Chairman
Broker - Crye Leike Realtors
3565 Ridge Meadow Parkway - Memphis, TN 38111
550-2891 (cell) - [email protected]
David Cocke, Vice-Chair
Attorney at Law – Evans/Petree
1000 Ridgeway Loop Road, Suite 200 - Memphis, Tennessee 38120
474-6113 (direct) - [email protected]
John Crews, M.D.
448 Wellington Cove – Memphis, TN 38117
(901) 682-0460 (home) or 888-2646 (office) - [email protected]
Beverly Cross
University of Memphis
Ball Hall 409C, Memphis, TN 38152
871-3909 (cell) - [email protected]
Ken Foster, Treasurer
Executive Director – Memphis Education Association (MEA)
126 Flicker St. - Memphis, TN 38104
454-0966 ext. 30 (office) - [email protected]
Lisa Wheeler Jenkins, Secretary
Public Affairs Manager - Valero Energy
490 Rivergate Dr. - Memphis, TN 38109
775-5756 (office) - [email protected]
Regina Walker
Community Member
901-489-7085 - [email protected]
Staff
Vincent J. McCaskill, Executive Director
901-207-1493 - [email protected]
Charlotte Durham, Bookkeeper/Grants Manager
901-207-1493 - [email protected]
Sam O'Bryant, Deputy Director of Strategic Partnerships
901-207-1472 - [email protected]
Revised January 2016 – CBB
Green Schools Press Releases
http://scsnewsroom.com/index.php/2014-07-14-14-18-16/innovate-scs/item/221-scs-introduces-projectgreen-schools
http://www.scsnewsroom.com/index.php/2014-07-14-14-18-16/innovate-scs/item/261-whitehaven-stemfair
http://www.scsnewsroom.com/index.php/2014-07-14-14-18-16/innovate-scs/item/285-rain-gardensplanned-for-three-scs-schools
Coordinated Project to develop collaborative rain garden curriculum live binder
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1672656
http://www.scsnewsroom.com/index.php/2014-07-14-14-18-16/innovate-scs/item/292-scs-greenteams-race-solar-power-cars
http://www.scsnewsroom.com/images/gallery/sherwood-green-team-big.jpg
http://www.scsnewsroom.com/images/gallery/william-yates-big.jpg
http://www.scsnewsroom.com/images/gallery/cordova-green-team-big.jpg
WREG news segment:
http://wreg.com/2015/05/20/several-schools-in-scs-push-to-save-energy-recognized-by-epa/
Partnered with Siemens, Inc, Discovery Education, Shelby County Schools Science and STEM Departments
to host the first-ever SCS-Siemens Science Discovery Day:
http://www.scsk12.org/uf/memo/files/files/SCSSiemens%20Science%20Discovery%20Day%20flyer3.pdf
https://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2015/oct/30/science-discovery-expo-sparks-interest-instem/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Websites:
http://www.scsk12.org/uf/green/?Letter=P
http://scsgreenschools.weebly.com/
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
GiVE 365 Financial Health Worksheet
Organization: SchoolSeed Foundation
Enter fiscal year in yellow box with most recent in
first column (2015, 2014, 2013, etc.). It is only
necessary to enter the last THREE years of data.
Fiscal Year
2014
$ 24,004,782.00
$ 24,408,782.00
$
33,114.00
$ 19,605,266.00
$ 24,446,184.00
$
91,995.00
$ 18,701,351.00
$ 6,184,562.00
$ 5,652,838.00
$ 3,540,233.00
$ 3,955,131.00
$ 3,982,264.00
$ 375,038.00
$ 132,493.00
$ 4,489,795.00
$ (534,664.00)
Fiscal Year
2013
$ 19,141,575.00
$ 19,604,704.00
$
$ 19,516,861.00
$ 19,605,266.00
$
51,118.00
$ 13,369,586.00
$ 10,301,344.00
$ 6,184,562.00
$ 3,791,429.00
$ 4,421,928.00
$ 8,048,418.00
$ 415,469.00
$
74,823.00
$ 8,538,710.00
$ (4,116,782.00)
Short Term Liquidity:
Cash/Current Assets
Cash/Current Liabilities
Current Assets/Current Liabilities *
98.34%
260.94
265.33
97.64%
374.46
383.52
94.42%
75.30
79.74
Long Term Viability:
Net Assets/Total Assets **
Total Liabilities/Total Assets ***
23.12%
76.88%
31.55%
68.45%
52.78%
47.22%
Return on Investment:
Net Income/Average Net Assets
Net Income/Average Total Assets
-9.03%
-2.43%
-49.94%
-21.05%
40.30%
19.39%
Operational:
Total Program Expenses/Total Expenses ****
Contributions & Grants/Average Net Assets
Contributions & Grants/Total Revenue *****
88.70%
59.81%
89.51%
94.26%
46.00%
85.74%
76.54%
44.56%
83.10%
Financial Data:
Cash
Current Assets (excludes Investments)
Investments/Endowments
Total Assets - Beginning
Total Assets - Ending
Current Liabilities
Long-Term Debt
Net Assets - Beginning
Net Assets - Ending
Contributions & Grants
Total Revenue
Program Expenses
Management & General Expenses
Fund-Raising Expenses
Total Expenses
Net Income (Loss)
*
2.0 is very good
1.0 is probably stable
> 1.0 is possible cash flow problems
**
Should be greater than 50%
***
Should be less than 50%
**** Should be 70% or greater
***** Indicates a non-profit organization's reliance on contributed income
Fiscal Year
2012
$ 18,421,857.00
$ 19,510,254.00
$
$ 16,123,611.00
$ 19,516,861.00
$ 244,662.00
$ 8,970,855.00
$ 6,846,219.00
$ 10,301,344.00
$ 3,820,166.00
$ 4,597,280.00
$ 874,177.00
$ 217,535.00
$
50,443.00
$ 1,142,155.00
$ 3,455,125.00