Grant Information

Booster grants are done in the spring each year.  Our grant cycle is connected to the March auction.  Once the auction is complete, we request wish lists from coaches and club advisors at Shorewood.  These grant requests are then voted on in a special meeting shortly after the auction.  All Booster money is distributed at this meeting, so we do not accept requests at any other time of the year.  Money granted needs to be spent by the next year’s auction on the item as specified in the request or it will be returned to the pool. 

 

Groups that have earned money at the auction through designated donations receive information on their totals when wish lists are requested.  Fifty percent of funds raised by an item donated to the auction in the name of a particular group goes to that group with no strings attached.  We give this information to coaches and advisors so it is part of their grant request planning, but do not use it as criteria when reviewing grants.

 

Direct cash donations are not part of the grant process.  Ninety percent of tax-deductible cash donations given through Boosters in the name of a particular group will go to that group with no strings attached.  Funds cannot be given to a specific individual.  Many of these donations come through at auction time and are added onto the money earned in the auction by groups.

General Process

Click this link (2008 request list.doc) for a copy of the 2008 wish list form and instructions.  Wish lists are due by April 7th.  They can be emailed to CarolVirkelyst@comcast.net or you can leave your request in the Booster mailbox.  Please note that wish list requests are only accepted from coaches and advisors.

Wish List Form and Instructions