MLK Collegiate Challenge

Posted by on August 13, 2012

2013 MLK COLLEGIATE CHALLENGE
MINI-GRANT APPLICATION
Purpose of funding request

The MLK Collegiate Challenge seeks to broaden the impact of MLK Day of Service, and increase and
promote volunteering. The 2013 MLK Collegiate Challenge will mobilize college students across the
country to collaboratively engage with community partners, addressing specific community issues of
education, healthy futures and disaster preparedness.

Project Requirements

All awardees will be responsible for the following:
• Provide an opportunity for students to be involved in a service project in celebration of MLK Day
of Service, preferably on MLK Day
• For a $500 request, recruit at least 130 volunteer participants
• For a $1,000 request, recruit at least 230 volunteer participants
• Register all participants, tracking numbers of students, faculty, staff, youth, community members
involved, including a 15% minority involvement
• Promotion and marketing of event(s)
• Document match and use of grant funds, and maintain fiscal oversight
• Complete a Project Report at the conclusion of the project

Project Preferences
CNCS has begun a new focus on impact and outcomes with regard to the initiatives that they fund. New
York Campus Compact is giving special consideration to applicants that have a vision for focusing their
MLK Day efforts on a limited number of community needs. We are especially interested in activities that
match goals in the following areas: economic opportunity, education, healthy futures, and disaster
services. (For more information about planning activities in these focus areas please visit the MLK Day
web site at http://www.mlkday.org)

Letters of intent due August 15, and full proposals due September 1, 2012.

Read more and apply here: http://www.wicampuscompact.org/mlk/minigrant/