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Instructions & General Information

1. Applicant organizations must be tax-exempt organizations.

2. Applicants are limited to two consecutive years of funding for a specific program.

3. This application must be fully completed with the information typed on the form.

4. Responses should be concise and provide enough information so that the Junior League of Springfield can evaluate the application. If additional space is required to complete a response, feel free to add additional pages.

5. Submit any attachments. Please clearly mark any additional pages with the name of  your organization and the page number.

6. You may mail, email, fax, or drop off your applications to the Junior League of Springfield, Inc.'s headquarters located in the Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 South Sixth Street, Springfield, IL 62701-1808.  On the due date, Monday, November 2, 2009, someone should be at the headquarters to accept your hand-delivered applications from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

7. Application Deadline: Deliver completed applications in person by 4:30 p.m. or earlier on Monday, November 2, 2009. All mailed applications must show a postmark date of November 2, 2009 or earlier. 

8. Application submission:

        Mail you applications to:

The Junior League of Springfield, Inc.
Kathryn Kleeman, Projects and Grants Chair
Hoogland Center for the Arts
420 South Sixth Street
Springfield, IL 62701-1808

        Email your applications to: kathrynkleelman@hotmail.com

        Fax your applications to: (217)544-6557.

9. Applications will be reviewed on a competitive basis using the following criteria:

• Ability to promote reading literacy

• Community impact of the project

• Compatibility with the Junior League of Springfield’s mission and focus areas

• Appropriate use of JLS monies

• Public recognition of JLS

• Applicant characteristics

• Potential for community awareness

• Quality of the proposal

• Completeness.

10. Applicant organizations will be notified of approval status around March 2010.

11. Approved projects will be publicly announced in April 2010, following the execution of a contract between the Junior League of Springfield, Inc. and the organization.

12. Please contact the Projects and  Grants Chair, Kathryn Kleeman at 217-483-5231 or by email at kathrynkleeman@hotmail.com with any questions regarding this application or any ideas pertaining to projects, especially signature projects.

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