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The DeBusk Foundation provides grants of financial assistance to gifted students 12 years of age and under. Grants will be limited to the state of Texas and priority will be given to established organizations engaged in education.
Grants will be made to educational organizations only for the purpose of direct enrichment of gifted students. The foundation will not normally consider such items as funding of land and improvements, buses for transportation or teacher training.
Programs seeking funding must have a specific process for identifying gifted students. One criterion that MUST be met is a ranking in the 95% or above on a standardized achievement test, creativity test, or reasoning test. Additional criteria may be used by individual programs.
Funding will be for summer programs only. Gifted students are to attend only one summer program per year.
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The deadline date to submit grant requests is October 15th. All proposals received prior to and on that date will be forwarded to the Grants Committee for review. The Board of Directors of DeBusk Foundation meet in November of each year to vote on all proposals received prior to the deadline. Please submit 9 stapled copies of the application and documentation (special binding and presentation folders are not necessary). The foundation will acknowledge receipt of your application with a letter. A response on its outcome will be sent within 8-10 weeks of the deadline.
All grant applications should be submitted with a cover letter. The actual proposal, excluding appendices, should not exceed 8 pages. Grant proposals should be submitted only to: DeBusk Foundation, 207 E. Virginia St., Suite 205, McKinney, TX 75069.
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