BARPCV - Peace Corps Partnership

Applying for a Peace Corps Partnership Grant

To receive a grant from the Peace Corps Partnership Program, applicants must:

1.      Meet all required small grants program participation criteria:

a) Applicant must be a current Peace Corps Volunteer claiming New England ( or the area covered by BARPCV) as place of last residence prior to Peace Corps service. Applicant must be sponsored by a BARPCV board member.

b) Grant must meet at least 1 of the 4 BARPCV goals (continue to serve our communities, encourage prospective Peace Corps Volunteers, promote world understanding, and support returned Peace Corps Volunteers) and/or meet all requirements of the U.S. Peace Corps Partnership Program.

2.     Submit a small grant program application to the board. The application must include:

a) Name and contact data of applicant: include work and home telephone numbers, and email address.

b) Name and contact data of BARPCV board member and committee sponsors.

c)     Title, scope, description and location of project (200 words or less).

d)      Rationale: Description of value-added benefits for BARPCV to sponsor the initiative. Description of value-added benefits of the grant to the community (200 words or less).

e)Grant proposal outline: objectives, activities, target audience, previous experience, method of evaluation.

f)  Timetable for implementation, publicity (e.g., newsletter article), and accountability reports to BARPCV.

g)  Project Costs and Source(s) of Revenue.

h) Amount requested must be more than $ 200.00 but less than $ 750.00 and the Peace Corps Volunteer applying for a grant must commit to and demonstrate the funding of at least 25 % of the project’s cost, labor, and materials.

i) Request of BARPCV (explanation of how BARPCV can help).

3. Acknowledge BARPCV as sponsor for all approved grants.

4. Reply to board members’ email queries about the proposal, with CC to all board members, no later than one day prior to the meeting.

6. Sign a small grants program agreement, accepting certain responsibilities relating to being a recipient of BARPCV funding and branding support. For example:

a) Assure that grant funds go only to the initiative; pledge against fraud.

b)Provide accounting and reports to the board; return grant money to BARPCV if criteria for implementing and managing the grant are not met.

c)    Grant BARPCV the right to use information about the grant and the grantee in marketing and promotional activities.

7. Report to the BARPCV board per the agreed-upon schedule.

8. Applicant must fulfill all required Peace Corps Partnership Program requirements. For more information about the Peace Corps Partnership Program, visit www.peacecorps.gov/contribute/partnership.html.

Send grant applications to:

BARPCV Fundraising Committee
PO Box 391618
Cambridge, MA 02139

Or contact Fundraising Committee Chair, Evelyn Koran at ekoran@metlife.com

Reviewing a Grant Proposal

To review a grant proposal, board members must:

Read the proposal prior to the board meeting at which it will be discussed.

Seek further clarification of its contents, if necessary to evaluate the proposal, by mailing specific questions to the applicant, with CC to all other board members.

Review the proposal and vote on it, following the processes set down in Robert’s Rules of Order. The sponsoring BARPCV board member will represent the current Peace Corps Volunteer applying for the grant at the meeting and will present the applicant's written application to the Board. He/she must participate in the discussion, but must abstain from voting. Board members will cast their votes for one of four alternatives:

a) Approval with no additional stipulations.
b) Conditional approval, providing stipulations are met.
c) Future reconsideration, after the proposal is amended to address the board’s explicit concerns or their need for more information. The president and DRI, at their discretion, may agree to an email reconsideration if the request is time-sensitive. Otherwise it will be rescheduled for a future meeting.
d) Denial of approval.