2024 Conference Grants

The Isles of Shoals Association Unitarian Universalist, Inc (ISAUU) invites you to apply for a Conference Grant! Grants are meant to foster the educational, religious, and cultural aspects of on-island conferences. We look for proposals that:

·         Enhance the conference experience

·         Initiate physical or cultural change

·         Bring new Shoalers to the island

·         Encourage individual contributions

Grants have typically been in the range of several hundred dollars. This funding is intended for new, innovative, and creative programming, rather than as subsidies to ongoing budgets. Program support may include room and board for speaker and staff, and/or supplies for various programs such as art, music, children’s activities, etc. Program support may NOT include honorariums, travel, or marketing expenses.

Completed application forms should be sent as an attachment to conferencegrants@gmail.com by February 15. If your application will be delayed, please e-mail us well in advance to make other arrangements. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your grant submission has been received. If you don’t receive a confirmation, please re-send your application to ensure that it has been received. Decisions will be communicated mid-March. 

Please note that grant amounts are limited, and we expect that some portion of the funding for the stated request is being supported by the conference. The Star Island Corporation has a separate Financial Grants Program that addresses needs of individual conferees, therefore ISAUU Conference grants focus on supporting conference programming and not individual financial aid. 

When a grant is made by the ISAUU, please announce it to your conference, and remind them that all proceeds of the Gift Shop, Book Store and Lobby Store support the Island and the Conference Grants program.

Granted funds are available for disbursement until October 15 of the year in which the grant was awarded, at which time the grant is terminated, and funds are retained by the ISAUU. Any unspent grant funds should be returned to the ISAUU Treasurer. For conferences to receive funds directly, a tax ID number must be provided. Grants to conferences without tax ID numbers will be paid to the SIC for credit to the conference’s account.

Please note: The ISAUU would like to receive a brief report post-conference, and no later than October 1, regarding the impact of the grant on your conference and the activity that was funded.

The ISAUU reserves the right to accept or refuse applications. In the event a grant is given, the Association expects that funds will be solely used for the purpose approved and disclaims responsibility for the specific uses to which funds are applied.

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2024 Grant Request (Please fill in all information below)

Conference:

Conference dates:

Submitted by:

Conference Position:

Address:

Phone:

e-mail:

Contact Person for Reimbursement:

Address: 

Phone:

e-mail:

Tax ID #: 

Conference registration fee:

Anticipated conference attendance:

Amount Requested $:  

How your conference is supporting with matching funds $:  

Brief Description to include how your conference will advance the mission of the Star Island Corporation and the ISAUU:  

Grant Request Detail:

(A few paragraphs.  How is this request consistent with our grant criteria to enhance conference programming, support conference programming, initiate physical or cultural change, and encourage individual contributions).

(Thank you for your participation, and enjoy your time at Star!)