CCE Grants for Student Led Programs – Center for Civic Engagement

Step 1: Apply for Funding

Review the information on this page and complete an application form including a detailed timeline and budget proposal. Approval may take up to two weeks, so please apply as early as possible.

Step 2: Project Reflection

Within a week of project/event completion, Civic Engagement Scholars utilizing the grant funds must complete a one page reflection on the grant use. This should include information and evaluation about event/project success, process, and K student learning outcomes.

Step 3: Submitting your Reflection

When your reflection is complete, please submit it via email to the CCE’s Director, at Sashae.Mitchell@kzoo.edu.

Note that information from your report will be shared with the affiliated donors.

What are my options?

The Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) provides grant funding to current Civic Engagement Scholars (CESs) for up to $500 per program per academic year to carry out their work through activities that promote a more “just, equitable, and sustainable world.” CESs may apply for funding for any number of projects that support and enrich ongoing activities, deepen and assess the impact of existing programs, launch an innovation through a small pilot program, and/or “tell the story” of the work they do together, consistent with the missions of the CCE and their specific program.

There are two funds that CESs may apply to The Linda Primavera Fund and The Marilyn LaPlante Endowment. Each of these funds has specific criteria that applicants have to consider when drafting a grant proposal; please see descriptions below.

Application Process and Reflection content questions should be sent to Oakley.Gabriel@kzoo.edu

The Linda Primavera Fund

Linda Primavera ’77 is an advocate for civic outreach, having volunteered her time and resources in the Tucson, Arizona area for many years. This passion has led her to create a fund to provide support to Kalamazoo area women and children and to channel this support through the talented CES students at Kalamazoo College creating additional leadership opportunities for its students.

Linda Primavera would like to support the following CCE programs that relate to education and women/children empowerment programs:

Community Advocates for Parents and Students (CAPS)
El Sol
Kalamazoo Language and Intercultural Partners (KLIP)
Club Grub
Swim for Success
Students for Reproductive Freedom (SRF)
Woodward
Young Adult Program (YAP)

CESs may apply for up to $500 per year to support programming that enhances their work in these above programs. See the grant proposal form for detailed information about project criteria.

The Marilyn LaPlante Endowment

Ronda Stryker and Bill Johnston established The LaPlante Endowment in 2001 when they created the Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service-Learning (now Center for Civic Engagement) in the name of Ronda’s grandmother. The LaPlante Endowment honors the late Dean of Students Marilyn LaPlante, the College’s first Vice-President for Experiential Education, and a good friend to Ronda. The LaPlante Endowment primarily supports Civic Engagement Scholar wages, faculty grants and course-related expenses, and community partner involvement. However, a small amount of funding (up to $500 per program per year) is available to enhance CES-led programs that do not meet Primavera funding parameters.

Please NOTE: Funds will be awarded based on the quality of proposals and appropriateness of programming. The total amount of funding and/or total available per grant may be limited in any given year. Receipt of these grants is not guaranteed, and they may be awarded on a first-come, first serve basis.

Please complete the below form after you have applied for and used your grant funds. This feedback will be used to assess the impacts of funding and contribute to future grant availability.

Apply for a grant:

Grant Application Form

Download the fillable excel spreadsheet to use for your Budget Proposal and Timeline

CCE Grant Applications

Name * Required
First Last
Email * Required
CCE Program * Required
Date form is being completed * Required
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For which fund/grant will you be applying for? * Required
- Linda Primavera Fund (for programs that relate to education and women/youth empowerment programs)
- Marilyn LaPlante Endowment (for general programs not qualified for the Linda Primavera Fund)
Linda Primavera Fund (for programs that relate to education and women/youth empowerment programs)
Linda Primavera ’77 is an advocate for civic outreach, having volunteered her time and resources in the Tucson, Arizona area for many years. This passion has led her to create a fund to provide support to Kalamazoo area women and children and to channel this support through the talented CES students at Kalamazoo College creating additional leadership opportunities for its students. Linda Primavera would like to support the following CCE programs that relate to education and women/children empowerment programs. CESs may apply for up to $500 per year to support programming that enhances their work in these above programs.
PROJECT TITLE: * Required
Project Description
Please describe the nature of what your project will entail. If this is an event, please include the time of the event including set up/clean up. * Required
List any community or campus partners involved. * Required
Is there a plan for community or campus partners to contribute any supplies or funding to the project/event? (This is not required, but we need to know for organizing purpose.) * Required
- Yes
- No
Specify below what community or campus partner supply or funding contributions will be used for, then include this in your budget document for funding specifics. * Required
WHEN WILL YOUR PROJECT START? * Required
MM slash DD slash YYYY
WHEN WILL YOUR PROJECT END? * Required
MM slash DD slash YYYY
What will be the total costs? * Required
Please enter a number less than or equal to 500.
A full breakdown must be included in a budget document (upload below).
Location(s) Please list all locations that will be used. * Required
What skills, resources, and knowledge are you drawing upon to accomplish your goals? Include experiences that have prepared you for success. * Required
Community Partner Involvement and Expectations
Describe the community issues to which your program and project responds. * Required
How and why did you and your community partner come together around this topic or project? Who is affected and why? * Required
Please describe how your project empowers community members. How are you avoiding the Savior Complex: the trap of “doing for” instead of “doing with” people and communities. * Required
Results and Outcomes
What learning will occur and for whom? What learning outcomes will there be for K students and community members (be specific, but don't limit yourselves to "measurable" outcomes). What do YOU hope to learn? * Required
How does this project/event strengthen community for your particular program? How does it promote the program's mission? * Required
How does your project advance a “more just, equitable, and sustainable Kalamazoo”? * Required
Please upload a completed budget and timeline. * Required
Max. file size: 5 MB.
Please download a fillable excel spreadsheet from the website under “Budget and Timeline Template”, completed for your project/event.

Step 1: Apply for Funding

Step 2: Project Reflection

Step 3: Submitting your Reflection

What are my options?

The Linda Primavera Fund

The Marilyn LaPlante Endowment

Apply for a grant:

CCE Grant Applications

Linda Primavera Fund (for programs that relate to education and women/youth empowerment programs)

Project Description

Community Partner Involvement and Expectations

Results and Outcomes