| 1. | Q: Who is eligible for the Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant program? |  |
| A: Any individual non-profit public K-12 school or parent group (associated with a non-profit public K-12 school) that has a group tax ID # and official 501c(3) status from the IRS. If you do not have 501c(3) status, please apply through your school. Pre-schools are not eligible at this time. The school must be more than 2 years old. Please note the grant money cannot be used to pay for memorials, stipends, salaries, scholarships, or third party funding.
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| 2. | Q: What kind of projects will qualify for the Lowe’s Toolbox for Education program? | |
| A: Projects that encourage parent involvement and build stronger community spirit will be favored. There is a preference for funding requests which have a permanent impact such as facility enhancement (both indoor and outdoor) as well as landscaping/clean up type projects. In order to qualify for the Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant program, your group must complete the grant application. |
| 3. | Q: How much money is available for our school with Lowe’s Toolbox for Education? | |
| A: Up to $5,000 per school is available. Lowe’s will donate $5 million to schools and school parent teacher groups at more than 1,000 different schools in 2006 and 2007. |
| 4. | Q: Is there a minimum or maximum amount I can apply for? | |
| A: In order to apply, the requested grant amount must be between $2,000 and $5,000. |
| 5. | Q: Is there a timeframe by which we will need to complete our project, in
order to qualify for the grant? | |
| A: Lowe’s will only consider grants for projects that will be completed
within one year of when the grant is received. |
| 6. | Q: Have you received 1,500 applications? Is it worth it for me to apply or should I wait for the next deadline? | |
| A: If the application process is still open, you should apply. Once 1,500 applications are received, the application process will be shut down on the website and you will not be able to submit an application. |
| 7. | Q: What is an EIN#? | |
| A: An EIN # is your group or school’s Employer Identification Number (EIN). It is also known as a Tax Identification Number (TIN) or a Federal Tax Identification number (FIN). The number should be 9 digits in length. Please note that this is not the same as your Tax Exempt #. An Employer Identification Number or EIN is the equivalent to a SSN (Social Security Number). It is a unique number assigned by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to entities operating in the United States for the purposes of identification.
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| 8. | Q: Will our parent group be required to use Lowe’s materials and/or products to complete our project? | |
| A: No, your group will not be required to use Lowe’s products to complete your project with the Toolbox grant. Lowe’s would certainly appreciate the business but they understand that some of the materials for specific projects would not be available through Lowe’s. The committee will, however, take into consideration how your project fits the Lowe’s brand. |
| 9. | Q: Will our local Lowe’s store offer us any assistance in completing our project? | |
| A: The ability of Lowe’s to offer volunteer assistance will vary from store to store. This assistance is limited to some Lowe’s employees volunteering their time to help with the labor involved and does NOT include any donation or discount on materials. Please contact your local Lowe’s manager for more information on how they can be involved. |
| 10. | Q: When will we be notified if we have won? | |
| A: Every Parent Group and/or School that submitted an application will be notified of their status via email approximately 3 months after the application deadline. |
| 11. | Q: What are the application deadlines? | |
| A: For the 2007-08 school year, there will be two Lowe’s Toolbox for
Education grant periods. The first deadline is 5pm EST on October 12, 2007
and the second deadline is 5pm EST on February 15, 2008. In order to submit
an application your school must be in our database. Please confirm this
beforehand by going through the first step of the application: Verifying
Your Contact Information. It may take as long as 24 hours to have your
school added before an application can be submitted. If you wait until the
last day to submit an application, your school may not be added to the
database in time to submit the application before the deadline. |
| 12. | Q: May more than one application be considered from any one school during the same grant cycle? | |
| A: No, only one application may be submitted per school for any given grant period. |
| 13. | Q: If a school/parent group applies and is not successful in obtaining a
grant, may they apply again during the next grant cycle? And if so, could
they apply for the same project (with some modifications to the proposal)? | |
| A: Yes, if unsuccessful in obtaining a grant during one grant cycle, the
school/parent group may re-apply during the following application period. |
| 14. | Q: If a school/parent group applies during one grant cycle of the year
and is awarded a grant, are they eligible to apply again during the same
school year? | |
| A: No, the winning school would not be eligible to apply again for one
calendar year from receiving the grant award. The Toolbox for Education
program will only consider a group’s grant application once per calendar
year. |
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