Applications must be received in paper form. It will be copied. The AAL grant funding request shown on page 1 must match the amount shown in the project budget on page 4. A challenge grant uses the potential of AAL funding as motivation to challenge donors to help attain a significant funding goal for the project. The grant will be awarded only if the challenge target is achieved.
Challenge grants increase the amount of help delivered to the grant recipient.
This money is to be raised from five or more outside sources after the announced conditional approval of the grant and must be reported to AAL by Dec. 1, 2001. A challenge grant is optional, but like everything else on the application, it is weighted for grant selection purposes. Heavier selection weighting is given to grant applications showing a higher percentage of challenge grant funding. State specifically who will directly benefit from this grant. Be specific about who will be helped.