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Mini Grants

SDOT’s Mini Grant program can provide up to $1,000 to schools or community groups to help start a Walking School Bus, Bike Train or similar incentive program to get more kids walking and biking to school.

The SDOT Safe Routes to School Mini-Grant Program provides grants of up to $1,000 to schools and community groups for programs that encourage walking and biking to school or improve walk and bike safety. Mini-Grant funds can be used to create a Walking School Bus, plan a Bike Rodeo, organize a Bike Train, create incentive programs encouraging walking &/or biking to school,or purchase new safety gear for school crossing guard programs.

During 2009, SDOT awarded the following Mini Grants:

  1. Assumption
  2. Ballard High School
  3. Blaine K-8
  4. Brighton PTA
  5. Coe PTA
  6. CoolMom
  7. Eckstein Middle School
  8. Epiphany
  9. Graham Hill PTA
  10. John Stanford
  11. Kimball PTA
  12. Laurelhurst/Bryant PTA
  13. Lawton Green Team
  14. Loyal Heights PTA
  15. Holy Rosary
  16. McGilvra PTA
  17. North Beach PTA
  18. Orca Safety Committee
  19. Pathfinder
  20. Sacajawea PTA
  21. Salmon Bay
  22. Seattle Girls School
  23. SONG
  24. Spruce Street School
  25. West Woodland PTA

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Hanford Steps Improvement
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Bryant Elementary School recorded a short video of more than 140 bicycles arriving at school on Bike to School Day, 2009:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/81325557@N00/sets/72157617347360834/ 

Orca K-8 Bike to School Day, 2009
Orca K-8 Bike to School Day, 2009

How to Apply
All K-12 public or private school related groups in Seattle are eligible to receive Mini-Grants. Groups can request funds up to $1,000 to be spent over a two year period.

Groups eligible to apply for Mini-Grant Funds include PTA groups, schools and other school-related nonprofit groups.
In order to receive these funds, follow these simple steps:

  • Complete the Mini-Grant Application and submit to SDOT by October 30, 2009. 
  • SDOT will review the applications to ensure eligibility.
  • Eligible applications will be funded on a first-come first-serve basis.  Applications will be accepted until funds are exhausted.
  • Mini-Grant recipients will be selected and notified by November 13th, 2009.                 
  • Funding will be distributed after Letter of Agreements and W-9 forms are completed and returned to SDOT.
  • Evaluation: Recipients are required to submit receipts and prepare an end of the year summary with pictures that describes how Mini-Grant funds were used.

For more information contact SDOT Safe Routes to School Coordinator Brian Dougherty at 206-684-5124 or brian.dougherty@seattle.gov

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