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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:
- Assumption
- Ballard High School
- Blaine K-8
- Brighton PTA
- Coe PTA
- CoolMom
- Eckstein Middle School
- Epiphany
- Graham Hill PTA
- John Stanford
- Kimball PTA
- Laurelhurst/Bryant PTA
- Lawton Green Team
- Loyal Heights PTA
- Holy Rosary
- McGilvra PTA
- North Beach PTA
- Orca Safety Committee
- Pathfinder
- Sacajawea PTA
- Salmon Bay
- Seattle Girls School
- SONG
- Spruce Street School
- West Woodland PTA
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Safety Patrol
Bike Commuters of Ballard HS
Walking School Bus
Brighton Safety Patrol
Walking School Bus
Shrinking Bigfoot
Bike Education
Walk to School
Walk and Bike Safety
Safe Lights to School
Bicycle Rodeo
Walk and Bike to school
Walking School Bus
UNDRIVING
Bicycle Racks
Bicycling Class
Pedestrian Safety and Encouragement
Bike to School day
Student Safety Patrol
Walk to School
Walking School Bus
Pedestrian Safety
Hanford Steps Improvement
Safety Patrol
Bike Safety Training |
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 |
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 |
