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Home My WebLink AboutGrant Request - Leadership BendEconomic Development Fund Discretionary Grant Program Organization: Leadership Bend Foundation Organization Description: The organization is a program conducted by the Bend Chamber of Commerce to facilitate the training of volunteer citizens to assume key leadership roles. Project Name: Leadership Bend Class of 2011 Project Description: Leadership Bend is a 9 -month program offered annually. Once a month participants work together and with local leaders to expand awareness and understanding of issues and challenges facing the community. Project Period: August 2010 — June 2011 Amount of Request: $2,000 Previous Grants: • July 2002: Expansion of program $5,000 (Luke $5,000) • August 2005: 2006 Class $1,650 (Luke $875, Daly $875) • August 2006: 2007 Class $1,500 (Luke $1,500) • July 2007: 2008 Class $2,000 (Luke $1,000, Haney $500, Daly $500) • January 2009: 2009 Class $1,500 (Luke $1,500) • October 2009: Tuition for Wells Ashby $850 paid from General Fund Deschutes County Board of Commissioners 1300 NW Wall St., Bend, OR 97701-1960 (541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.org DESCHUTES COUNTY DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION Direct Application to: Commissioner Tammy Baney Commissioner Dennis R. Luke Date. 4-23 -10 Project Name: Project Beginning Date: Amount of Request: Commissioner Alan Unger All Three Commissioners x LEA.0E461-44) BEN.0 &ASS OF x011 AU&t.t6T (O +Zo0d Applicant/Organization: Address: Project End Date: Date Funds Needed: Tax ID #. City & Zip: Telephone: Email: LEAOERSti 8—ND Fot,wDd T ') Ti7 NU) WA U. -sr, su1TE zoo Contact Name(s): Fax: GAiLE NA4E-al [541-3 85-9q Alternate Phone: 541-`i0$-09'le JUNE a) 11 Aub—pEc, AO 10 9 3- 1zz448 z &END chlor 611- 3gZ-esu-1 c,+ycF-(9 8atklaetiMtBEt..046' On a separate sheet, please briefly answer the following questions: 1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and activities. 2. Describe the proposed project or activity. 3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity. 4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic health. 5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit. 6. Itemize anticipated expenditures*. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. If the grant will support an ongoing activity, explain how it will be funded in the future. Attach: Proof of the applicant organization's non-profit status. Applicant may be contacted during the review process and asked to provide a complete line item budget. Tammy Baney: Amount: Signature: Dennis Luke: Amount: Signature: Alan Unger: Amount: Signature: LEADERSHIP BEND April 23, 2010 Deschutes County Board of Commissioners VIA: Dave Inbody 1300 NW Wali Street Bend, OR 97701 Dear Commissioners, Our application for a Community Grant for Leadership Bend is attached for your review. You were unable to approve grant funds for the Leadership Bend Class of 2010, however, we were very happy to have Wells Ashby join our class this year. This is a very worthwhile program and I hope we can again receive funding to enable us to maintain the high caliber program we have developed. Thank you in advance for your consideration. Sincerely, Gayle Najera Executive Director Leadership Bend — A Program of the Bend Chamber "Developing Tomorrow's Community Leaders" Leadership Bend, c/o Bend Chamber • 777 NW Wall St, Ste 200 • Bend, Oregon 97701 541.382.3221 (office) • 541.385.9929 (fax) • 541.408.0940 (cell) Web site: www.bendryhamber.org • E-mail: gayle@bendchamber.org LEADERSHIP BEND Leadership Bend 2010/2011 — Grant Application 1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and activities. Leadership Bend is a program of the Bend Chamber developed to facilitate the training of volunteer citizens to assume key leadership roles. 2. Describe the proposed project or activity. Leadership Bend is an annual nine-month program. During the full-day sessions, scheduled once a month (September thru May), participants work together, with local leaders to expand awareness and understanding of unique issues and challenges facing our community and region. 3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity. August Orientation September Our Community (history) October Land & Natural Resources November Business & The Arts December Government January Health & Human Resources February Community Justice March Leadership & Teambuilding April Education May Communications 4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic health. Leadership Bend is designed to ensure the continuing vitality of our community by identifying, educating, and motivating emerging leaders. Its purpose is to develop informed and committed leaders who understand the issues and needs of our community, in both economic and other areas. Leadership Bend — A Program of the Bend Chamber "Developing Tomorrow's Community Leaders" Leadership Bend, c/o Bend Chamber • 777 NW Wall St, Ste 200 • Bend, Oregon 97701 541.382.3221 (office) • 541.385.9929 (fax) • 541.408.0940 (cell) Web site: www.bendchamber.orq • E-mail: gayle@bendchamber.org 5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit. Leadership Bend is open to any citizen residing in Deschutes County. The program provides broad-based perspectives to familiarize participants with the Central Oregon community's needs, opportunities, and resources. Selection is determined by an applicant's willingness to invest the time required for active participation in the program. 6. Itemize anticipated expenditures. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. If the grant will support an ongoing activity, explain how it will be funded in the future. Land & Natural Resources is our October 2010 Session and if the grant is awarded, Deschutes County will be the Session Sponsor for this day, receiving special acknowledgement on the day's agenda and on all other agendas and documents, once funding is approved. In addition, grant dollars will be spent on the continuing cost of the 9 -month program: September thru May — monthly facility rentals and lunch costs. Leadership Bend - A Program of the Bend Chamber "Developing Tomorrow's Community Leaders" Leadership Bend, c/o Bend Chamber • 777 NW Wall St, Ste 200 • Bend, Oregon 97701 541.382.3221 (office) • 541.385.9929 (fax) • 541.408.0940 (cell) Web site: www.bendchamber.org • E-mail: gayle@bendchamber.org INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE P-^-TRICT DIRECTOR O. BOX 2508 CINCINNATI, OH 45201 Date: NOV 2 5 19&7 LEADERSHIP BEND FOUNDATION ATTN:BEND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 63085 N. HIGHWAY 97 BEND, OR 97701 Dear Applicant; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Employer Identification Number: 93-1224982 DLN: 317321102 Contact Person: SU YIM LEE Contact Telephone Number: (.916) 974-5361 Accounting Period Ending: June 30 Form 990 Required: Yes Addendum Applies: No NOV 29149 7 Based on information supplied, and assuming your operations will be as stated in your application for recognition of exemption, we have determined you are exempt from federal income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as an organization described in section 501(c)(3). We have further determined that you are not a private foundation within the meaning of section 509(a) of the Code, because you are an organization 0- cribed in section 509 (a) (2) . If your sources of support, or your purposes, character, or method of operation change, please let us know so we can consider the effect of the change on your exempt status and foundation status. In the case of an amend- ment to your organizational document or bylaws, please send us a copy of the amended document or bylaws. Also, you should inform us of all changes in your name or address. As of January 1, 1984, you are liable for taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (social security taxes) on remuneration of $100 or more you pay to each of your employees during a calendar year. You are not liable for the tax imposed under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA). Since you are not a private foundation, you are not subject to the excise taxes under Chapter 42 of the Code. However, if you are involved in an excesE benefit transaction, that transaction might be subject to the excise taxes of section 4958. Additionally, you are not automatically exempt from other federal excise taxes. If you have any questions about excise, employment, or other federal taxes, please contact your key district office. Grantors and contributors may rely on this determination unless the Internal Revenue Service publishes notice to the contrary. However, if you lose your section 509(a)(2) status, a grantor or contributor may not rely on this determination if he or she was in part responsible for, or was aware of, the act or failure to act, or the substantial or material change on the part of the organization that resulted in your loss of such status, or if he 1)r she acquired knowledge that the Internal Revenue Service had given notice tha. --i would no longer be classified as a section 509(a)(2) organization. Letter 947 (DO/C4)