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V i3 <br />The Foundation intends to use the funds to fulfill purposes <br />not well served by other sources of funding. The Foundation's <br />articles of incorporation state that activities in which it may <br />engage, but are not limited to, include the following: <br />Education Assistance — Educational programs for <br />tobacco farmers and other workers impacted or <br />projected to be impacted by a decline in demand for and/ <br />or production of tobacco or tobacco products. <br />Job Training and Employment Assistance — Job <br />training and other employment - related programs, <br />available to organizations assisting tobacco farmers and <br />other workers who are dependent on tobacco farming, <br />production and sales so that these people may transition <br />to other sources of income. <br />Scientific Research — Research to develop new uses <br />for tobacco or to develop alternative cash crops. <br />Economic Hardship Assistance — Programs to reduce <br />or remove the economic hardship, poverty or need that <br />tobacco farmers, quota owners, their families and others <br />experience as a result of the decline in quota and /or <br />production of tobacco or tobacco products. <br />Public Worl(s and Industrial Recruitment — <br />Assistance for local governments in upgrading utilities, <br />transportation, and other public service infrastructure <br />to attract new businesses or for more general economic <br />development purposes. <br />Health and Human Services — Health care and other <br />social service improvements needed to maintain the <br />stability of tobacco - dependent communities. <br />Community Assistance — Assistance for economically <br />depressed and deteriorating tobacco - dependent <br />communities (exclusively for public purposes). <br />Applications will be considered and awards will be made under <br />this Announcement with preference given to the expenses <br />directly related to providing a new service or otherwise to a <br />specific activity separable from the regular, on -going <br />operations of the grantee. Requests for operational expenses <br />of established programs, such as salaries, equipment, office <br />supplies, etc., should clearly state how the operational <br />expenses will be used for activities that are directly linked to <br />the Foundation's purposes and how they would otherwise <br />not be carried out without Foundation funding. Examples of <br />direct service activities include workbooks for job training <br />programs and the salary of a coordinator of services. In <br />addition, award decisions made under this Announcement <br />Program Announcement <br />will not include grants for endowments, fundraising/ <br />development campaigns, political campaigns, or lobbying. <br />__.,.. p.0.R L'YS+: `Sim SAiN .`. - �:r:�fYS "!'.�Z t3 'aYtlfMS' $l�t:•w1Y'2gK. T3}._ _... <br />ffle! F" (P`�' (1 (f�. � ,ems � ■G J 1I� e^M Y fJ �4.1 ^J 1 fi <br />In general, the Foundation will issue announcements from <br />time to time actively soliciting applications for either more <br />specific or broader purposes, and may during some time <br />periods focus the funding on only a subset of activities <br />consistent with the charter and legislative intent. <br />The deadline for responding to the current announcement <br />is October 16, 2000, 4:00 p.m. <br />Awards are scheduled to be announced in December 2000. <br />//rte� ��.fiili'' ja p�+ .; . {.f C �,p fi'(,�+ <br />#I�a�sF b7 T) <br />Only KM� Avi ltiM'1111��[7lf M'tn <br />Only established organizations, no individuals, are eligible for <br />activities /projects funded under this Announcement. <br />Only tax- exempt organizations and governmental units are <br />eligible to receive funds under this Announcement. The <br />organization or governmental unit must agree that it will use <br />the funds exclusively for charitable, scientific, educational, or <br />other exempt public purposes. <br />Organizations must be North Carolina organizations, or multi- <br />state organizations based in North Carolina. All activities <br />funded by this announcement must be in North Carolina and/ <br />or directly for the benefit of North Carolina. <br />Organizations must have established accounting systems <br />capable of segregating and maintaining records of funds <br />received from the Foundation under this Announcement, and <br />the expenditures of these funds, separate from all other funds <br />available to the organization. <br />Organizations less than three (3) years old, unless specially <br />created out of one or more pre- existing parent organizations <br />for the purpose of administering a Foundation funded project, <br />must demonstrate with convincing evidence that they can be <br />sustained during the life of the grant <br />Multiple eligible organizations may submit a joint application. <br />However, one of the organizations must serve as the primary <br />grantee. <br />The Golden LEAF Foundation <br />