Tips for Applying for a Hipp Grant
Eligibility Rule
Article V, Section 5 of the By-laws of the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education, the following eligibility exclusions apply: "No member of the Board of Trustees, the Advisory Committee or the Grant Selection Committee shall have or obtain a financial interest in any contract, grant or award made by the Foundation to any person or entity." The Hipp Board of Trustees consists of the individuals who comprise the Executive Committee of the New Jersey Education Association.
Follow Directions and Guidelines!
Many applications cannot be considered for funding because they do not follow the directions or comply with the guidelines. Please read and follow each section's directions before answering the question.
Common problems include:
Identifying individuals, school, district, college, town, county, or specific area in the title of the grant application.
The timeline shows expenditures before receipt of grant funds (spending before it's awarded). Pay careful attention to your dates.
Missing signatures from the project coordinator, local association president, and/or district superintendent/college president. Allow time for their review and any board approval needed.
Sections 1–6 identify individuals, school, district, college, local association, town, county, or specific area by name. Since grants are judged "blindly," identifying the grant's origin compromises the process.
The project underwrites programs and materials that are the general responsibility of the school district.
Hints and Tips
Applying for a grant from the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation is easier than ever:
Carefully review the Hipp Grant Directions and Information Sheets provided.
Check out previous grant recipients' project descriptions for ideas at njea.org/Hipp.
Form your project team and plan together, but avoid "writing by committee" — have your best grant writer draft it for the team to review.
Follow all instructions, especially that Sections 1–6 must be anonymous.
Make sure the application flows: Objectives address the Needs Assessment, the Project Plan leads to the objectives, the Budget matches the Project Plan's specific costs, the evaluation addresses how objectives were met, and the detailed budget matches the amount requested in Section 1.
Complete the application online and save it to your account — you can save your work until you're ready to finalize.
Print and review your application at any point. Have a colleague unfamiliar with your project read the draft — does it make sense, leave questions unanswered, include identifying information, or have grammar issues?
After thorough review, save and finalize. You'll get instructions to print a copy for your local president and superintendent/college president before requesting their electronic signatures. All signatures and finalization must be complete through the portal's Round 2/Signatures Round prior to March 1*.
Grant applications are accepted through March 1 of every year.
The application portal reopens September 1 of every year.
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