Welcome, Teachers and Staff of Manheim Township! Because one of the goals of MTEF is to enrich the educational experiences of teachers as well as students, this page provides you with access to forms needed to apply for grant funds, for community service funds and more.

Manheim Township Educational Foundation's Grants Program details:

• Awards up to $10,000 in the spring and the fall of each year to selected grant projects.
• Over $140,000 granted to innovative projects so far!
• Deadline to submit: April 6 and October 6
• Use the "Grants Guide for MTSD Staff" to help you prepare your application.
• Use the form entitled "Original Grants Program" to submit a grant application
• Use the form entitled "Grant Final Report" when your project is finished
• See The Grants Program page for more information and examples of past projects

• Awards various amounts of funding based on contributions received through the EITC program that year
• Over $240,000 granted to projects in the last six years!
• Use the "Grants Guide for MTSD Staff" to help you prepare your application.
• Deadline to submit: none; you may send in an application at any time
• Grant proposals are first sent to the state for approval (can take up to 6 weeks), then forwarded to the MTEF Grants Committee for selection
• Use the form entitled Corporate Grants Program to submit an application
• See the EITC Program page for more information about this program and a listing of grants projects already funded

• To learn more, click on Jean Hoadley Peterson Memorial Fund
• Use the "Grants Guide for MTSD Staff" to help you prepare your application.
• Use the form entitled "Original Grants Program" to submit a grant application

• $1000 is set aside each year to grant in small amounts to classroom community service projects.
• Deadline to submit: none; you may send a request for funding at any time
• Use the "Grants Guide for MTSD Staff" to help you prepare your application.
• Use the form
  "Funds for Community Service Projects" to request funding
• See the Students in the Community page for more information about this program

• Please consider contributing a small amount, by payroll deduction, to MTEF's worthwhile Grants Program.
• Use the form entitled "Payroll Deduction Form" to contribute or donate a lump sum
• Your contribution is tax-deductible, and you will be entered in an annual drawing for a $100 gift certificate to a top Lancaster restaurant such as The Log Cabin.
• Your contributions go directly to the Grants Program, to enrich your teaching experiences as well as the classroom experiences of your students.

Grants Guide for MTSD Staff

Original Grants Program
Grant Final Report
Payroll Deduction Form
Funds for Community Service Project
MTEF Corporate Grant

Using the forms Files on the MTEF web site are provided in various formats such as PDF, MS Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. Postings are annotated with the corresponding file format. Below you will find instructions for using the various file types as well as links to download free viewers that will work across multiple operating system platforms. Many of these documents will open directly in your browser or will provide the option of saving to your local computer. Adobe Acrobat or PDF Forms/Files Before attempting to read these files, you will need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed (download Acrobat Reader). The free Adobe Acrobat reader will allow you to view and print PDF files. Also see the Adobe Acrobat Reader download page for quick links to Acrobat Reader 6 for Windows with Search and Accessibility features. In addition, Adobe offers other Online Conversion Tools for Adobe PDF Documents including web-based and e-mail submissions. MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint Files Microsoft provides free software that allows viewing MS Word (download MS Word Viewer), Excel (download Excel Viewer), and PowerPoint (download PowerPoint Viewer) files without owning the full version of the software. Saving Files Locally When you click on a link to a file in other than HTML format, your browser may open the document in the browser window, open the document in its native application automatically, or prompt you to save the file locally. The action the browser takes depends on your local browser/application configuration. You will need to have the appropriate application or file viewer (see free viewers above) to view these documents. If your browser automatically opens the document in its native application or reader, you will have the option to do a File/Save to capture the document to your local computer. If your browser prompts you to download and save the file, simply choose an appropriate place on your local hard disk to store the file. You will want to carefully note the location you save to so that you will be able to find the file when the download is completed. In addition, you can save a file by right clicking on the link, then clicking "Save target as" (in Internet Explorer) or "Save Link As" (in Netscape) and browse to the appropriate drive and folder, then save the file.