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Community Involvement
For more than 26 years, the Jostens Foundation has supported organizations in their work to create strong communities and healthy families and children. The Jostens Foundation is committed to ensuring that its strategy best serves the needs of its customers and plant communities, as well as its employees and sales representatives.
Investing in Young People
Guiding the Foundation's giving and support is our focus on youth and education and programs that help young people become healthy, productive adults. The Foundation's total annual giving is $500,000.
Each three to five years, the Foundation determines or renews its main area of
focus for its giving based on Jostens' vision and an area of significant community
need.
In order to avoid situations that could create a conflict of interest, the Jostens Foundation is unable to contribute directly to school, school districts, school programs, or school foundations. Because of company policies or federal tax law, the Foundation cannot consider grants for:
- Schools, school districts, school programs, or school foundations
- Organizations involved in highly political or controversial issues
- Churches, religious groups or programs primarily sponsored by religious organizations
- Individual applicants or groups for support of their personal needs, including travel
- Political campaigns or political lobbying activities
- Benefit fund-raisers or tickets to fund-raisers
- Recognition or testimonial events
- Fundraising campaigns to eliminate or control specific diseases
- Fraternal, veterans or professional associations
- Athletic scholarships or activities
- Advertising sponsorships
- Endowment campaigns
- Capitol Funding
Jostens provides funding through Jostens Community
Grants
Jostens Community Grants
Jostens provides support to organizations that enhance the lives of youth and promote educational opportunities that significantly and positively impact children from birth through college. The Foundation meets quarterly to review all Community Grant requests ranging between $500-$10,000.
Contact Information
For more information, call 952.830.3235 and leave a message, or e-mail us at foundation@jostens.com.
Applications should be addressed to:
Teresa Olson
Jostens Foundation
3601 Minnesota Drive
Minneapolis, MN 55435
Deadlines
Community Grant requests must be received by Jostens for consideration no later than 5pm on:
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| Q1 - March 3, 2008 |
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| Q2 - May 23, 2008 |
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| Q3 - August 29, 2008 |
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| Q4 - December 1, 2008 |
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Application Procedure
Nonprofit organizations with 501 (c) (3) Internal Revenue Service tax-exempt code are eligible to receive Jostens Foundation grants. The Foundation gives priority to organizations where Jostens facilities and employees are located and gives priority to nonprofit organizations that involve Jostens employees.
Organizations interested in applying for a Community Grant may use the Minnesota Common Grant form or submit an application that includes the following information:
Organizational Information
- History of the organization, its mission and goals.
- Current programs, activities, service statistics, and strengths and accomplishments.
- Organization's relationship with other organizations working to meet the same needs or providing similar services.
- Why your organization is uniquely suited to address the problem.
- List of board members, and the number of full-time paid staff, part-time paid staff and volunteers.
Purpose of Grant
- Describe in detail how the program works, including length of program, how often you meet, purpose of funds, etc.
- Describe the community need that your proposal addresses and how the focus was determined.
- Describe specific activities for which you seek funding and who will carry out those activities.
- Describe your overall goals and the ways in which you will meet these goals.
- Describe how the proposed activities will benefit your community and the long-term strategy for sustaining this effort.
Evaluation
State how you will measure the effectiveness of your activities, the criteria for a successful program and the results you expect to achieve by the end of the funding period.
Financial Information
Provide financial statements from your most recently completed fiscal year (audited or IRS 990), organizational and/or project budget, and a copy of your current IRS determination letter indicating tax-exempt status.
The Review Process
The Jostens Foundation Board of Directors, made up of Jostens employees, meets quarterly to review grant requests policies and procedures and determine focus areas, priorities and budget.
Other Giving
Jostens Plant Projects
Each Jostens plant, led by a GIVE committee (an employee volunteer group) can apply for grants to conduct special community projects related to the Foundation's area of focus.
Jostens Employee Gift Matching
Through the Gift Matching Program, the foundation matches donations that Jostens employees and independent sales representatives have made to charitable 501 (c) (3) organizations dollar-for-dollar.
Scholarships
Children of Jostens employees and sale representatives can apply to receive scholarships for post-secondary education. Students who demonstrate outstanding community service, academic achievement and leadership will receive special consideration.
United Way
Jostens supports giving to its communities through United Way by each year supporting employee fund drives and a corporate gift.
In Kind
Jostens provides in-kind gifts to worthy causes when possible.
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