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:41Ulf ARIZONA SCIENCE an CENTER Ir'M June 12, 2013 Mr. Gary Bohnee Acting Special Assistant 600 Office of Congressional & Legislative Affairs E. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Wash 10005 East Osborn Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256 ington St. Dear Mr. Bohnee: Phoenix, On behalf of the Board of Trustees, staff and the thousands of youth, families and educators we serve AZ each year, please accept our genuine appreciation for the generous past support that you and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community have offered to benefit the youth in our community. At this 85004 time, we are pleased to submit an application for the 12% Gaming Contributions Committee's T consideration. 602.7 1 Funding from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community will help to improve the quality of 6.2000 education for some of our community's most under-served, at-risk youth. Specifically, your support will provide free in-class science outreach workshops, free field trips and free educator resources for an A estimated 7,500 students and teachers from Title-I schools within Maricopa County, at which at least 50 percent of attending students are eligible for the National School Lunch Program. By focusing our efforts I.L.Z09 on serving high-needs schools, Arizona Science Center will create meaningful science learning -9 opportunities for some of our community's most vulnerable populations. 660Z I have enclosed the completed application as well as a detailed budget for the Committee's review. If you should have any questions about our proposed program, please do not hesitate to call me directly at 602-716-2015. Thank you again for your consideration of our request. We truly appreciate your support of Arizona Science Center and of science education in our community. Best regards, Chevy Humphrey President & CEO SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY 10,005 E. Osborn Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85256 / Phone 480-362-7520 / Fax 480-362-7593 12% Gaming Contributions Application Date of Application: June 14, 2014 Organization Name: Arizona Science Center Organization/Municipal Government Street & Mailing Address: 600 East Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85004 Contact Person: Ms. Chevy Humphrey Title: President & CEO Contact Email Address: Humphrev@azscience.org Contact Phone: 602.716.2015 Project Manager: Jeannie Colton Title: Senior Manager, Outreach Programs Contact Email Address: Coltoni@azscience.org Contact Phone: 602.716.2000, ext. 253 Address: 600 East Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85004 Phone: 602.716.2000 (main) Fax: 602.716.2099 Project Name: Hands-On Science Opportunities for Low-Income Youth In 200 words or less, please provide a brief description of the project submitted to the 12% SRPMIC Grant program. Arizona Science Center respectfully requests funding in the amount of $100,000 to support the delivery of Hands-On Science Programs for Low-Income Youth in Title-I schools in Maricopa County. The proposed program, which will be offered at no cost to participating school children and teachers, will feature field trips to Arizona Science Center (Focused Field Trips), educator training for teachers bringing youth on field trips, outreach workshops delivered directly to classrooms throughout the district (Science on Wheels), and standards-based, curriculum-enhancing educator resources that will better prepare teachers to deliver informal, extra-curricular science programs. We will serve 7,500 low-income youth in grades K-8 who may not otherwise have the opportunity to experience the programs and resources of Arizona Science Center. Support from Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's 12% Gaming Contribution Funds would underwrite staffing, supplies, transportation and other services required to provide, free of charge: • 100 Science on Wheels outreach programs for an estimated 3,750 youth in grades 2-8, including the production of kits and consumables. • Focused Field Trip experiences for an estimated 3,750 youth in grades K-8 • Pre-field trip orientation workshops for educators. Beginning Date of Project: January 1, 2014 End Date of Project: December 31, 2014 Geographic Area to be served: The geographic area served as a direct result of funding would be Title-I schools within Maricopa County, at which at least 50 percent of attending students are eligible for the National School Lunch Program. This includes but would not be limited to schools within the following districts: Alhambra; Balsz; Cartwright; Creighton; Isaac; Madison; Phoenix Elementary; Murphy; Riverside; Roosevelt and Wilson. ** Attach Detailed Budget** Amount of Total Project: $172,755.50 Amount of 12% Request: $100,000 (No Multi-Year Request will be accepted) If the Amount of funding received is less than the amount needed for the project, do you have other funds to complete the project? (Please Explain): Funding at the $100,000 level will enable the Center to offer services to an estimated 7,500 youth and educators attending schools in the Maricopa County community. If the amount of funding is under $100,000, the Center will consider scaling the reach of the project deliverables proportionate to the amount of funding. We appreciate your consideration of our request. If you receive SRPMIC 12 % funding, will it be spent (Check One): El Monthly nQuarterly OLump Sum List of SRPMIC 12% funds you have received in the past and a list of other 12 % grants funding you are seeking from other Tribal Governments for the 2012-2013 12% cycle. 2004 - $200,000 2009 - $65,000 2005 - $200,000 2010 - $75,000 2006 - $200,000 2011 - $75,000 2007 - $100,000 2012 - $75,000 2008 - $100,000 List any other funds you have received from the SRPMIC and identify the source: Not applicable Funding for project/programs may be based on available funding. As such, if funding were not available for the full the amount of request how would you prioritize funding. A) Focused Field Trips experiences for students in grades K-8 to visit Arizona Science Center B) Pre-field trip orientation workshops for educators and standards based classroom materials C) Science on Wheels outreach programming for students. Which municipal governmental entity will serve as your pass through or accept 12% funds on your behalf? City of Phoenix By execution of the 12% Gaming Contribution Grant Application the undersigned agrees that the information contained in the Application is true to the best of the Applicants knowledge. The Applicant shall notify the SRPMIC if any information in this Application changes. R /-Z Date Chevy Humphrey, President & CEO Name and Title The Application shall be signed by the senior elected official of the local government, or in the case of a non-profit entity, the Chief Executive Officer authorizes to commit the non-profit entity to apply for, accept, and implement an award from the SRPMIC utilizing 12% Gaming Contributions. Arizona Science Center Hands-On Science Discovery Programming for Low-Income Youth January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014 Staff SRPMIC Arizona Science Center Professional Learning Specialist at 5% time $ 3,750.00 One, full-time Senior Outreach Manager, at 20% of time $ 8,000.00 Two full-time Outreach Program Specialists, at 50% of time $ 28,000.00 Reservations, gallery and guest services staff $ 9,950.00 $ 7,050.00 Staff subtotal $ 49,700.00 $ 7,050.00 Benefits Staff fringe benefits (20% total salaries and wages) $ - $ 13,052.50 Benefits subtotal $ - $ 13,052.50 Program Costs General admission to Arizona Science Center for 3,500 students $ 21,000.00 $ - Science on Wheels outreach vehicle expense / travel costs 8,000.00 $ - Science on Wheels outreach supplies $ 10,000.00 $ ._ Field trip demonstration supplies $ 3,000.00 $ - Printing, postage, publicity $ 5,000.00 - Bus parking (for field trips) $ 1,800.00 $ - Evaluation $ 1,500.00 $ - Program Costs subtotal $ 50,300.00 $ - Total $ 100,000.00 $ 20,102.50 Overhead Calculated at 20% of total $ 32,550.50 Overhead subtotal $ - $ 32,550.50 Total $ 100,000.00 $ 72,755.50 PROJECT TOTAL $ 172,755.50