GRANT APPLICATION COVER SHEET

Date of Application: 9/27/14

Legal name of organization applying: Sunz of the Earth
Year Founded: 1998

Current Operating Budget: $33,000.00 a year

Executive Director: Darrell Marks

E-mail Address: drm223@nau.edu

Contact person/title/phone number:

Address: PO Box 2315
City/State/Zip: Page, AZ 86040
Phone number: 928-600-8129

Fax Number: _________________________________

Web address: www.sunzoftheearth.com

List any previous support from this funder in the last 5 years: __________________________________
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Project Name: Building sustainable economic businesses
Purpose of Grant: This project will improve upon the financial infrastructure of the community and
reduce dependency on federal/tribal funding to improve the localized empowerment and governance.

Dates of the Project: March 2015- Dec 2015, Amount Requested: $ 200,000.00
Total Project Cost: $200.000.00
Geographic Area Served: Tonalea, Arizona, Navajo Nation
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Signature, Chairperson, Board of Directors

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Signature, Executive Director

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A. NARRATIVE
Executive Summary
This project will improve upon the financial infrastructure of the community and reduce
dependency on federal/tribal funding to improve the localized empowerment and governance.
The community of Tonalea, Arizona, is building a secure foundation of support. The community
is need of additional resource to ensure success for the economic endeavors. Through strategic
planning, the community seeks to ensure the success of these economic endeavors. Tonalea seeks
established small businesses, owned and operated by community members that are sustained and
collaborative with one another. Tonalea looks to create correlated projects to fit the cultural
needs of the community. With the earned revenues, Tonalea looks to establish tax to improve
infrastructure. Tonalea also looks to reestablish academic scholarships for current students and
improve the academic outcomes of their students.
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Purpose of Grant
This project looks to address the economic needs of the community, specifically those that wish to remain
in the community and need sustainable and viable means to generate income.
This project looks to create bed and breakfast lodging utilizing traditional style hogans and have
community members manage the business. The management and hosting of the hogans would encourage
tourism that wishes to experience the community and culture. This is a new project for the community
This project can be initiated in minimal time constraints and develop rather quickly because the Hogan will
utilize renewable materials, the community members are the knowledge holders to manage the structure.
Partnerships: Grand Canyon Trust/Navajo Nation Tourism/ Navajo Nation Council/Navajo Nation Office
of the President and Vice President/San Carlos PDEE/Gila River Tribe/Verde Valley tribes and power
authority/ DINEHozho L3C
This project should be self-sustaining after the first year of operation and through the life of the grant.

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Evaluation
This project will be monitored and supported to insure its success.
The project will be evaluated on the number of guests that stay in the lodging, feedback from the
community and the overall success of this project will encourage the project to be duplicated.

4.

Budget Narrative/Justification
A plan (on a separate sheet) that shows how each budget item relates to this project and how the budgeted
amount was calculated.
Listed of amounts requested of other foundations, corporations and other funding sources to which this
proposal has been submitted.
List of priority items in the proposed in the proposed budget, in the event that we are unable to meet your
full request.

B. ATTACHMENTS
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A copy of the current IRS determination letter indicating 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.
List of Board of Directors with affiliations.
Finances:
Organizations current annual operating budget, including expenses and revenue.
Most recent annual financial statement (independently audited, if available; otherwise, attach Form 990).
Letters of support should verify project need and collaboration with other organizations. (included)
Annual report, if available.

GRANT BUDGET
A. Organizational fiscal year: 2015
B. Time period this budget covers: January through December 2015
C. For a CAPITAL request, substitute your format for listing expenses. These will likely include:
architectural fees, land/building purchase, construction costs, and campaign expenses.
D. Expenses: include a description and the total amount for each of the following budget categories, in
this order:
Salaries
Fringe Benefits
Consultants and
Professional Fees
Insurance
Travel
Equipment
Supplies
Printing and Copying
Telephone and Fax
Postage and Delivery
Rent
Utilities
Maintenance
Evaluation
Marketing
Other (specify)
Total amount requested

Amount requested from

this organization

Total project expenses

$10,350.00
$1,850.00

$30,500.00
$5,490.00

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$2,950.00
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$48,340.00

Total project expenses

E. Revenue: include a description and the total amount for each of the following budget categories, in
this order; please indicate which sources of revenue are committed and which are pending.
Committed
1. Grants/Contracts/Contributions
Local Government
State Government
Federal Government
Foundations (itemize)
Corporations (itemize)
Individuals
Other (specify)
2. Earned Income
Events
Publications and Products
3. Membership Income
4. In-Kind Support
5. Other (specify)
Total Revenue

Pending

$18,500.00
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$20,000.00
$2,000,000.00
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$38,500.00

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$2,020,000.00