The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

Do you regularly volunteer in your community? Are you participating in the Elks Scholar Month of Service? Would you like additional funding to enhance your service project?

We know that as an Elks scholar, you already uphold the cornerstones of the Foundation: knowledge, integrity, charity and community. Now, we want to help you do more! That is why the ENF is offering Cornerstone Grants to Elks scholars and alumni interested in expanding their community service projects. Cornerstone Grants will be announced at the end of April as part of the Elks Scholar Month of Service, so don’t delay, get your application in to enhance your service project.

Click here for a list of 2012 Cornerstone Grant recipients!

Eligibility:

• Elks scholars or alumni interested in serving their community through a domestic project in a meaningful way are eligible to apply. To be eligible for the 2012 Cornerstone Grant, you must have been awarded your ENF Scholarship in or before 2011. You can only receive one Cornerstone Grant every five years.

• Scholars may apply for $500 to be used toward expanding or initiating a community service project within the United States.
• Applications will be judged on the proposed community service project.
• Scholars must demonstrate meaningful involvement in their community service initiative. This grant cannot be used as a donation to an organization.
• Grant funds can be used to enhance an individual community service effort or to participate in another organization’s efforts, i.e. Habitat for Humanity.
• Scholars must connect their service project with a local Elks Lodge in some way, i.e. speak about the service project at a Lodge event or seek Elks volunteers. If selected, the ENF will work with the scholar to facilitate this relationship with the Lodge.

• Grant applications will be reviewed, and winners will be announced by late April. All applicants will be notified of their application status by email at this time.
• Grant funds will be disbursed to applicants upon receipt of completed acceptance form.
• All 2012 grant funds must be used, and project summary (with photos and receipts) must be submitted, by March 31, 2013.

The 2012 Cornerstone Grant application deadline has passed. Click here to read about the 2012 Cornerstone Grant recipients!