Awards to USA Individuals to Recognize Volunteer Work Benefiting Children

Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award

Agency

Foundation

GrantWatch ID#

155391

Funding Source

The NASCAR Foundation

Geographic Focus

All USA

Important Dates

Deadline: 03/18/22 11:59 PM EST Email Receipt or Postmarked by Date

Grant Description

Awards to USA individuals to recognize their outstanding work to benefit children. Nominations will be accepted for individuals who have had an outstanding impact on children's lives through charitable or volunteer work at a nonprofit children's charity. All finalists will receive donations to their charity. Nominations may be submitted by friends, family members, or a nonprofit organization.

The NASCAR Foundation is excited to honor one outstanding champion for children for his or her commitment to children with The NASCAR Foundation’s 2022 Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award (the “Award”). The Award will be presented in the fall of 2022.

Each applicant must demonstrate that he/she has made a significant impact on the lives of children through volunteerism or charitable work during the last five (5) years and is an avid NASCAR fan. For this Award, “volunteerism” is defined as voluntary action in service to others and the community.

Recipient

Eligibility

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)

Additional Eligibility Criteria

Each eligible applicant must be nominated by friends, family members or a nonprofit organization. No self-nominations will be accepted.

To be eligible, an applicant must be, at the time the application is submitted: (i) sixteen (16) years of age or older, and (ii) a legal resident of the United States of America. Applicants under the age of 18 will need to have a guardian co-sign any required agreements. Each applicant must demonstrate that he/she has made a significant impact on the lives of children through volunteerism or charitable work during the last five (5) years and is an avid NASCAR fan. For this Award, “volunteerism” is defined as voluntary action in service to others and the community. Individuals who receive compensation (financial or other) to perform charitable work volunteering, fundraising, etc. for their chosen charity are ineligible for the Award. Employees of NASCAR, The NASCAR Foundation, NASCAR Enterprises, LLC International Motor Sports Association, or any of their subsidiaries or affiliated companies are ineligible for the Award.

Previous finalists and corresponding participating charities for the Award cannot compete for the Award for a period of five (5) years from the year selected as an Award finalist or participating charity. Winners of the Award and the charities they represent are not eligible to apply for the Award again.

Pre-Application Information

Nominations must be submitted via email by midnight ET on March 18, 2022 or postmarked March 18, 2022.

Those nominees whose applications are accepted during the preliminary nomination process and who score favorably on a preliminary review of the applicable criteria will move on to the Phase Two Nomination. The Preliminary Nomination selection process will commence on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 and continue through Friday, March 18, 2022.

Applications selected to move forward during the Preliminary Nomination process will receive an Official Phase Two Nomination Form, inviting applicants to provide an in-depth explanation of their nominee and the accomplishments and positive impact that nominee has made in the lives of children. The Phase Two Nominations that are submitted will be evaluated independently to determine whether they will advance to the next phase of the Award finalists selection process, which is Phase Two – Selection.

Selected Official Phase Two Nomination forms, as determined by The NASCAR Foundation in its discretion, will be reviewed and ranked by an independent committee of business professionals and community leaders, in accordance with the criteria set forth above, and forwarded to The NASCAR Foundation’s Board of Directors for selection of the four Award finalists. Award finalists will be publicly announced in or around October 2022 at a specific time and location to be later decided upon in the sole discretion of The NASCAR Foundation.

Once the Award finalists are announced, voting will be opened to eligible members of the public to vote for their choice amongst the four (4) Award finalists chosen by The NASCAR Foundation’s Board of Directors through an online campaign (“Award Vote”), resulting in a single Award winner. The online voting period will begin on or around October 7, 2022, and end at 5:00 P.M. EST. on or around November 7, 2022 (“Voting Period”).

Applicants agree to attend and participate in all events or activities associated with the Award as requested by The NASCAR Foundation, which may include meeting with or speaking to media or large groups of people. Reasonable accommodations will be made if necessary.

Number of Grants

The Award winner will be selected from a pool of nominees, which is first narrowed to four (4) Award finalists. Of the four (4) selected Award finalists for the Award, three (3) of the finalists and the one (1) winner chosen by the Award Vote will receive prizes.

Estimated Size of Grant

(a) One (1) Award winner will receive:
(i) A $100,000 donation from The NASCAR Foundation to the children’s charity affiliated with the Award winner’s original nomination for the Award. Said charity must be a registered, public, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization within the United States.

(b) Three (3) Award Finalists will each receive:
(i) A $25,000 donation from The NASCAR Foundation to the Award finalist’s designated children’s charity. Said charity must be a registered, public, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization in the United States.

Contact Information

To Submit Nominations:
- Email: bjfaward@nascarfoundation.org
- Mail:
The NASCAR Foundation
ATTN: Blake Warfield
One Daytona Blvd. | 5th Floor
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
- Fax: (386) 310-5735

For questions, email bjfaward@nascarfoundation.org.

Awards to USA Individuals to Recognize Volunteer Work Benefiting Children

Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award

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