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REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT PROPOSALS

Leadership Golden Strip is accepting proposals from nonprofit organizations in response to
this Request for Proposal in order to provide a line‐up of projects to be evaluated and chosen by Class 3 participants.

Proposals will be reviewed by the Leadership Golden Strip class and the Planning Committee and selections will be made no later than February 2023. A single project will be selected and will be completed by November 2023. The project scope must lend itself to this timeline.

The mission of Leadership Golden Strip is to educate and inspire a diverse group of current and emerging leaders to create collaborations and partnerships to impact the community needs of the Upstate of South Carolina.

In keeping with this mission, each annual class of Leadership Golden Strip participants is tasked with implementing a group service project. This project will serve to increase participants’ knowledge of regional issues and positively impact the Golden Strip community.

Through its group service project, Leadership Golden Strip will affect change while enabling participants to go beyond simply connecting the dots of regional issues by connecting themselves to the organizations and becoming a part of lasting change.

Submission Guidelines, Requirements, & Timeline

The following submission guidelines & requirements apply to this Request for
Proposal:

1. Submissions shall be made by an established(in business for the past two years) 501(c)(3) organization serving the needs of Fountain Inn, Mauldin, and Simpsonville, South Carolina and surrounding
communities.

2. Proposals should include:

1. Description of your organization and its mission
2. Project summary, including scope and goal(s)
3. Project budget including all funding sources
4. Recorded video from organization, summarizing the above details. Videos will be shown to Class 3 during their Orientation.

3. The proposal submission deadline is 5:00pm on Friday, January 20, 2023.

4. Proposal files can be submitted online at:

Leadership Golden Strip RFP

5. Leadership Golden Strip participants will notify all submitting organizations of their final acceptance decisions no later than February 28, 2022.

Questions? Contact staff at one of the three chambers:

Fountain InnChamber of Commerce, Marnie Schwartz-Hanley

Phone: (864)862-2586 Email:meshanley@fountaininnchamber.org

GreaterMauldin Chamber of Commerce, Pat Pomeroy

Phone: (864)297-1323 Email:pat.pomeroy@mauldinchamber.org

SimpsonvilleArea Chamber of Commerce, Allison McGarity

Phone: (864)963-3781 Email:amcgarity@simpsonvillechamber.com untaininnchamber.org/leadership-golden-strip

Golden Strip Job Fair

March 8th 1-5pm Fountain Inn Activity Center