Request for POCIS Sponsorship
POCIS is excited to sponsor member schools, individuals, and organizations on events and programming that serve its mission of supporting people of color in independent schools. Please provide us with some information about your event and the amount of financial support you would like to request. To receive POCIS sponsorship, events must be open to people at POCIS member schools.
POCIS's Programming Committee will review the requests and may reach out for further information before bringing them to the monthly Board meeting for a vote. Requests must be submitted at least FOURTEEN days before each Board meeting, and events must be scheduled to occur at least one week after that Board meeting. POCIS will not sponsor events that have already occurred and cannot sponsor fundraisers for individual schools. Here is the schedule of Board meetings for the 2020-2021 school year:
For events scheduled after 9/28, requests must be received by 9/7 (Board will meet 9/21).
For events scheduled after 10/26, requests must be received by 10/5 (Board will meet 10/19)
For events scheduled after 11/23, requests must be received by 11/2 (Board will meet 11/16)
We will consider requests up to $5000, but our typical sponsorship is between $500 and $1000. Sponsorship will take the form of reimbursement for expenses and fees. Receipts will be required for reimbursement.