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Annual Report Guidelines
Each year, the Bonner Foundation requests that institutions that run a Bonner Leader and/or Scholar Program complete an Annual Report. Through this process, campus teams provide information to the Bonner Foundation that can guide our support and resources for staff, faculty and students; your center(s), and your institution. This is also an opportunity for your institution and program to share best practices and program models for the network.
We are making some changes to this year’s annual report process that should allow us to identify areas where the Foundation can be most helpful to each Bonner Program and institution in the coming year.
First, we will not be asking for annual report letters from staff or student leaders. Instead, we will utilize the annual report Zoom call with your team to discuss your progress on last year’s goals and your plans for the future. We will also discuss important changes and highlights in your institution, your center, and your Bonner Program. Our goal is to have the Annual Report Zoom calls completed by May 15th. Your liaison will send a link to schedule a call with your team.
Note: We will wait until students are back in the Fall to organize calls with your Bonner Leadership Teams to support their accomplishments and plans for the year.
Second, we ask you to submit core data on a shared Notion page. We hope this will make it easier to submit, as well as ensure we have an accurate picture of your program’s implementation. More importantly, we can reference this info during our calls and visits. Directions for each of these will be found on the shared Notion page for the 2025-26 Annual Report. We will be sharing a link to your 2025-26 Annual Report page in next few days, and ask that you complete as much of the data submission as possible prior to your Annual Report call with your liaison, though we understand if some parts may need to wait until after the call.
Finally, we aim to use this process to explore concrete ways Foundation staff can work with you this summer and next school year. To facilitate this process, we have defined a menu of Consulting Projects that we can work on with you. You can find these on the Bonner Campus Portal.
Bonner Program Rules
We have a set of formal rules or guidelines that further elaborate on the core expectations described above. Because there is a different funding model for Bonner Scholar and Bonner Leader Programs, we have created a separate set of rules to reflect these differences.
Bonner Scholar Semester Reporting in BWBRS
- Step-by-Step Guides
- Student Semester Lists & Change of Status
- Financial Allocation & Reimbursement
Bonner Scholar Program Funding Guides
The Bonner Scholar Programs are funded through a permanent Bonner Scholar Program Endowment held by 22 institutions. The first seven endowments were awarded in 1993; the remaining 19 endowment awards were made between 2006 - 2010.
The Bonner Scholarship funding guidelines can be found in the Bonner Scholar Rules here. The annual Bonner Scholarship funding supports the following:
For Individual Bonner Scholars:
School Year Award
Bonner Scholars receive $1,500 per semester in Bonner Scholarship support and are expected to complete 140 hours of service and training during the semester.
Summer Service Funding
Beginning with the Summer of 2022, up to $4,500 in summer service funds should be awarded to each eligible Bonner Scholar to support their meeting their Bonner summer service expectation.
- These funds are available for each of two summers. Unused funding in the first summer can roll over to second summer, and unused funding in the second summer can be rolled over to the third summer prior to the student's senior year.
- These funds are approved by the Bonner Foundation for withdrawal from the Bonner Scholar Endowment by the college based on the summer allocation report.
Rising Senior Fund
Bonner Scholars are eligible for a $500 to support a) a service placement in the summer prior to their senior year, b) a service project they are involved with, c) costs to attend a training conference or job interview that will help their career aspirations, d) costs related to graduate school exams or application fees, or e) professional clothing.
Loan Reduction
The loan reduction awards are being phased out. The Loan Reduction Award will be reduced on a pro-rated based on their grad year: Class of 2021 to $1,500, Class of 2022 to $1,000 and Class of 2023 to $500. These funds are paid directly by the institution to the educational lender.
For Bonner Scholar Programs:
Bonner Scholar Programs and funded Bonner Leader Programs have a pooled Community Fund that Bonners may apply for to support community service or site-specific projects involving or initiated by Bonners. Awarding of these funds should be governed by a committee of the Bonner Leadership Team.
Bonner First Year Service Trip
Up to $250 per first-year Bonner Scholar is available to cover expenses related to meeting the required first-year service trip. An additional $250 is available for each of two people (students or staff members) who attend in a supervisory capacity.
Bonner Local Summer Service Fund
Each year there is a pooled fund available to help build local summer service placements for Bonner Scholars who want to stay in their college community. These projects should continue service projects or related initiatives that also operate during the school year. The maximum amount available for each campus each summer is determined by the number of enrolled Bonner Scholars based on a calculation of $75 per student per year.
Bonner Student Congress Travel Fund
- The Bonner Congress Travel Fund is a pooled fund designed to help defray travel expenses to Bonner Congress meetings.
- The calculation* for this pooled fund is a multiple of the number of Bonner Scholars x $25 per Bonner Scholar (i.e., 40 Bonner Scholars = $1,000, 60 Bonner Scholars = $1,500, 80 Bonner Scholars = $2,000).
- * Schools with 30 Bonner Scholars are eligible to access up to $1,000 each year in this fund.
- Please submit your reimbursement requests via email directly to the Bonner Foundation, accompanied by the calculation for the total Bonner Congress travel expenses (i.e., transportation, meals, lodging if needed)
Special Projects Fund
Bonner Scholar Programs may submit proposals to access unused Bonner Scholarship funds from the prior academic year. These proposals must be to support enrichment activities and to enhance student learning and development, not simply to implement current aspects of the Bonner Scholars Program.
Bonner Program Endowments Funding & Reporting Guides
Schools with Bonner Program Endowments submit an annual reconciliation report to the Bonner Foundation, due to the Bonner Foundation by August 15th each year. The guides and Excel Report templates are linked below:
- Bonner Scholar Program Endowments
- Bonner Leader Program Endowments
Bonner Grant Budget & Year-End Financial Report Guidelines
The following guidelines should be used for formatting your grant proposed budget and year-end reporting to the Bonner Foundation:
