Consider offering your child a "matching grant" for an item she wants.
City and state officials recently announced a program to make $10 million available to institutions that could find matching private grants.
The project also received an additional $10 million in federal matching grants and was completed in 1980.
The Taylor Institute will provide matching grants of $500 to the first 10 schools that put the program into effect.
If a privately financed candidate spent more than $1.6 million, the state would provide matching grants to the other candidates up to $3.1 million.
Another suggestion is to provide matching grants to low-income individuals.
The state provided a matching grant of $120,000 toward the project, which is expected to cost $500,000.
The land was appraised at $731,300 and the state received a matching federal grant to develop the park.
A single donor has offered a matching grant of $500,000 toward the $3 million goal.
The program will provide matching grants of up to 50% of the project cost, and the total funding for the program is $3.375 billion.
