No, your account will contain copies of your in-progress or submitted applications, which you can access at any time.
- Your name
- Your mailing address includes city, state, and zip
- Your phone number
- Your email address
- Organization's legal name
- Tax ID number
- Name of organization executive director
- Organization's mailing address, including city, state, and zip
- Organization's phone number
- Executive director's email address
If you have not used the system before, you will need to create a new account. Your username will be your email address, and the password is whatever you want it to be.
- Project budget
- Board of Directors list
- Tax determination letter
- Agency budget
- Profit and Loss Statement (Most Recent Fiscal Year-End)
- Balance Sheet (Most Recent Fiscal Year-End)
You should save your work often to prevent data loss. If you make corrections be sure to click “save as a draft' to ensure the most current changes are saved.
If you are in the grant management system and are either working on the application or have submitted it, click on “Application Packet' on the right hand side of your screen. This will allow you to see exactly what your completed application will look like. You will have the choice to either view it or print a hard copy for your records at any time.
The grant management system now has a feature called "Collaborator" which will allow multiple people to view, edit, and/or submit the application. If you would like to learn more please click here to obtain the Collaborator Tutorial.
- All applications that are viable (meaning they are eligible to apply for funding) are read by our founder.
- A first round of cuts will be made.
- Staff will contact you 4-6 weeks after the grant deadline to let you know how your application is progressing. If your project has been declined support you will know at this time.
- If your application makes it past the first round of review it means that it will now be evaluated by the full grants committee. Staff will either call or email to inform you about the status of your application and to discuss "next steps."
- As part of this second phase of evaluation we may ask to conduct a site visit or invite you to present your project at program review.
Yes, the character count includes all spaces, punctuation, and letters. Anything that moves your cursor counts as a character.
No. As the Foundation has evolved, we have changed our guidelines over time. If the guidelines say the maximum request amount is $10,000, then that is the most you can request.
The Foundation prefers to make grants on an annual basis.
Yes, but you must provide a letter that indicates your tax status and your federal tax ID number.
