Grants

If believe your project fits our guidelines and criteria, complete the online pre-application questionnaire.

After you submit your questionnaire:

1. You will receive an email confirming our receipt of your pre-application questionnaire.
2. After reviewing your completed questionnaire, we will contact you to either invite or decline a full application. Our team meets monthly to review and discuss each grant inquiry. If we invite a full application, you are still not guaranteed a grant. This is an indication that we want to hear more about your project because it meets the basic requirements for funding.  If we decline a full application, we will share our reasons and may refer you to other potential funders.
3. We send you the full application, for you to complete and return.
4. Upon receipt, your full application is assigned to a staff grant reviewer. They will contact you with questions and schedule a site visit, if deemed necessary.
5. The grant reviewer will make a recommendation to the president or board of directors, depending on the amount requested.
6. You will be informed after the final decision is made, which may include a reduction in the amount of requested funding, a full or partial matching challenge, payment schedule or other stipulations.
7. Once we receive the required documents, the funds will be distributed as outlined in the grant agreement and announced to the media.
8. Project reports will be required as outlined in the grant agreement. This information may be used as a learning tool to help other organizations and guide future foundation funding.