Please upload the requested information and documents HERE.

Note that there is a shorter-form application for grantees applying for renewal and a longer-form application below it for applicants invited for the first time.

SHORTER-FORM APPLICATION

FOR THE PRIOR GRANT PERIOD:

1.WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DO PROGRAMMATICALLY during the grant period to meet the needs of the people you serve?  What did the following look like during the grant period: a) programming, b) numbers of people served, c) and demographics of people served?

2. WHAT IMPACT HAVE YOU HAD? Please tell us about your programmatic accomplishments. (If there have been disappointments, what are they and how will you be addressing them going forward?) Please tell us how you measure impact and, importantly, what impact you are able to document.

FOR THE COMING YEAR:

1.WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO PROGRAMMATICALLY? Please make sure we understand the different programs you operate (if there are different programs), what is most central/core to your work, and/or how different programs relate to each other. Again, let us know numbers of people served/demographics of people served..

2. WHAT IMPACT ARE YOU HOPING TO HAVE/what outcomes do you expect to see in the year ahead? If you measure impact/outcomes in a particular way, please tell us what your impact goals are for the year.

3. IS THERE ANYTHING NEW IN THE WORKS that you would like to share?

Also, please submit:

4. A revenue/expenses budget for the most recently completed fiscal year.

5. A projected budget for the coming year.

NOTE: Please highlight and explain any budget deficits or qualified audits in the current or past three years and any anticipated budget shortfalls or cash flow challenges you anticipate and are working to close in the coming year.

6. A list of your committed and expected contributions.

7. Please attest that your 501c3 is current and in good standing.

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LONGER FORM — FOR NEW APPLICANTS

FIRST PAGE OF YOUR WORD DOCUMENT: include the same information as in first page of LOI.

TEXT OF PROPOSAL

1. A brief history of your organization and of the primary persons responsible for its operation.  You may use the same text as in your LOI.

2. A description of your organization — who you are, what need you seek to address, what you do (in brief).

3. The programs you employ to meet the need you describe. Please provide a detailed explanation of these. Make sure to include the populations served, numbers of persons served, duration of program, frequency, etc.

4. The way you measure outcomes/impact for your work and what impact you are able to document. What impact have you achieved in the past and what impact are you hoping to achieve during the grant period?

SUPPLEMENTS

1. A budget (revenue/expenses) for your organization as a whole and, if appropriate, for this project in particular. (Requests for general operating support do not require project budgets.) Please make sure your budget shows both revenue and expenses.

PLEASE EXPLAIN any budget deficits or qualified audits in the current or past 3 years.

2. A list of your organization’s major funders and of funders you have secured or plan to approach for this project/program.  (Individual donors need not be identified by name, but please do indicate the dollar amount that comes from individuals.) Make sure to identify sources of income from the following categories: foundations/corporations/individuals/board/government/other.

3. 501(c)(3) determination letter.

Please upload the requested information HERE.

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