Grant Application
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REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS
The following information is required for all grant applications:
- Legal name of organization as shown on IRS exemption letter.
- Physical and mailing address.
- Name of the executive director or CEO of organization.
- Contact name and title for the grant request.
- Telephone number.
- Fax number.
- E-mail address.
- Amount of money requested in this grant application and total cost of the project.
- Using no more than three (3) sentences, describe how the grant funds will be used.
- Mission of organization, primary goals and recent major accomplishments of the organization.
- Project description: You must provide a thorough description of your project here.
- Please follow format and letter each section:
- Number of clients to be served by this grant.
- The community need met by the proposal.
- What other local agencies or services address the same problem(s) and how they do so - a statement of how your approach differs from or augments these services.
- Plan for output measurement: the direct product of program operation (e.g. # of classes taught, # of participants served).
- Plan for outcome measurement: the benefit to participants during or after participating in the program.
- A timetable and/or work plan for the project.
- If your project/program will cost more than you are requesting from us, indicate how you will fund the balance. Show any in-kind support, other grants applied for, and/or funds already received on your project budget.
- If the program is ongoing, indicate a plan for continuing to fund the project after the initial grant period is over.
- If the program utilizes volunteers, elaborate on the screening methods used and your ability to attract volunteers.
- A line item budget for the project for which you are applying. Please include revenue and expenses for this project.
- If applicable, letters of agreement from collaborating organization(s).
- Quotations from three separate sources for any individual item or system over $1,000 requested in the grant and outlined in the budget.
- Amount of your agency's endowment, if any; and amount of endowment of affiliated organization and/or foundation, if any.
- Where applicable, the percent of your annual budget that goes to your national affiliate. Will any percent of this grant go to your national affiliate and if so how much?
- A copy of your organization's audited or reviewed statement of income and expenses for the previous two years and most recent 90 days if applicable.
- Current annual agency budget with year to date actual and variances (revenue and expenses). Include next year's budget if available.
- A copy of the organization's most recent 501 (c)(3), determination letter, which is the IRS letter of exemption from federal income tax or other proof of federal tax-exempt status.
- A list of the Board of Directors.
- A letter signed by an officer of the board or the executive director authorizing submission of the proposal.
- What percentage of your annual budget goes toward administrative expenses?
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT PAYMENT
- Payment of a grant will be made to an organization upon the Foundation's receipt of a signed grant agreement and satisfaction of any conditions outlined in the agreement.
- Grant recipients are required to report on the expenditure of funds awarded to them from the Foundation within one year of the grant award.
- Funds not utilized in accordance with the conditions and terms of the grant agreement or grant application must be returned to the Foundation.
- Grant recipients must complete any post grant outcome and measurement form required by the Foundation.
Founding Sponsor
We would like to extend a sincere thank you to our Founding Sponsor and the Official Sponsor of our two annual fundraisers, Longboat Key Club & Resort. Their financial, emotional and volunteer support since the Foundation's inception has been amazing. They are truly making a difference in the lives of many children!
