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Applying for
a Grant
Before applying for a grant, please review our Funding
Priorities and Grant
Distribution Guidelines.
Grant Request Procedure
For those agencies responding to the
foundation’s invitation
to apply for funding, with proposals due on Friday, September
4, at 5 p.m. in the foundation’s office, the foundation
accepts the Common
Grant Application used by almost forty other
foundations in the Greater Philadelphia Area. It is the foundation’s
goal to simplify the application proposal so that agency staff
and volunteers can spend valuable time providing services and
programs.
The foundation encourages applicants to review their
proposal concepts with foundation staff in advance of submission,
and then to submit the following:
- One page cover letter on organization’s
letterhead signed by the chief staff officer and board president
briefly describing the proposal you are submitting and the
amount of money the organization is requesting. Neither signature
may be substituted without the express permission of the
foundation; without both signatures, the proposal will not
be considered for a grant.
- Grant
Application Cover Summary, Grant Proposal Narrative and
Required Organization Information (includes a Checklist
for easy reference)
The format for
the latter three forms is available by clicking above, or
by calling the foundation offices for a hard copy at 610-380-9080
x100. To get on the foundation’s mailing
list for future Requests for Proposals, click
here to e-mail.
Grant Award Procedures
In
the past, grant award packets have been sent to grantees, each
one containing the following items:
- Grant award letter indicating
the Board’s positive
response to the request, the amount awarded, the time-period
covered, and reporting requirements.
- Grant Agreement to be
signed and returned promptly to the Foundation by the grantee.
This Grant Agreement outlines the mutual responsibilities
of the grantor and the grantee. Upon receiving a signed original
Grant Agreement to the Foundation, the grant award check
will be sent promptly to the grantee.
The foundation requires
the Common Grant Report one year from the date of the grant
award, or prior to filing a new fund application (whichever
date comes first) on the use of the grant award. The report
includes:
- Grant Report Cover Summary (these are the
last two pages of the Common Grant Application, link above)
- Grant
Report Narrative, including Financial Report
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