Submissions will be accepted March 1 through April 30, 2025.

Part 1: Applicant Information

Part 2: Grant Proposal

Organizational background - provide us with some comprehensive information about your organization. Please include:

• A brief history of the organization’s founding and evolution
• A detailed list of your nonprofit’s past major projects and initiatives
• Short biographies of the organization’s leaders and key staff
• More info on the figures who will be directly involved with the proposed program

Executive summary - In a few paragraphs, please summarize your project. You'll go into more detail further into the application process. Here are the key points to focus on: 

• Your nonprofit’s mission and the specific purpose of your programming
• The exact need or issue your project will address
• The impact and results of your programming
• How you’ll measure your project’s success
• Your organization’s specific competencies
• Your proposal’s projected cost and any other funding sources

Statement of need - In a few paragraphs, please tell us how your project will solve a problem or positively impact your community in quantifiable ways. Include community history and applicable statistics. 

Goals and objectives - Next, describe in detail the exact outcomes of your proposed project once it receives funding and can be implemented.

Methods and strategies - Provide detailed information about your exact plans, steps, and strategies for each stage of your program and how you’ll implement them. Topics to include:

• Fully model your program with explanations, visuals, and any other tools that might help.
• Who will be involved in each step of your plan? Explain their roles.
• Describe any partnerships that come into play during your programming plan.
• List and explain any digital tools or platforms you’ll use during the program.
• Relate your methods, strategies, and steps back to your specific goals and objectives.
• Describe how you’ll keep donors and stakeholders involved and up-to-date.
• Anticipate some possible problems, and provide concrete alternate strategies for accomplishing your objectives.

Plan of evaluation - Include concrete, quantifiable goalposts for measuring your program’s success. These should be established for the end objectives of your plan but also at periodic points during its implementation. What will define 'success' for your proposed programming?

Budget - What is the program budget that you wish to receive funding for? Be sure to provide descriptions, explanations, and hard numbers for any other funding sources that your organization will rely on to accomplish your program’s objectives. 

Keep in mind, this grant is to provide funding for costs associated with performing project tasks. Funding will not compensate labor, personal travel or overhead costs.

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