Grant Application Procedure

 

The Trustees meet several times a year, and the Contributionship accepts and processes applications for grants throughout the year.

All applications and progress reports must be submitted online. Please follow the link below to start the process:

To access an application you have already started. Please follow the link below to resume the process:

Applications will be carefully reviewed by the Trustees. If, in their judgment, the project falls within the framework of current priorities, more detailed information may be requested as well as a meeting or an on-site visit.

The Contributionship does not fund the costs or expenses of existing staff allocated to a project it is asked to support.

The Trustees do not consider unsolicited operating proposals or operating seed money requests.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, age, sexual orientation, or national origin. Applicants most hold similar standards. Grant applications from an organization known to have discriminatory policies will not be considered. Grant applications should include demographic information regarding their clients with their proposals.

In addition, we ask that those organization who have received a grant, rest for a calendar year (a year without a grant payment), before submitting a new proposal. This means for example if you got a grant payment in 2023 your organization would rest for 2024, and then they could come back with another capital request in 2025. Those organizations who have had a proposal declined need to wait a calendar year before submitting another proposal. For example if you were declined March 2023, your organization would wait, and then come back with another capital request in March 2024.

PROPOSAL DEADLINES:
For timely consideration, applications must be received no later than six weeks before the next meeting of the Board of Trustees:

  • January 22, 2024 [for the March 4, 2024 meeting]

  • April 22, 2024 [ for the June 3, 2023 meeting]

  • July 29, 2024 [ for the September 9, 2024 meeting

  • October 21, 2024 [for the December 2, 2024 meeting}

GRANTEE REPORTING:
The recipient of a grant is expected to make periodic status reports as well as a detailed accounting of all disbursements at the conclusion of the project. Please follow the link below to submit your progress report online: