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| Grants Process 2001 |
Request for Concept Letters
Deadline: 5 p.m. Sept. 28, 2001
The grants process for The Community Foundation will be
different this year. In an attempt to reduce the amount
of work required of the nonprofits to submit a full proposal,
The Community Foundation is switching to the concept paper
model. This means that nonprofits will first submit a
two-page concept paper and a budget that will be reviewed
by the Foundation's grants committees. After the first
review, finalists will be asked to submit a full proposal,
which will be similar to proposals submitted to The Community
Foundation in previous years. Funding notifications will
be sent in January.
Application Process
Nonprofit, governmental or other public groups interested
in applying for grants from The Community Foundation are
invited to submit a concept paper describing the proposed
project. The Community Foundation's Grant Committees will
review the concept letters and choose a number of finalists
to submit a full application.
Applicants should submit five
copies of the following:
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Two page concept letter describing the
organization or project |
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Budget for the project or the organization
as whole (whichever is applicable for the application) |
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Organization
Summary (please print out)
Note: The
Organization Summary (PDF; 60KB) is also available
in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), a more
printer-friendly format. You must have Adobe Acrobat
Reader installed on your computer to use this feature.
You can download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software
here.
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Applicants should submit one copy
of the following:
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Proof of your tax exempt status - only
one copy is necessary |
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Anti-Discrimination
Policy (please print out)
Note: The Community
Foundation's Anti-Discrimination Policy (PDF;
81KB) is also available in Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF), a more printer-friendly format. You
must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your
computer to use this feature. You can download the
free Adobe Acrobat Reader software here. |
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder
County requires that all grant applicants have an anti-discrimination
policy. The Community Foundation strongly recommends that
these policies be broad and inclusive. Specifically, we
strongly recommend that the policy include the categories
which are included in The Community Foundation's Anti-Discrimination
Policy.
Additional attachments will not be considered
in the concept paper phase.
Please do not submit anything other than printed
materials.
Please do not bind proposals.
We accept proposals for specific projects as well as for
unrestricted operating expenses, capital campaigns, start-ups,
endowments and technical assistance. Our grant committees
review each application and make recommendations to our
Board of Trustees for approval. The average grant given
out by the Foundation in 2000 was $3,000. We do consider
larger and smaller requests. We are also specifically
requesting $5,000 proposals for general operations for
those organizations that serve basic human needs and proposals
that promote intra-agency collaborative efforts.
Eligibility Criteria
• Organizations that received a grant in 2001 must
return their evaluation forms BY SEPT. 1, 2001. Failure
to respond will have a negative impact on our consideration
of your proposal.
• We only fund organizations that have received
§501(c)(3) or other nonprofit status from the IRS.
• The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County
does not make grants to organizations where grant money
would be used to further a particular political or religious
doctrine.
Full Proposals:
Nonprofit organizations that are invited to submit a full
proposal should use the Colorado Common Grant Application
Format. The Grant Committees will seek additional information
if needed, and may make a site visit as part of the evaluation
process.
Mail or bring your original concept letter plus four copies
(FIVE copies total) by 5 p.m. Sept. 28,
2001 to:
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County
1123 Spruce Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Please feel free to call us at 303-442-0436, e-mail us
at
for additional information. |
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