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Note: The application package
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.
Proposal
Submission
Proposals are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, June 29. Please
provide one complete original and nine complete copies
of the proposal. No faxed or emailed proposals, please. |
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Proposal
Elements
Please include all of the following elements in your
proposal:
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| I. |
Cover
letter.
One page on organization letterhead with:
- Amount
of endowment goal
- Reason
for applying for the Great Giving Match now
- County
where the organization is located and county(s)
and city(s) served
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Address, telephone, e-mail address, and fax number
- Project
director name and title
- Signature
of Executive Director, President/CEO or Principal
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Signature of Board of Directors (or governing body)
President
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| II. |
Agency
information.
Please address the following in 1-2 pages:
- Mission
statement and brief statement of organization’s
goals and/or objectives.
- Brief
summary of organization’s history including
founding date.
- Description
of current programs, activities and clients served.
- Affiliations
with similar organizations
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| III. |
Financial
information sheet.
Use the financial information
sheet to describe your organization’s financial
and fundraising history. |
| IV. |
Narrative.
Please address the following in no more than 3-4
pages:
- What
is your organization’s endowment goal for the
Great Giving Match? Explain how you arrived at this
amount. Your endowment goal may be any amount between
$5,000 and $25,000. This is the amount that your
organization will raise each year for two years
(2002 and 2003). If your organization is selected
and you are successful in raising the amount you
choose, The Community Foundation will match this
amount both years. Example: your endowment goal
is $10,000. You will raise a total of $20,000 and
receive a $20,000 match, for a total endowment of
$40,000 after the two-year program.
- Why
is having this endowment significant to your organization?
Why is this the right time for your organization
to take this project on? How will it meet your organization’s
long-term needs?
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Does the organization currently have an endowment?
If so, what is the current market value? How was
the endowment raised? How much income does it provide
annually, and how are those funds currently used?
How is the endowment managed?
- Describe
your goals for ongoing endowment growth. Explain
how your organization will incorporate endowment
fundraising into its future fundraising activities.
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| V. |
Endowment
goal outline sheet.
Use the endowment goal outline
sheet to describe your plans for meeting your endowment
goal for the Great Giving Match. |
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Attachments.
If you have submitted any of these items in a grant
application to the Community Foundation within the last
calendar year, and the information has not changed,
you do not need to resubmit that item.
- Board
of Directors (or other governing body) and their
occupations and/or community affiliations.
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Anti-discrimination statement.
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Names and qualifications of key staff, including
person responsible for the Great Giving Match campaign.
- Financial
statements or balance sheet.
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IRS tax-exemption letter.
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Most recent annual report.
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Annual budget for current fiscal year.
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Note:
The application package 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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