Preserving and Enhancing the Quality of Life in Gloucester County
Application Procedures for the 2010 Competitive Grant Program
Grant Proposals must be emailed to GCFGrants@Gmail.com no later than March 31, 2010. The Full Proposal should include the following:
Summary Face Sheet to include the following:
- Name of organization, mailing address, contact person with title and phone number, and an alternate contact person with title and phone
- Project summary (one or two paragraphs)
- Project starting and completion dates
- Amount requested from Gloucester Community Foundation
- Total project budget
- Independent Accounting/Auditing Firm with contact information
Detailed narrative not to exceed 3 pages to address the following questions:
- What need will the proposed project address
- How will the project work? For example:
How many people will be served?
How will the target audience be reached?
How will this audience benefit from the project?
Is the project a collaborative effort with other organizations? If so, with whom?
Staff needed to support the project? Existing staff or new hire?
Qualifications for staff should be included. Paid staff or volunteer?
What geographic area will be served?- What is the duration of the project? If longer than one year, how will project be funded in future years?
- What hours will it operate?
- What will the program staff-to-client ratio be?
- Will this grant be used as a challenge or matching grant?
Detailed budget for the project
- Previous year’s audit or financial review and operating budget of organization for the current year that has been approved by organization’s Board of Directors. If not available, explain.
- Current list of Board of Directors and amount of financial support pledged/contributed by the organization’s Board of Directors
If your organization is selected to receive a grant, it will be subject to the receipt and approval of the following documents:
All applicants will be notified via email by June 30, 2010. Each recipient organization will be requested to be present at the Gloucester Forward community forum to receive their grant award. Each recipient organization will be required to submit a final report after one year evaluating the program or project funded. The Gloucester Community Foundation is an affiliate of the Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia.
- Copy of IRS Tax Exempt letter designating the organization as 501 © 3 non-profit
- If filed, copies of your tax return for the most recent fiscal year end. If immediately previous year has not been filed, please explain and provide organization-prepared balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows.
- Operating budget for current year and three year forward operating projections