Deadline: 05-Oct-20
The Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne (CFGFW) accepts grant requests from nonprofit organizations serving residents of Allen County, Indiana.
The mission of the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne states, in part, that they strive to “improve the quality of life” for the citizens of Allen County. They believe that the community can best be served by a wide variety of charitable organizations that both reflect and serve different constituencies.
The Foundation seeks grantees and partners that incorporate diversity and inclusion into their mission, governance board, staff, volunteers, and constituents served. To receive a grant from the Community Foundation’s unrestricted endowments, your organization must affirm that no person is excluded from services due to discriminatory reasons including race, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, familial status, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity.
Purposes
IRS recognized charitable purposes:
- Relief of the poor and distressed or of the underprivileged;
- Advancement of education or science;
- Erection or maintenance of public buildings, monuments, or works;
- Lessen the burdens of government; and
- Promote social welfare, eliminate discrimination, or combat community deterioration
Funding Priorities
The Community Foundation encourages requests that are developed in consultation with other agencies and planning groups, increase coordination and cooperation among agencies, and reduce unnecessary duplication of services. Preference is given to funding requests that:
- Address priority community concerns;
- Encourage more effective use of community resources;
- Test or demonstrate new approaches and techniques in the solution of community problems;
- Are intended to strengthen the management capabilities of agencies; and
- Promote volunteer participation and citizen involvement in community affairs.
Funding Categories
- Agency support
- For general operating support or existing programs and projects.
- Agency support requests are eligible for multi-year awards of up to $75,000 a year for three years, totaling no more than $225,000.
- Agencies that receive a multi-year award are not eligible to receive another agency support grant until the multi-year grant has expired.
- Technology support
- Funding is for the purchase of computers, computer-related technology, telephone systems, audiovisual systems, security systems, etc.
- Technology support requests are eligible for single year awards of up to $50,000.
- Technology requests with support from more than one funder are encouraged.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants are made only to nonprofit organizations that have federal tax-exempt status as a section 501(c)(3) public charity or to government agencies (see limitations for government agencies under “What the Community Foundation Does Not Fund”). The nonprofit or government agency must serve the Allen County area. No grants are made to individuals other than those made through designated scholarship funds.
- An agency can only apply for one grant, unrestricted agency support or technology support, in a 12-month period. Additionally, the foundation does not respond to annual appeals for support or to widely circulated, generalized funding requests. Although the Community Foundation does not award grants from the competitive process for religious purposes, grants for religious purposes may be awarded from other funds at the Community Foundation.
For more information, visit https://cfgfw.org/grants/grantseekers/