Deadline: 3-Jan-22
The Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne (CFGFW) has announced the Community Grantmaking Fund and Clark Endowment Fund to meet the changing needs of the community now and for generations to come.
Funding Information
- 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.
- An agency can only apply for one grant, unrestricted agency support or technology support, in a 12-month period. Exceptions to the one grant per organization, per 12-month policy, may be made in cases when the organization requesting funding serves as the fiscal sponsor for another organization.
The Foundation will Fund
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;
- Encourages 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.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grant s are made only to nonprofit organizations that have federal tax-exempt status as a section 501 (c) (3) public charity or to government agencies.
- 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/