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Williamsport-Lycoming Community Foundation Grant Application Process and Timelines

 

About Community Fund Grants from your Community Foundation

Lycoming County residents are fortunate to have endowed community funds at the Williamsport-Lycoming Community Foundation.  Community Fund grants are made possible by the foresight, generosity and compassion of individuals, families and organizations of means and vision, who have made gifts to enhance the quality of life for generations to come. 

 

Through the power of endowed funding, meaning that it is the investment earnings that make this funding possible, our donors’ legacies live on, providing ongoing support for the valuable work of our nonprofit partners, and making a difference in lives each day.  Community Fund grants are possible through gifts from donors who have chosen to give the Community Foundation the flexibility to meet the changing needs of our community through a responsive grant process that meets current needs.

 


Grant requests should take into consideration the amount the Community Foundation has available to award in Community Fund Grants.  The Foundation will have approximately $1 million to grant for the 2008 calendar year.  We anticipate that this will be split between the spring and fall grant cycles, with approximately $500,000 available for each grant cycle.

General Criteria for Reviewing Requests

The Foundation encourages proposals that:

  • Offer creative responses to the community’s most pressing needs and concerns

  • Are preventative and farsighted rather than remedial

  • Maximize the impact of relatively modest grants

  • May involve cooperation or collaboration among program providers
Limitations

Generally, no grants will be provided for:

  • Endowments
  • Annual campaigns and event sponsorships
  • Debt reduction
  • Sectarian religious purposes
  • Clubs, sponsorships of sports teams, fire companies, cemeteries, or services limited to a select membership
  • Grants or loans to individuals
  • Scholarships, fellowships, honorary awards, or travel grants (except as provided via donor-established scholarship funds managed by high schools and colleges)
Funding Request Process

  • Applicants must be qualified to receive tax-exempt contributions as defined by the IRS - in the vast majority of cases, applicants will be 501(c)(3) organizations.
  • Applicants without 501(c)(3) status may work through another qualified 501(c)(3) organization that is willing to serve as a Fiscal Sponsor for the applicant.
  • For requests of $6,000 or more, applicants will first apply by utilizing the Letter of Intent process; invited applicants must complete a Foundation Grant Application and include all materials listed on the attached checklist.
  • All applicants must submit 1 original and 7 complete copies of the application and all attachments.
Deadlines and Response Process

  • Applications are accepted twice per year
  • Proposals of $6,000 or more must submit a Letter of Intent
  • Proposals of under $6,000 must submit a grant application; no Letter of Intent is necessary
Letter of Intent Deadline Application Deadline Notification
March 1 April 1 Mid-late June
September 1 October 1 Mid-late December

 

  • Letters of Intent and Applications must be postmarked by the dates listed above to be considered.
  • No drop-offs or walk-ins will be accepted.
Guidelines & Instructions

  • If your grant request is for $6,000 or more, then your organization should submit a Letter of Intent prior to submitting a full application. 

Click here to download the Williamsport-Lycoming Community Foundation's Letter of Intent Guidelines & Instructions.

 

If your grant request is for less than $6,000, your organization may submit the grant application; no Letter of Intent is necessary.

For more information, please contact Betty Gilmour, Manager of Program & Scholarship Services.

 
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Important Dates

 

September 1

Deadline to submit letter of intent to apply for grants from the Danville Area Community Foundation

 

September 1

Deadline to submit letter of intent to apply for grants from the Williamsport-Lycoming Community Foundation

 

 

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