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. |
