GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING GRANTS AND GRANT APPLICATIONS

The Foundation accepts Grant Requests from January 1 up to and including August 31 of each year.  However, IWPF will consider Grant Requests not exceeding $5,000 throughout the year if funds are not exhausted from Grants approved at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees.  The Foundation will normally take final action on Grant Requests at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees, held in January of each year.

The Foundation donates only to organizations and not to individuals.  All applicant institutions must be qualified for exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and generally may not be “private foundations” as defined under Section 509(a) of the Code.  An agency or entity applying for funding must state whether it is a member of any branch of the Federal, or any State, County or local Municipal government. 

IWPF does not ordinarily fund salaries and professional fees, operating expenses or building programs.  The Board of Trustees, in its sole discretion, determines which Grants Requests to approve and fund.

Individual grants or grants to programs will be on a one time basis. These Grants will either supplement other funding obtained by the applicant or totally support a proposal.  This will be decided by the Board of Trustees.

If awarded funding, the applicant must complete a notarized Affidavit stating that there has not been, nor will there be, duplicate funding for any or all part or parts of the same project.  Additionally, the applicant must file a final report, within sixty days of receiving the Grant, providing proof that the funding was used as provided in the Grant.

Any material received with a proposal will not be returned and will become the property of the Foundation. 

ACCEPTABLE FORMATS

1.                  Electronic/Internet Submissions (Preferred Method):

A.                Send in Portable Document Format to: Info@IWPF.org.  No hard copy required.

2.                  Hard Copy Submissions:

A.                 For all Grant Requests up to and including $5,000, the applicant need only submit one original Grant Request.

B.                 For Grant Requests above $5,000, the applicant must submit an original and six copies of the Grant Request.

C.               Unstapled, un-punched, single sided, 8.5 inch by 11 inch correspondence only.  Please bind only with large clips that can easily be removed and replaced by our staff.

APPLICATION CONTENTS

Each Grant Request should contain:

1.                  Cover Letter.

2.                  Table of Contents.

3.                  Summary of Proposal, not to exceed one page, containing, at a minimum, the amount of money requested, the total project budget breakdown, the specific purpose of the grant and the anticipated end results.

4.                  Statement of problem or need.

5.                  Goals and objectives of program.

6.                  Methods to achieve objectives, including timetable for implementing specific steps.

7.                  Identification of population group(s) to be served by project.

8.                  Evaluation criteria by which program’s effect will be measured.

9.                  Qualifications: Should include the qualifications of organization and staff to carry out the program, and of individual applying.

10.             Total operating budget for current year (applies to programs).

11.             Future funding sources and plans.

12.             Amount specifically requested.

13.             Appendix:

A.                Copy of evidence of tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

B.                 Copy of most recent IRS Form 990.

C.                Copy of most recent audit (if applicable), financial statement, current sources of funding.

D.                Supporting references such as:

                                                              i.      Letters of endorsement.

                                                            ii.      Publications by or about your organization.

                                                          iii.      News clippings or other publicity.

                                                           iv.      Résumés of staff members and consultants may be included here.

INITIAL INQUIRY

Initial contact can be made by email, which is preferred, or by letter of inquiry.