GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING GRANTS AND GRANT
APPLICATIONS:
 We
accept requests for financial assistance Grants from
January 1 up to and including August 31 of each
year. We typically send out notices regarding
approval of financial assistance requests between
the following April and June.
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.
 The
Foundation does not ordinarily fund salaries and
professional fees, operating expenses or building
programs. The Board of Trustees, in its sole
discretion, determines which 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 (PDF) or
Microsoft Word to:
Info@IWPF.org.
No hard copy required.
2.
Hard Copy Submissions (Second Method):
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 additional
copies of the Grant Request and all
supporting documents.
.
C.
Use only 8½ x 11, single sided, unstapled and
unbound documents (no permanent binding).
Submissions containing documents in sizes
other than specified will be rejected without
consideration.
APPLICATION CONTENTS
Each Grant request should
contain:
1. Cover Letter
including amount of Grant requested; and contact
information such as contact name,
organization, address, email address, web page,
telephone and facsimile.
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 of
organization and staff to carry out the program, and of
individual applying.
10. Total program
operating budget for current year.
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.
B. Copy of most recent IRS Form 990
including all schedules and supporting documents.
C.
C. Copy of most
recent audit (if applicable), financial statement,
current sources of funding.
D.
Supporting references
such as:
1.
E.
Letters of endorsement.
2.
F. Publications by
or about your organization.
3.
G.
News clippings or other publicity.
4.
H.
Résumés of staff members and consultants may be included
here.
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