GRANT GUIDELINES

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Grant Proposal Format

Authorization Form  
Grant Application Checklist  
Grant Application Preparation list

Non-profit organizations within a 50-mile radius of Peoria may submit a two-page, unstapled grant proposal describing your project. Your name, contact phone number, and total dollar amount requested must be on the first page. No cover letters please. Your two-page proposal will be copied and submitted to the Distribution Committee to review. Please provide the following information in this order using these headings:

  • Summary statement Specific purpose of funds requested
  • Project timetable Need for project in community
  • Amount requested (detailing how the money will be spent)
  • Evaluation tools for effectiveness of grant
  • How the grant will be publicized
  • Will the project take place with partial funding? If so, how?
  • Brief summary of organization's history and mission.

In addition to the two-page, unstapled grant proposal, the following items must be submitted with each grant submission.

  1. Detailed program budget indicating specifically how the grant funds will be used.
  2. A detailed copy of the latest annual operating budget.
  3. Recent grants received and pending for this project and all grants received from the Community Foundation in the last 24 months.
  4. List of Board of Directors and officers.
  5. Copy of IRS Tax-exempt Letter
  6. Most recent Annual Financial Statement independently audited or IRS Form 990

Authorization Form
 Grant Application Checklist  
Grant Application Preparation list

All grant proposals should be sent to Community Foundation of Central Illinois, 331 Fulton Street, Suite 310, Peoria, Illinois 61602.

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