Donor Name: Toledo Neighborhoods Foundation
State: Ohio
City: Toledo
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/16/2024
Size of the Grant: up to $25,000
Details:
The Fund serves the city of Toledo with a particular emphasis on the neighborhoods surrounding the Overland site including the Old West End, Englewood, Ottawa, Five Points/Library Village, Lagrange, Toledo Olde Towne and Warren Sherman. Grants support organizations with programs in the areas of land reuse, neighborhood improvement, job preparation, safety and youth engagement.
Funding Information
The Toledo Neighborhoods Foundation grants program will consider requests up to $25,000 that directly support its giving priorities.
Eligible Expenses
Eligible expenses include operating support for new and existing programs, capital expenses and costs to expand existing services.
Eligibility Criteria
Grants are awarded only to nonprofit, charitable organizations which have been designated as having tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service code.
Grant Review Criteria
- Because this funding opportunity seeks projects with impact at the neighborhood-level, priority will be given to proposals that coordinate with resident groups. In addition, competitive grant proposals will address the following:
- Promote coordination, cooperation and sharing among organizations. Applications which propose deep partnerships among organizations will receive high priority consideration.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of other organizations providing similar services in the immediate geographic area and represent an unduplicated opportunity to meet a significant community need.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of relevant community planning efforts and how the proposed program may correspond to and advance those plans.
- Encourage more efficient use of community resources.
- Include a thoughtful, reasonable plan for obtaining continuing financial support once Foundation funds are expended.
- Propose to generate matching funds, thus leveraging additional support.
- The Toledo Neighborhoods Foundation usually will not make grants to:
- Support the budget deficit of established organizations.
- Annual campaigns.
- Produce films, videos, television programs, and the like.
- Support sectarian activities of religious organizations.
For more information, visit GTCF.
