The Community Foundation of Shelby County is seeking applications for its Community Grants.
Donor Name: The Community Foundation of Shelby County
State: Ohio
County: Shelby County (OH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/19/2023
Size of the Grant: $20,000
Details:
Community Grant Priorities
Many types of projects may be considered for Community Grants. The Foundation typically looks for several of the following key elements in applications:
- Serves a large number of Shelby County residents
- If ongoing, the project can be sustained after the grant is exhausted
- An unduplicated program/project
- Diversity in those who are served
- Prevention of illnesses or societal problems
Funding Information
Grants may be in any amount up to $20,000.
Community Grants are Funded
People who through their wills or during their lifetimes create charitable funds usually determine the scope of charitable causes that may be supported by the fund. Sometimes the Foundation board is given discretion to award grants. These ‘community granting’ funds may have few or no granting.
Community Grants are awarded to not-for-profit organizations who complete an online proposal that is the gateway to several of their unrestricted and field-of-interest granting funds, including the Community Impact Fund (general/unrestricted), the Roscoe Beanblossom Fund (youth), the F.I.S.H. Fund (food, clothing, housing, utilities, life-sustaining medications), John Douglas Long Blind Fund (blindness or serious vision impairment), The Memory Fund (children, seniors or veterans), Prime the Pump Fund in loving memory of Alma Wilson Allinger and Robert Lochard Allinger (community service organizations and Foundation initiatives), and the Shelby County Medical Services Fund (medical). If an organization’s proposal is awarded a grant, their Grants Committee will determine which of the above funds will support the grant award.
Criteria
The Foundation makes grants that touch various aspects of their community and the people served by its organizations.
Organizations eligible to apply for a grant should be governmental agencies or not-for-profit organizations designated 501(c)(3) by the Internal Revenue Service that are physically located in or serving Shelby County, Ohio and surrounding areas. Consideration will be given to not-for-profit organizations that do not have a 501(c)(3) status, but are incorporated in the State of Ohio, so long as the grant proposal is for charitable purposes that fit within the Foundation guidelines and IRS regulations. Additional documentation will be required from organizations that do not have a 501(c)(3) status. If a fiscal agent [a 501(c)(3) or governmental entity] will be the payee to receive a grant, please list that entity’s name and EIN on the Preliminary Proposal form.
For more information, visit Community Grants.
