The Community Foundation of Madison and Jefferson County is currently accepting applications for its 2023 Competitive Grant.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of Madison and Jefferson County
State: Indiana
County: Jefferson County (IN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/04/2023
Details:
The Community Foundation’s Board of Directors and Grants Committee oversee all grant-making activity to ensure the funds entrusted to us are fulfilling the donor’s wishes and being used for the betterment of the community.
Grants of all sizes have benefitted a variety of causes including animal welfare, health & safety, education, youth development, veterans services, basic living needs, historic preservation, and senior citizen welfare, just to name a few.
Priorities
HIGHER PRIORITY (in no particular order)
- One-time projects
- Highest percentage of population reached
- Services Jefferson County, Indiana as a whole
- Preventative rather than remedial
- Examines and addresses the underlying causes of local problems and issues
- Attracts volunteer resources and support
- Encourages collaboration among organizations
- Builds the capacity of the organization
- Offers services not already available to the community
- Capital needs beyond an applicant’s capabilities and means
- Seed money for pilot projects
- Will have the greatest benefit per dollar granted
LOWER PRIORITY (in no particular order)
- New or routine maintenance construction projects (except renovations of existing facilities that enable the organization to provide a better quality of service to Jefferson County, Indiana)
- Normal operating expenses (except start-up expenses)
- Computer hardware and software equipment
- Funding to organizations that have received a CFMJC grant in the previous year
- Organizations having an existing tax-base of support
ABSOLUTELY NOT FUNDED (in no particular order)
- General group or individual travel expenses
- Annual giving/membership campaigns
- Individuals
- Political purposes
- Promotion of the teachings of a particular church, denomination, or religion
- Debt – new or existing
Eligibility Criteria
- Competitive grants will be made only to organizations whose programs benefit the residents of Jefferson County, Indiana
- Grants from the Community Foundation of Madison & Jefferson County (CFMJC) must meet legal and tax requirements as to purpose and may be made only to nonprofit organizations and government agencies, specifically 501(c)3 charities and 509(a) agencies
- Grant recipients must show that their financial affairs are being properly administered and may be required to submit audited balance sheets and operating statements
- No grants will be made to support political parties or political campaigns
- No grants will be made specifically for sectarian religious purposes, but can be made to religious organizations for general community programs
- No grants will be made exclusively for endowment creation or debt reduction of the recipient organizations
- Generally grants will not be made for programs and/or equipment that were committed to prior to the grant application being submitted
- Grantees agree to forward the Community Foundation a final program and financial report for the project.
- If grant applicants are turned down for a specific grant application request, they may not re-apply for the same, or similar, request in the next grant cycle unless suggested by CFMJC
For more information, visit CFMJC.
