The Evansville Endowment Fund is now accepting Letters of Inquiry for capital projects that serve the City of Evansville.
Donor Name: Evansville Endowment Fund
State: Indiana
City: Evansville
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/22/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000
Details:
This strategic decision reflects the organization’s commitment to accurately representing its mission and purpose within the Evansville community. The Evansville Endowment Fund’s mission is to assist nonprofit organizations in Evansville.
Proposals will be considered to enable nonprofit organizations to:
- Acquire, construct, or renovate permanent facilities used to provide social and community-based services and activities;
- Construct or renovate facilities that promote the arts, culture, and/or tourism;
- Construct or renovate parks, playgrounds, and other recreational facilities that are designed for the public;
- Acquire, for neighborhood revitalization, property that is blighted, appropriate for rehabilitation, or needed for the development of housing for low- to moderate-income persons
- Supplement or replenish existing municipally operated loan programs in pursuit of new economic development opportunities.
Funding Information
The Evansville Endowment Fund grants committee will consider funding requests of any amount. Requests of at least $1,000 are preferred.
Eligible Organizations and Activities
Applicant organizations must serve within the city limits of Evansville, Indiana. At least sixty percent (60%) of grant funding will be distributed for activities that will support or benefit the 4th and 6th wards of the City of Evansville.
Not more than thirty percent (30%) of any grant request may be for personnel costs, travel costs, office supplies, and other program operating costs. Operating costs for any organization must be directly related to the capital project. The Evansville Endowment Fund serves to provide funds to organizations that qualify as tax-exempt organizations under sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, so long as the activities of the organization meet one of the following criteria:
- Social and community-based organizations for the acquisition, construction, and renovation of permanent facilities used in the provision of services and activities.
- Arts and cultural activities; defined as the construction or renovation of facilities that promote the arts, culture, and/or tourism. (Examples include museums, performing arts facilities, historic properties, historic preservation of sites or structures that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the state or local inventory of historic places, or designated as a state or local landmark or historic district by law or ordinance.)
- Recreation activities; defined as the construction and renovation of parks, playgrounds, and other public recreational facilities which are designed for public participation. (Examples include swimming pool, skating rink, soccer/baseball/softball field development, and tree planting.)
- Neighborhood revitalization; is defined as the acquisition of property that is blighted, appropriate for rehabilitation, or what is needed to be used for the development of housing for low to moderate-income persons. (Examples include disposition of land; clearance, demolition, and removal of buildings and improvements; movement of structures to other sites; rehabilitation of privately owned properties; or construction of new permanent residential structures.)
- Economic development projects; defined as any project that will augment, supplement or replenish existing municipally operated loan programs in pursuit of new economic development opportunities.
Ineligible Activities
Evansville Endowment Fund grants shall not support or benefit the following activities or organizations:
- Any project that is sponsored, wholly or in part, by a for-profit organization.
- Proposals of endowment creation or debt reduction.
- Religious organizations for religious purposes.
- Political parties or campaigns.
- Annual appeals or membership contributions.
- Program costs, such as program materials, supplies, and equipment not directly related to the capital project.
For more information, visit Evansville Endowment Fund.
