The Pella Community Foundation is accepting applications for its Impact Grant Program to strengthen Pella by addressing major initiatives and promising opportunities.
Donor Name: Pella Community Foundation
State: Iowa
City: Pella
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $15,000 – $25,000
Details:
An Impact Grant can play a key role in providing significant funding to projects that strengthen Pella by addressing major initiatives and promising opportunities. This grant seeks to create a meaningful impact around community issues.
Funding Information
Grant range: $15,000 – $25,000.
Proposed Project Characteristics
Applications will be considered for projects that:
- Address major local initiatives which significantly impact Pella.
- Include evidence of a strong statement of community need.
- Show strong probability for leveraged funding from other sources.
- Demonstrate significant community impact, are broad and wide-reaching in nature, and are inclusive of the entire Pella community.
- Expand existing, high performing programs.
- Are collaborative in nature.
- Show evidence of long-term planning for the project.
- Are sustainable to ensure community impact well beyond the grant period.
- Recognize and celebrate the community’s heritage.
- Show planning for outreach and accessibility to under-served populations.
- Demonstrate evidence of organizational capacity to suggest a good opportunity for success.
- Include a plan for evaluating success.
Eligibility Criteria
- Impact Grants are made only to charitable organizations or causes with 501(c)(3) status, or to governmental agencies serving a charitable purpose.
- Funding is limited to projects that will significantly improve the quality of life for the residents of Pella.
- Organizations should not submit applications for both an Impact Grant and a Board Directed Grant for the same project in the same year. Organizations that do not receive an Impact Grant will be considered for a Board Directed Grant.
- Organizations receiving an Impact Grant in the prior year are not eligible.
- The Distribution Committee will not considered:
- Funding grants for completed projects.
- Grants for ongoing annual operating expenses or continued program funding.
- Grants to individuals.
- Projects not serving residents of the Pella area.
For more information, visit PCF.
