The Impact 100 Jersey Coast is currently accepting applications to provide grants to nonprofit organizations serving the Monmouth County area.
Donor Name: Impact 100 Jersey Coast
State: New Jersey
County: Monmouth County (NJ)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/13/2023
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
Focus Areas
- Arts and Culture: Projects or programs that develop greater artistic and cultural opportunities, and improve participation in the arts or arts education in the communities
- Children and Families: Projects or programs that strengthen the lives of children and families in their communities
- Education: Projects or programs that advance or improve learning opportunities for children and/or adults in their communities
- Health and Wellness: Projects or programs that improve the physical and/or mental well-being of people living in their communities
- Sustainability & Environment: Projects/programs that promote a positive, inclusive and sustainable relationship between humans and their environment; including, but not limited to, creating, preserving, revitalizing or providing accessibility to public parks/spaces, facilities, or natural resources; promoting healthy food systems through community/urban gardening or other agricultural activities; protecting or enhancing the welfare of wildlife or domestic animals; or providing sustainability and/or environmental education.
Funding Priorities
- Target underserved populations
- Address an unmet need in the area
- Will have a high impact on the beneficiaries.
Funding Information
- Impact 100 Jersey Coast strives to provide at least one grant of a minimum of $100,000 each year to a non-profit organization serving the Monmouth County area
- Plan to expend the full amount of the grant funds within a maximum grant period of 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be classified as a “public charity” with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Serve Monmouth County, NJ (headquarters can be located outside of Monmouth County but the proposed project must be located in and benefit Monmouth County).
- Be in operation as a 501(c)(3) for a minimum of 36 months prior to applying for the grant.
- Have an annual organizational operating budget of at least $100,000 in the current and immediately prior fiscal year (annual gross revenue of $100,000 and expenses of at least $100,000)
- Possess at least two years of complete financial statements (organizations with revenue of less than $1,000,000 who do not have independently prepared, reviewed or audited statements must be certified by the organization’s president or other authorized officer. Organizations with revenue over $1,000,000 must provide audited financials as per NJ state requirements.)
NOTE: If the organization applying as part of a collaboration is a non-lead applicant they will be exempt from the requirements of a $100,000 minimum operating budget and three-year existence. Only the Lead Organization in a Collaboration must have a minimum operating budget of $100,000, be in operation for at least three years and will have primary responsibility for management/distribution of grant funds).
Proposals eligible for an Impact 100 Jersey Coast grant must:
- Serve and benefit Monmouth County, NJ.
- Use funds for a new or expanded program/collaboration, or to sustain or strengthen an existing program/collaboration (for details on what constitutes a collaboration, please see below).
- Have a total project budget equal to, or greater than, the amount of the grant.
- Plan to expend the full amount of the grant funds within a maximum grant period of 24 months.
- Fit within one of five Focus Areas (Arts and Culture; Children and Families; Education; Health and Wellness; or Sustainability & Environment).
For more information, visit Impact 100 Jersey Coast.
