The Community Foundation of Shelby County is inviting applicants for its Community Grants Program to inspire donor generosity and transform it into meaningful, lasting impact through charitable gifts.
Donor Name: The Community Foundation of Shelby County
State: Ohio
County: Shelby County (OH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/03/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $20,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Community Foundation of Shelby County administer more than 230 charitable funds, each with a defined granting purpose. Grant applications for their community granting and most field of interest funds are reviewed by the Foundation’s Grant Committee and forwarded to the Board of Trustees for final decision.
Community Grants are awarded to not-for-profit organizations who complete an online proposal that is the gateway to several of the 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), Kermit T. & Ella M. Kuck Fund, 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).
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.
Project Period
In general, The Community Foundation of Shelby County awards grants for one year. In selected instances, multi-year grants may be considered. An application seeking multi-year support must meet the following conditions:
- Demonstrate that multi-year support is essential to the start-up of a new initiative.
- Demonstrate that the effort will produce specific, measurable outcomes within the agreed-upon time period.
- Agree to participate in a formal annual evaluation to document and measure the proposed
outcomes.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Foundation makes grants that touch various aspects of the 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.
Limitations
There are restrictions on the scope of activities the Foundation is able to support. In general, the Community Foundation does not typically make grants from its discretionary funds for:
- General operating expenses of existing organizations
- Individuals
- Religious organizations for religious purposes (programs open to non-members may be considered)
- Political organizations or political action committees for political purposes
- Endowments
- Specific scientific, medical or academic research
- Annual fund raising campaigns from existing organizations
For more information, visit Community Grants.
