Illinois: IPCF General Grants for Education, Environment, Health and Wellness, Youth

IPCF General Grants are open to programs and projects that focus on education, environment, health and wellness, or youth.

Donor Name: Illinois Prairie Community Foundation

State: Illinois

Deadline: 02/28/2023

Size of the Grant: $500

Grant Period: 1 year

Details:

Primary goal of the program

A goal is the long-term aim you wish to accomplish which may or may not be achieved within the grant period. The goal answers the question, “What would they like to see happen to alleviate the need or problem we identified?” It is characterized by being broad in scope and is hard to quantify or measure. Example: “Decrease the degree of malnutrition among young children in Central Illinois.

Three of the most important objectives of the program

Objectives (some grant applications call these outcomes) are targets that will move you toward the stated goal. They are characterized by the acronym SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound). Here are some examples: “Sixty of 70 children will learn nutrition information by the end of the six-month school garden program”; “After three weeks, 65 of 70 children will report that the program is fun and that they want to continue to learn new things about nutrition.

Funding Information

•  ~$75,000 is available
• Funding requests should be for a minimum of $500;

Project Period

The grant period is June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024.

Eligibility Criteria

• Program must deal specifically with one of the following: education, environment, health and wellness, or youth; funding may support a new or existing program
• Applicants must have tax-exempt status under Section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code, operate under a fiscal sponsor that is a 501 (c) 3 organization, be a local unit of local, county, state or federal government or be a tax-exempt religious organization as recognized by the IRS
• Program must be available to residents of McLean, DeWitt, Livingston or Logan Counties; however, programs do not have to serve all four counties
• Program must be operated and organized in such a manner that no applicable antidiscrimination laws are violated; program must not proselytize for a particular religion or cause
• Organizations that have received past grants from Illinois Prairie Community Foundation must be current on all grant Final Reports
• Executive Director, CEO or President of the Board of an organization applying must approve the application

Criteria Given Greatest Consideration

• Has potential to be on-going and self-sufficient beyond the time of funding
• Offers creative and innovative solutions to address the identified need by building on proven practical methods
• Utilizes clear methods of measuring and reporting results with emphasis on objective, quantifiable measurements
• Is cost effective as reflected by the number of participants served vs program budget

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