The City of Cottonwood is accepting applications for the City’s fiscal year 2023 Grant Funding Program for services, projects, or programs that will have an immediate impact within the Cottonwood community.
Donor Name: City of Cottonwood
State: Arizona
City: Cottonwood
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/08/2022
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
The City of Cottonwood receives many requests for financial contributions from a variety of organizations and programs that serve Cottonwood. The purpose of the Grant Funding Program is to provide a structured application process for organizations providing local services or programs to apply for grant funding from the City of Cottonwood.
Funding Information
- Total available grant funding for FY23 is anticipated at $150,000. There is no minimum grant request amount, however the City does intend to award various amounts to multiple applicants.
- For funding amounts of $50,000 or more: Recipients must submit two original, bound copies of their most current annual audit report with their grant application.
- For funding amounts of $50,000: An audit is recommended but not required by the City.
Eligibility Criteria
- Private non-profit entities or organizations with current operating by-laws are eligible applicants. For-profit firms and individuals are not eligible.
- Eligible applicants must provide services, projects, or programs that benefit and are available (although not limited) to residents of the City of Cottonwood.
- Applicants must demonstrate a community need that will be addressed by the Grant Funding Program.
- Applications for one time projects and/or ongoing programs are eligible for funding.
- Applicants who received funding in the previous fiscal year must provide the same goals and include the actual-results-to-date. If modifications to the targets from past year’s goals are needed, applicants must provide a reasonable explanation as to why (in a separate document).
- Applicants must be capable of executing a contract with the City of Cottonwood within 30 days of notification of award of grant.
- Financial Quarterly reporting to the City of Cottonwood will be required for a minimum of one year, or through the period grant funding is being used.
- A final program and financial report will be required at the end of the program. An organization under this group may be ineligible for Outside Agency Funding if:
- It has undesignated cash reserves, exclusive of assets listed in parentheses (endowment, capital improvements, and other restricted funds and donated works of art) in excess of one year’s operating expenses; or
- It has budgeted a deficit in the fiscal year for which funds are requested. (In the case of an accumulated standing deficit, the organization must submit a feasible plan for eliminating the deficit with its application.)
For more information, visit City of Cottonwood.
