The Gilroy Foundation is inviting applicants for its Julie Hayes Grant.
Donor Name: Gilroy Foundation
State: California
City: Gilroy
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
Areas of Funding
Funding Information
Grant Amount $10,000
Criteria
In reviewing and authorizing grants, the Foundation gives preference to projects of the following types, whether undertaken by existing agencies or by new agencies.
- Programs which would contribute to Performing Arts.
- The ability of the organization or program to become self-supporting after initial seed money or interim funding.
- The extent of local volunteer involvement and support of the organization’s board.
- The organization’s fiscal responsibility and management qualifications.
- Projects or programs aimed at providing needed facilities or services, for which public funds are either not available or not sufficient, and the Foundation’s contribution, either by itself or in conjunction with other private support, would have a significant impact.
- Projects that will provide leverage in an agency’s ability to secure other funds.
- Projects that, in responding to known community needs, are designed to coordinate or consolidate community services in an effort to reduce overhead expenses, increase efficiency, or eliminate unnecessary duplication.
- Organizations must be properly constituted and organized with a board of directors, bylaws, financial records, and controls. Grant consideration cannot be given either to individuals nor to organizations that do not have their nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3)
status from the Internal Revenue Service. - Submit the most recent copy of the California state form RRF-1. Grant applications will also be accepted from all Gilroy public and private schools and the City of Gilroy.
Grants normally will NOT be awarded to
- Individuals
- Endowment purposes
- Influence legislation or elections
- Scholarships or basic research
- Travel to, or in support of, conferences
- Debt retirement or for operational deficit
- Programs not serving the people of the Gilroy community
- Contributions to annual fund drives or in support of operational expenses, except during a start-up period
- Religious purposes (does not preclude consideration of requests for educational, medical, or social service-oriented programs undertaken by church-affiliated or supported agencies)
- Fund the same project for more than three consecutive years
For more information, visit Julie Hayes Grant.
