2024 Impact 100 Jersey Coast Grant – New Jersey - fundsforNGOs

Impact 100 Jersey Coast strives to provide at least one transformational Impact 100.

Donor Name: Impact 100 Jersey Coast

State: New Jersey

County: Monmouth County (NJ)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 05/01/2024

Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000

Grant Duration: 2 Years

Details:

Focus Areas

The five focus areas are:

Arts and Culture: proposals that develop greater artistic and cultural opportunities, and improve participation in the arts or arts education in the communities.
Children and Families: proposals that strengthen the lives of children and families in thecommunities.
Education: proposals that advance or improve learning opportunities for children and/or adults in the communities.
Health and Wellness: proposals that improve the physical and/or mental well-being of people living in the communities.
Sustainability & Environment: proposals 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

The funding priories are:

Funding Information

Grant of a minimum of $100,000 each year to a nonprofit organization serving the Monmouth County area.

Eligibility Criteria

Organizations eligible for an Impact 100 Jersey Coast grant must:

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) OR are otherwise qualified except for the minimum operating budget and three-year existence, and is interested in applying as a collaboration with a Lead Organization and contributing to the proposed project as a Non-Lead Organization. Only the Lead Organization must have a minimum operating budget of $100,000 and be in operation for at least three years and will have primary responsibility for management/distribution of project funds.
Possess at least two years of complete financial statements (organizations with revenue of less than $1mm 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 $1mm must provide audited financials.

Proposals eligible for an Impact 100 Jersey Coast grant must:

Expend all grant funds to serve and benefit Monmouth County, NJ.
Use funds for a new or expanded program/collaboration, or to sustain or strengthen an existing program/collaboration.
Have a total project budget equal to, or greater than $100,000
Plan to expend the full amount of the grant funds within a maximum grant period of 24 months.

Ineligibility

Debt reduction or operational deficits
General operating support UNLESS a component of a proposal budget
Requests that primarily redistribute funds to individuals
Endowment funding
Interim or bridge funding
Partisan, legislative, or political activity
Faith-based proposals which REQUIRE participation in activities of a particular faith, denomination, or religion in order to benefit from the proposals or program
Capital improvements or renovations to the property for the grant proposals where the organization does NOT own or have at least a five-year lease (Permits must be secured by September 1, 2024).