The Community Foundation of Northern Nevada accepts proposals year-round for grants from the Dream Tags Charitable Fund.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of Northern Nevada
State: Nevada
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/31/2025
Details:
The Dream Tags Charitable Fund provides funding to engage Nevadans in wildlife conservation by focusing donated funds to restore resilience in at-risk Nevada habitats with strategic collaborative projects for sustained impact that supports the preservation, protection, management, or restoration of big game, other wildlife, and their habitat. To be considered for funding, project proposals must demonstrate measurable impact in accordance with this purpose.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, grantees must adhere to the following requirements:
- Monies are to be used and/or disbursed exclusively for the charitable uses and purposes.
- The Dream Tags Fund shall be used exclusively to provide support for the preservation, protection, management or restoration of Nevada’s big game and wildlife habitat
- The Charitable Beneficiaries may include 501(c)(3) organizations and governmental entities. Any grants to governmental entities must be made exclusively for public benefit purposes.
- All grantees will be required to sign a grant agreement stipulating their agreement with all of the terms, conditions, and reporting requirements.
- To maintain eligibility to receive grant funds, each Charitable Beneficiary must comply at all times with the following requirements:
- Charitable Beneficiaries must be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code;
- Charitable Beneficiaries shall use all Fund distributions toward projects that are appropriate and legal public expenditures;
- Charitable Beneficiaries must provide financial details and/or reports of their organizations upon request;
- Charitable Beneficiaries must not use any Fund distributions for political contributions or political advocacy;
- Charitable Beneficiaries must implement the projects, activities, and/or programs for which they received Fund distributions as agreed upon in the grant acceptance agreement or must return all such distributions to the Community Foundation forthwith;
- Charitable Beneficiaries must provide the Community Foundation with quarterly reports detailing the activities of their projects and/or programs; and
- Charitable Beneficiaries must sign an agreement regarding their compliance with the qualifications hereof.
Project Evaluation Criteria
Each proposal will be evaluated on criteria that include but are not limited to:
- Measurable outcomes in accordance with the exclusive goal of the Dream Tags Charitable Fund.
- Monitoring and reporting to learn from the project and track project accomplishments.
- Closeness of project focus to areas of funding emphasis (on-the-ground habitat improvements).
- Readiness of sponsoring organization to undertake and complete project.
- Opportunities to partner with others to leverage funds and accomplish larger outcomes.
- Consistency with established Dream Tags Charitable Fund operations (timeline, match, etc.).
- Impact on preservation, protection, management, or restoration of Nevada’s big game and wildlife habitat
- Absence of negative or unintended consequences.
- Solutions to known problems as identified through past research and monitoring.
For more information, visit CFNN.
