The Carroll County Community Foundation is accepting applications for its 2022 Strategic Grant and General Grant Program.
Donor Name: Carroll County Community Foundation
State: Indiana
County: Carroll County (IN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/31/2022
Details:
The Community Foundation is a not-for-profit charitable corporation. It gives donors of varied interests a vehicle for charitable giving to the community and provides responsible stewardship for donated gifts. It encourages philanthropy by attracting and distributing permanent and non-permanent gifts that together can have substantial and constructive community impact. The Foundation is also available as a resource to assess and respond to changing community needs.
In Carroll County, the Foundation addresses needs that generally fall into the following categories:
- Health & Medical — to include the support of health and medical related programs;
- Social Services– to include the support of human service organizations, programs for children and youth and services to the aged;
- Education — to include support for programs in pre-school, elementary and secondary education, post-secondary education, scholarships and for special education programs;
- Cultural Affairs — to include the support of programs and facilities which are designed to establish a diversified county cultural program that offers widespread participation and appreciation;
- Civic Affairs — to include support of programs related to criminal justice, community development, employment, citizen involvement, leadership training, and other general community activities;
- Community Beautification — to include the support of projects that advocate, stimulate and support community vitality, beautification/environmental preservation and adornment.
Grant Policies
- Grants will be made only to organizations whose programs benefit the residents of Carroll County and preference will be given to those projects that have high visibility in the community.
- Grants will be made only to organizations which provide for a responsible fiscal agent and adequate accounting procedures.
Evaluation Criteria
In reviewing grant proposals, the Foundation uses the following evaluation criteria:
- Does the purpose of the project fit with the purpose of the organization? Does the organization have the ability to implement this project?
- Is there an established need for the program or project in the community for which the grant is requested?
- How well has the purpose of the project been defined and who will be served by the project?
- Will the Foundation be able to tell whether its grant was used for the agreed-upon purpose? When completed, will the grantee know whether its project was effective?
- What kind of impact (measurable outcome) did the project have on the organization / clients / community? Is it a visible project?
- Is it appropriate for the Community Foundation to make a grant for the requested purpose, or are there other more compatible sources for potential funding?
- Does the Community Foundation have adequate resources to effectively respond to this need?
For more information, visit Community Foundation.
