The Community Builder grant program supports a variety of services in the fields of education, social services, physical and mental health, neighborhood and urban affairs, natural resources, and the arts.
Donor Name: Greater Toledo Community Foundation
State: Michigan, Ohio
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Greater Toledo Community Foundation is a public charitable organization created by citizens of the community to enrich the quality of life for individuals and families in the service area. The Foundation serves northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan with a particular emphasis on the greater Toledo area.
Emphasis is placed on programs that will: Create safe, positive living environments; Enable families to develop the skills/resources needed to support and nurture each member; and Foster the development of responsible young people who are capable of achieving their fullest potential.
Community Builder Funds support projects in the following areas:
- New innovative programs that addresses an unmet community need
- Existing program expansions to reach a unique audience
- Capacity building efforts that benefit existing nonprofit organizations.
Funding Information
The Community Builder grant program offers grants of up to $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible requests can focus on one or more of the three categories above. Grants will only be awarded to nonprofit, charitable organizations which have been designated as having tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service code. Applications must propose to provide services benefitting residents of northwest Ohio or southeast Michigan.
Grant Review Criteria
Competitive grant proposals will address the following:
- Promote coordination, cooperation and sharing among organizations. Applications which propose deep partnerships among organizations will receive high priority consideration.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of other organizations providing similar services in the immediate geographic area and represent an unduplicated opportunity to meet a significant community need.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of relevant community planning efforts and how the proposed program may correspond to and advance those plans.
- Encourage more efficient use of community resources.
- Test or demonstrate new approaches and techniques in the solution of community problems.
- Propose a specific program rather than general operating support for the organization.
- Include a thoughtful, reasonable plan for obtaining continuing financial support once Foundation funds are expended.
- Propose to generate matching funds, thus leveraging additional support.
Ineligibility
The Foundation usually will not make grants from its Community Builder program to:
- Support the general operating budget or budget deficit of established organizations.
- Annual campaigns.
- Capital campaigns or building projects.
- Exclusively purchase equipment, such as computer hardware/software, phones, motor vehicles, etc.
- Produce films, videos, television programs, and the like.
- Support sectarian activities of religious organizations.
- Conduct a needs assessment.
For more information, visit GTCF.
