The Evansville Endowment Fund is accepting Letters of Inquiry for capital projects that serve the City of Evansville.
Donor Name: Evansville Endowment Fund
State: Indiana
City: Evansville
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/19/2024
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
Requests of at least $1,000 are preferred.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant organizations must serve within the city limits of Evansville, Indiana. At least sixty percent (60%) of grant funding will be distributed for activities that will support or benefit the 4th and 6th wards of the City of Evansville.
The Evansville Endowment Fund serves to provide funds to organizations that qualify as tax-exempt organizations under sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, so long as the activities of the organization meet one of the following criteria:
- Social and community-based organizations for the acquisition, construction, and renovation of permanent facilities used in the provision of services and activities.
- Arts and cultural activities; defined as the construction or renovation of facilities that promote the arts, culture, and/or tourism. (Examples include museums, performing arts facilities, historic properties, historic preservation of sites or structures that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the state or local inventory of historic places, or designated as a state or local landmark or historic district by law or ordinance.)
- Recreation activities; defined as the construction and renovation of parks, playgrounds, and other public recreational facilities which are designed for public participation. (Examples include swimming pool, skating rink, soccer/baseball/softball field development, and tree planting.)
- Neighborhood revitalization; is defined as the acquisition of property that is blighted, appropriate for rehabilitation, or what is needed to be used for the development of housing for low to moderate-income persons. (Examples include disposition of land; clearance, demolition, and removal of buildings and improvements; movement of structures to other sites; rehabilitation of privately owned properties; or construction of new permanent residential structures.)
- Economic development projects; defined as any project that will augment, supplement or replenish existing municipally operated loan programs in pursuit of new economic development opportunities.
For more information, visit Evansville Endowment Fund.
