The Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation seeks to partner with charitable organizations to accomplish common objectives for improving the lives of people and communities.
Donor Name: Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/12/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Effectiveness, sustainability, strategic thinking, environmental awareness and collaboration are among the strengths they encourage in the grantees. Unfortunately, the limited financial resources do not allow the Foundation to support all the grant requests that it receives. Applicants should not view a letter declining support as a judgment on the merits of the proposal.
Focus Areas
Guidelines
The Foundation generally adheres to the following:
- The geographic area of primary interest is Michigan.
- Individuals and private foundations are not eligible for grants, loans or scholarships.
- Grants are generally not made for conference attendance, travel, books, publications, films, tapes and other communications media. Educational conferences hosted by the applicant are eligible.
- Capital project grant requests may not exceed 10% of the total cost of the project. If approved, these grants are normally paid in equal annual installments over a 3 to 5 year period.
- Projects or organizations that are political or seek to influence legislation are not eligible.
- The Foundation does not generally meet or communicate with grant applicants unless requested to do so by the Grants Review Committee after considering the organization’s on-line application.
- The Foundation encourages financial sustainability and self-sufficiency, and does not fund programs or organizations on an annual or ongoing basis. A diversity of funding sources is encouraged
- An organization that has previously received support from the Towsley Foundation may not submit another grant request until at least two years have elapsed since the date of the final payment. Furthermore, an organization that has submitted a prior grant application for which funding was declined may not submit another request until at least one year has elapsed since the date of the most recent letter advising the consideration and declination of an application. Notifications that a request is not eligible are not considered declinations. Exception may be made by the Foundation for organizations with separately functioning units or funds covered under the same tax exemption number, or occasionally, for other exceptional circumstances. Discretionary grants or matching gift requests initiated by a Foundation trustee are not considered in determination of a wait period. Note that this timetable and the application deadlines below are changes from prior practices necessitated by the significant increase in number of applications as well as frequency of applications from the same organizations.
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