Submit Applications for Veterans Grant-In-Aid (Delaware)

The Office of the Controller General has announced the 2025 Veterans Grant-In-Aid (GIA) to provide supplemental funding to service agencies and should not be construed as a sole source of funding.

Donor Name: Office of the Controller General

State: Delaware

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: ( 12/01/2023

Size of the Grant: Not Available

Grant Duration: 1 Year

Details:

Veterans Grant-In-Aid (GIA) is an appropriation made by the General Assembly to Veterans organizations that provide services through a duly selected service officer to Delaware Veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States, their widows, and orphans, by providing contact services in Sussex, Kent, and New Castle Counties. Veterans organizations may also request funding to provide supplemental funding for operations expenses.

Project Period

The Fiscal Year 2025 GIA request from the State of Delaware is for July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

To be considered for a GIA award, an agency should meet the following criteria:
Be an incorporated non-profit (or under the umbrella of a parent organization which is also an incorporated non-profit) and operating for two years before applying for GIA.
Have bylaws that clearly state the purpose of the agency and include a definition of duties of the Board of Directors.
Have an active, community-represented, volunteer Board of Directors that sets policies, goals, and objectives and maintains minutes of regularly scheduled meetings and any special meetings.
Have programs that are unduplicated by other state-supported agencies and satisfy unmet human needs of the community.
Have personnel policies, including job descriptions and classifications.
Have competent executives, competent staffing, and reasonable facilities.
Practice non-discrimination.
Have accounting (budget) procedures.
Have an audit completed within the past three years by a Certified Public Accountant or a Public Accountant.
Use funds in accordance with the application.
Demonstrate community support.
Request funds only for a program that does not receive full funding from other sources of revenue.
Must not request funds through a fiscal agent.