Through investing in the effectiveness and future sustainability of East Tennessee’s nonprofit community, this fund supports the capacity building of charitable organizations in ETF’s 25-county service area and their ability to collectively address the community’s needs.
Donor Name: East Tennessee Foundation
State: Tennessee
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Focus Areas
Grants awarded from these funds are to help organizations identify collaborative solutions and utilize partnerships to improve operational, financial, data/information, and programmatic systems so that together, they have a cohesive impact on the community.
Requests should indicate collaboration between organizations and show there are matching funds to support the proposed project. The East Tennessee Foundation values the spirit and potential for collective, community-level impact of organizations who work together and can leverage funds to secure other support, and ETF believes in organizations’ abilities to work together to address shared problems faced by the communities. The Foundation also appreciates projects with outcomes that can be shared across organizations’ networks and/or easily duplicated among similar charitable organizations. Additionally, ETF values prevention-focused programs which address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), drivers of health, and early childhood education. Examples of this work include but are not limited to projects that:
- Bring organizations together to improve efficiencies and/or sustainability
- Enhance and/or streamline evaluation/outcome, human resources, operational, or logistics systems
- Create long-term financial systems and plans
- Develop improved donor engagement and education strategies
- Build effective leadership and boards of directors
- Assess community needs and promote data sharing
- Grow professional development and continuing education opportunities for the field
- Convene peers and subject matter experts
- Increase access to quality information technology and infrastructure
- Help organizations diversify revenue streams.
Funding Information
Organizations can apply for an amount up to $25,000.
Grant Period
Grant terms will be established with recipient organizations as part of the award process, not to exceed one year in length.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible organizations must have and be able to provide documentation to verify the following:
- Confirmation that the organization is a 501(c)(3) public charity, unit of government, or public educational institution
- New or emerging groups that do not have nonprofit status may apply if they have an established nonprofit organization as a fiscal sponsor
- Employee Identification Number (EIN)
- Legal name of organization, address, and contact information (phone, email address, fax)
- Primary contact person and title
- Most recent financial statements and/or most recent audit and/or IRS Form 990
- Current year organization operating budget
- List of current board of directors or equivalent governing body
- List of staff administering the project
- Confirmation that the organization operates and is organized so as to not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, familial status, sexual orientation, age, disability, covered veteran status, or other characteristics as identified in the Foundation’s Diversity and Non-Discrimination Statement.
- Although proposals must directly support charitable organizations’ work in ETF’s 25-county service area, organizations do not have to be physically be located in ETF’s service area in order to be eligible to apply, provided that your proposal directly serves communities located in one or more of the 25 counties.
For more information, visit ETF.
