A. May 1 and November 1, with responses being made by the end
of those months.
Q. What is an appropriate size grant request?
A. The smallest grant given was $100 and the largest was
$22,000. The Foundation tries to be creative in funding, sometimes giving
matching challenges or funding part of a project with suggestions for
additional funding sources. It depends on the request.
Q. Are there any recommendations?
A. When making a request, it is helpful to provide the
Foundation trustees with some levels of giving and options. For example:
Big-Brothers, Big-Sisters sponsored an event with giving levels at $1,000,
$2,000, and $10,000, and in their grant request they clearly defined what was
covered at each level.
Q. Can we submit more than one grant request?
A. We recommend only one grant request per period. You may
submit a new request for each grant review period. Again, each request is
studied and evaluated individually, so occasionally the Foundation has given
to a particular organization multiple times. In other cases, the Foundation
seeks to impact the community in a variety of ways, so we don’t want to
become a regular funding source for a limited population.
Q. Is there a particular area of interest for the Foundation?
A. Our primary focus includes programs that impact our community
and our employees. If there is a connection to either of those areas, we pay
particular attention to the need.
