If you are interested in applying for a grant from our foundation, please send us a brief introduction and letter of intent via email.  If your program fits within the bounds of our mission, we will set up a site visit to meet with the director or administrator of the program seeking funds.  After a site visit, we may give an invitation for a grant proposal.

If you are submitting a proposal to our foundation, please include:

• Name, mission and vision of institution
• Name of director and/or applicant
• Program description
• Short description of your request
• How our investment will contribute to our areas of interest
• How our investment will make an impact on the community
• Other foundation donors to the program and amounts given or solicited
• Current members of the Board of Trustees

The types of grants that we support include:

• Operating support
• Program support
• Internships and camperships support
• Community research
• Capital campaign support

We accept grants requests only from 501-C3 non-profit organizations. We have a Spring deadline for requests of March 1, and a Fall deadline for requests of September 1. The foundation does make multi-year grants to institutions. Our policy is then to take at least a year off from funding an organization after a multi-year grant cycle is completed, excluding operating grants. Please take into account that we are a small family foundation with a limited amount of funds to distribute each year.

If a grant request is approved, the foundation occasionally asks for a grant report after the term of the grant, which can be verbal or written. The grant report should describe the program, staff involved, budget and impact, and whether or not the program accomplished its goals as expected.