Community
Foundation Grant Making Philosophy
The Community Foundation exists to develop sustainable
philanthropy for a broad range of community efforts by encouraging the
growth of a permanent charitable endowment, by providing donors with ways
to make giving easy and effective, by serving as a convener and catalyst
and by making strategic grants as community investments.
The Community Foundation of Tompkins County views grant
making as a dynamic process that supports an ongoing conversation about
need, best practices and collaborative opportunities among grant seekers,
donor advisors and the Foundation. We invite letters of inquiry so that
we may assist all in our role as a connector of causes and donors.
We serve as a meeting house for individuals, groups
and corporations who nominate grants from a wide variety of donor advised
funds at the Foundation. Our active participation in the Tompkins
County Funders Group and the Grantmakers Forum of NYS, and our adherence
to the national standards of the Council of Foundations uniquely positions
us to be of service to grant seekers and to donors. We seek to expand
our role as a locally based, well-informed, professional supporter of
the community by adding our knowledge to donor values and intent for grant
making with maximum positive impact.
The
Community Foundation 2010 Grant making Programs
Strategic
Capacity Building Grants (application deadline 9-24-10)
The
Community Foundation of Tompkins County is offering a Capacity Building
Grant Cycle to assist non-profit organizations in achieving new levels
of effectiveness. This grant cycle is in response to the "Listening
and Learning" sessions that were carried out through 2009, which
invited local organizations to respond to the current economic environment.
Please click below for the complete guidelines:
FALL,
2010 Grant Guidelines FALL,
2010 Grant Application
General Letters
of Inquiry
The
Foundation's Grants committee reviews grant inquiries as they are received
at their monthly meetings. Possible funding sources include the Community
Foundation's Tompkins Today and Tomorrow Fund, and various donor advisor
funds or field of interest funds. Please send Letters of Inquiry in electronic
format to Janet Cotraccia, Program Officer, at jcotraccia@communityfoundationoftc.org.
Please allow 60 days for committee review of Letter of Inquiry.
Letters
of Inquiry should be no more than three pages and include the following:
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A
description of your organization and its mission as well as the specific
program or project for which you are requesting funding. Please
clarify whether the program/project is established and ongoing.
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A
description of the need that you are planning to address and how you
hope to meet this need. A description of the target population.
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What
evaluative measures are you using and what results will you be looking
for? How do you define success of this program or project?
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The
name, title, address, phone and email of the contact person to whom
any questions regarding the LOI can be addressed.
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Total
project cost and amount requested from the Foundation.
Crime
Victims and Sexual Assault Fund (Fall)
The
Community Foundation of Tompkins County is now soliciting grant applications
from non-profit organizations seeking to provide services to crime victims
and sexual assault survivors in Tompkins County.
Interested applicants must provide an electronic Letter of Inquiry (LOI)
of no more than three pages outlining need, goals, services, organizational
capacity, outcomes and evaluation strategy no later than 5pm on
Friday, September 24, 2010. In past years, the average grant
size has been $5,000. Please send Letters Of Inquiry to jcotraccia@communityfoundationoftc.org.
Howland
Foundation Grants (Spring)
The
Community Foundation of Tompkins County is the administrative agent for
the Howland Foundation - a trust established by Helen T. Howland in her
will to benefit Tompkins and Broome Counties . The Howland Foundation
supports grants in the areas of aging, youth, animal welfare, and the
environment. Grants are limited to qualified nonprofit organizations that
provide substantial benefit to these areas. Grant awards generally range
from approximately $1,000 - $8,000, with exceptions in some cases. A formal
Application is required from those organizations whose programs meet the
objectives set out by the Howland Foundation Trustees. Applications
for the 2011 grant cycle will be due in March 2011. Check back
in January, 2011 for more information.
We
accept applications from Tompkins County supporting the
areas of:
•
Aging
•
Youth
•
Animal welfare
•
Environment
We
accept applications from Broome County supporting the
areas of:
•
Animal Welfare
•
Environment
SPRING,
2010 Howland Guidelines SPRING,
2010 Howland Application
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