Apply for a Grant

Before Getting Started
Through our Discretionary Grants Program, we serve to provide funds and challenge grants for innovative, new or ongoing projects of charitable, nonprofit agencies or public charitable activities that fall within the Foundation’s identified grantmaking priorities and that meet local needs.  Please read all of the information on our Discretionary Grants Program page before beginning the process of applying for a grant.
 

Grant Application Form
The Grant Application Form is designed to be completed on-screen and then submitted online.  The form cannot be saved for retrieval at a later time, so you should not begin entering data until you can devote sufficient time to completing the entire form in one sitting.  The form is provided below:

Grant Application Form

Supporting Documents
ALL supporting documents must be attached through the Grant Application Form.  If you do not have these documents in an electronic format, please contact Laura Harmon, Foundation Director. 

You will need to have the following in an electronic format before you begin the application process: 

• Project Budget Worksheet (see below)
• Mission statement
• Nondiscrimination policy
• Current board roster with any relevant professional affiliations
• Copy of IRS determination letter establishing 501(c)(3) and 509(a) status (If your organization has applied for a grant through the Spencer County Community Foundation previously and submitted its determination letter at that time, you are not required to submit the letter during this or subsequent funding cycles.  Your letter is already on file with our organization.) 
• Organization's current annual operating budget
• Most recent audited financial statement or completed IRS Form 990ez/990 OR Unaudited Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Activities
  

Project Budget Worksheet
The Project Budget Worksheet Form is provided below. This form is a Word document designed to be completed on-screen, saved and attached to the Grant Application Form.  You may also attach your own project budget worksheet.

Project Budget Worksheet Form

Deadline and Submission Instructions
The grant application must be electronically submitted to the Spencer County Community Foundation no later than March 14, 2012.  Upon submission, you will receive an email confirming receipt of your funding request.  Included in this confirmation email will be a recap of the information you provided in your grant application form.  Please retain a copy of the email for your records.