Online Grant Application

Before filling out the grant application below, please visit here for important information, policies and instructions.

Please remember that copies of each application will be made for review by each committee member. This entails a lot of paper/printing costs. While complete and entire explanations are welcome, try to keep estimates and explanations to one page/scope on the application. Do NOT retype sections of application separately and then attach to application with words ‘see attached’.

Must be in PDF, Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word Document format.

VI. ALL grant applications must contain a copy of the organization’s most recent balance sheet, statement of revenues and expenditures. Applications will NOT be considered without this documentation.

Must be in PDF, Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word Document format.
Must be in PDF, Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word Document format.

You must provide verification of your non-profit status. Provide us with a letter of determination from the IRS on your 501(c)3 status if you have applied for and received one. Attach a copy of the letter to this application. (This is NOT your tax-ID number) If you are a city/county entity, a verification letter is required to be attached to this document.

Applications will not be considered unless there is an IRS Determination Letter attached to the application, whether 501(c)3, Organization sponsored by the City or County Gov’t, etc...

Must be in PDF, Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word Document format.

Budget Summary:

The dollar amount requested from the Foundation.
The percentage amount requested from the Foundation.
Monies other than the requested grant above. It means funds that are received from other grants, the City, the County, a private donation, etc.
The percentage of the above "Other Funds."
Does your organization have the other funds in hand? Do you have a letter of commitment stating that those dollars are available to you? Is that portion of the money in your budget or elsewhere in the organization’s budget?"
Monies other than the requested grant above. It means funds that are received from other grants, the City, the County, a private donation, etc.
Does your organization have the other funds in hand? Do you have a letter of commitment stating that those dollars are available to you? Is that portion of the money in your budget or elsewhere in the organization’s budget?"
Is the amount of monies your organization has or is raising from your own sources (money on hand, dues, bake sales, fund raisers, etc.)
The percentage of the above "Applicant Funds."
Does your organization have the funds in hand? Is that portion of the money in your budget or elsewhere in the organization’s budget?

List the amount of Grant Funds received from the Greater Jefferson County Foundation by your Organization / Entity during each of the past five (5) years:
(the organization is expected to keep records of their grant applications/disbursements, as stated in the signed Grant Agreement. Do not call/email the office asking for past disbursements amounts.)