Granting: Grant applications

All grant applications must be received on or before December 31, 2009. Each application must include a narrative, no longer than seven pages, excluding the attachments that address each of the following topics:

• Organizational Information, including

  • A brief history of the organization
    
    
  • A brief summary of the organization' mission and goals
    
    
  • A description of the organization's programs, activities, service statistics, strengths and accomplishments
    
    
  • The organization's relationship with other organizations working to meet the same needs or providing similar services, including an explanation of how the organization differs from these others
    
    
  • A summary of how the organization utilizes the services of other charitable organizations in achieving its goals
    
    
  • The number of board members, full-time paid staff, part-time paid staff and volunteers
    

• Purpose of the grant, including:

  • The situation, opportunity, problem, issue, need and the Greater St. Louis community that this grant application addresses
    
    
  • The specific activities for which the grant will be used and the individuals within the organization who will carry out these activities, if known, as well as the qualifications that such individuals are required to have
    
    
  • The goals of these activities and the specific ways in which these goals will be achieved
    
    
  • The time frame within which the activities will take place
    
    
  • How the proposed activities or program will benefit the Greater St. Louis community
    
    
  • Long-term strategies (if applicable) for sustaining the proposed activities or programs
    

• Evaluation

  • Outline how and when the organization will measure the effectiveness of the activities or program for which the grant is sought
    
    
  • Outline the specific objective criteria for success and the results that the organization expects to have achieved by the end of the funding period
    
    
  • Outline how the evaluation of the activities or program for which the grant is sought will be used by the organization in the future

• Attachments

  • Financial statements for the most recently completed 3 fiscal years (audited statements preferred)
    
    
  • Project budget for which the grant is sought. If the grant application is for general operating expenses, attach a budget for the entire organization.
    
    
  • A listing of organizations, corporations and foundations from which the organization has received financial assistance and the amounts of such funding, including those from which the organization is currently soliciting funding and whether the receipt of such funding is committed
    
    
  • A listing of board members and their affiliations
    
    
  • A one paragraph description of key staff, including qualifications relevant to this grant application
    
    
  • A copy of the organization's (or its fiscal agent's) current IRS determination letter indicating its tax-exempt status.