We want our partners to focus on serving their communities, so we try to keep our grant process
as simple and painless as possible.

We believe in the appropriate level of diligence for the scope and scale of the proposed project.  Our grant applications are by invitation only.  We do an initial screen to ensure a prospective partner organization aligns with our mission and priorities, which may involve a phone interview or site visit.  Once we determine potential fit, we invite the organization to submit an on-line proposal describing the scope of the project, budget and goals.  The board meets twice per quarter to review and approve proposals on a rolling basis for the current grant cycle.  Generally, we review Youth grants in the first quarter, followed by Health grants in the second quarter, Education grants in the third quarter, and Our World grants in the fourth quarter.  We don’t typically award multi-year grants, but may invite our partners to renew grants for an additional year or two.  We want to encourage partners to seek diversified funding and to allow us to support new programs.

Because we receive hundreds of inquiries each year and have a small team, we don’t have the capacity to accept unsolicited grant proposals.  However, prospective partners should feel free to register on our portal so they are in our database.  We try to be a paperless organization and keep our data secure in one place, so we ask that all inquiries be sent via the portal, rather than by mail (which will actually be redirected to the portal).  Current partners should also use the portal to submit annual reports and renewal requests.