The Foundation encourages inquiries about the application of our funding guidelines to specific ideas in advance of the submission of formal proposals. Foundation staff welcome the opportunity to provide guidance, suggest alternatives and recommend partners.
Proposals are considered by the Foundation’s Trustees three times a year at a winter-spring meeting, a summer meeting and a fall meeting. Deadlines for submitting proposals for consideration at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Trustees are March 15, July 15 and November 15. Proposals are due the next business day if a deadline falls on a weekend. Download Grant Application Procedures
All proposals must include a climate change statement, a brief explanation of what the organization is doing or considering to reduce or to eliminate its impact on climate change. The Foundation’s website includes resources to assist grantees with this task. In this same spirit, we ask that organizations do not submit proposals in notebooks, binders or plastic folders and print proposals on both sides of each sheet of paper.
Applicants also must include a completed Grant Application Cover Sheet, which is signed by the organization’s board chair and executive director. Proposals should also include:
