Your proposal may be submitted in any cycle and may be submitted without further review during that time frame. Slight modifications to the approved concept paper may be made without additional Foundation review. However, you are encouraged to seek an approval if you have any question about the degree of this modification. In addition to the deadlines for submission of a proposal, the schedule will inform you of the dates by which that cycle's decision can be expected. Site visits are routinely scheduled for those proposals which are recommended for final consideration.
Previous decisions play no role in the review of new applicants.
There are numerous examples of organizations receiving a second or third grant for a new proposal. Similarly, there are numerous examples of organizations who were initially turned down yet are funded for subsequent proposal efforts. The role of the foundation staff is to review the proposal, evaluate the organization's ability to accomplish the goals and objectives of the proposal and to furnish the foundation's trustees with appropriate proposals for review. While there is a clear preference to support new projects, expansion projects have occasionally received support.