In addition, Chase Manhattan Bank has made grants of its own to eligible programs which the Foundation recommended. Yes they can. Modest grants can pay for essential services necessary to make a project successful. Here's an example. Chances and Changes, Inc., an agency that shelters victims of domestic violence, used dollars from a Women's Foundation grant to pay for a court advocate trained in legal issues.
Modest grants can also leverage other funds.
The results was The Enterprise Center, incubation space for start-up businesses. We select grantees through a thoughtful process which includes application review, site visits and ongoing communication with applicants and Women's Foundation board members. Our application forms are clear about how agencies can use the funds we provide. When we review a grant, we scrutinize proposed budgets carefully, and discuss them with the applicants. Grantees are also evaluated at least once a year.