Obviously, much time was wasted on the part of applicants, and our selections were less well thought out than we would have liked. Funding of an organization in successive years is our preferred norm - though not guaranteed. This year we anticipate an increase, followed by a precipitous decline in ensuing years. Advance notification is required from everyone intending to apply for funding. A succinct e-mail from you will suffice to notify us of your intent, but please do so as early as possible.
Organizations are no longer to request specific grant amounts.
We will then meet in November to briefly discuss and evaluate proposals. Each evaluator will give each proposal a suggested grant amount and a rating from 0-10. Finally the grant money will be brought into the equation, and levels of funding will be established with available dollars. Checks and Award Letters will be mailed out by the end of December. If you wish to send additional information in your application packet beyond that which is required, the best strategy is to have it so identified, and clipped together in a separate sub-packet inside the envelope.