Mission Priorities Other Interests Who's Eligible
What We Fund
What We Fund: Grant Types / Restrictions
The Foundation will consider four types of grants:
Project support for one-time activities.
Program support for ongoing activities.
Operating support for child- and family-serving agencies.
Capital support.
Generally, multi-year grants may be awarded for activities and organizations that build on the strengths of children and their families. Grants for other community interests generally will receive one-year funding (except for capital grants).
Generally, capital grants will not exceed $500,000 and will be paid out over three to five years. The Foundation also prefers capital grants that encourage broad-based support through a variety of incentives, such as matching other gifts or providing the balance of funds needed to complete a capital project.
Foundation initiatives. From time to time, the Foundation also may undertake an initiative related to one of its funding priorities. These initiatives may be carried out through grants to community organizations, contracts or a combination of the two. Examples of recent initiatives include Learning Perspectives, in which educators from East Allen County Schools learned how to address the need of students from differing economic backgrounds; and the New Century Celebration Initiative, in which the Foundation used a variety of grants to help improve the effectiveness of local nonprofit organizations.
Grant agreements and results reporting. All grant funding approved by the Foellinger Foundation is contingent upon the grantee entering into a written agreement specifying general and special conditions of the grant – including results reporting. The Foundation expects every grantee to measure and report results, and works hard to ensure that the level of reporting is appropriate for the size and scope of the grant. The grantee’s ability to meet grant agreement conditions will affect future proposals
