Henry Fund-Community Grants

Henry Fund-Community Grants is sponsored by The Henry County Community Foundation. This grant provides funding to non-profit organizations, schools, and government entities that serve the residents of Henry County in areas such as health, education, social services, cultural affairs, and civic affairs.

Grant Application – Henry County Community Foundation The Henry County Community Foundation is a public charitable organization created by citizens of our community to enrich the quality of life for individuals and families in our county. The Foundation serves all of Henry County. Grants from unrestricted funds support a variety of programs in the fields of education, parks and recreation, the arts and community betterment.

We have a particular interest in providing seed money for new programs designed to meet emerging community needs or to expand existing successful programs. Grants are awarded to nonprofit, charitable organizations, which have been designated as having tax-exempt status. Preference will be given to those organizations showing existing matching funds for the project.

Grant Application Process The Foundation considers grant requests four times annually. The deadline dates for receipt of proposals by the Board of Trustees are: March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1 . All grant applications are carefully reviewed by the Board of Trustees.

Applicants will be notified in writing of approval or denial of funding requests within one week after the Board of Trustees takes action. The Henry County Community Foundation will place priority consideration on proposals which: Encourage more efficient use of community resources. Promote coordination, cooperation and sharing among organizations and the elimination of duplicated services.

Test or demonstrate new approaches and techniques in the solution of community problems. Focus on the prevention of problems rather than the cure. Represent an unduplicated opportunity and meet a significant community need.

Propose a specific program rather than general operating support of the organization. Propose to generate matching funds, this leveraging additional support. The Foundation usually will not make grants from its unrestricted funds to: Support the general operating budget (or budget deficit) of established organizations.

For Additional Information, please write or call: Henry County Community Foundation Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific Timeframe for implementation: Persons responsible for project/program, include email and cell # for contact information: Qualifications of persons above: Criteria to evaluate success of proposed program: Budget Information (one page): Max.

file size: 64 MB. Include the total for the project, amount raised and amount requested. Additional Present Funding: Names and Affiliations of Board of Trustees: Brief background/history of organization: Enclose a copy of applicant’s tax exemption letter from the Internal Revenue Service.

Max. file size: 64 MB. Frederick H.

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