The final deadline for grant requests for both Regular and Summer Programs is January 15, 2005.

Any organization that did not submit a request for the deadline of September 15, 2004 or that is not in the midst of a multi-year grant is eligible to apply.


REGULAR PROGRAMS

A complete application includes the following (Maximum of 8 pages, minimum font size of 10. Please number pages):

  • Proposal cover sheet (enclosed)

  • The agency:
    • Brief history
    • Statement of mission
    • Description of current programs, activities and accomplishments, with highlights of the past year
    • Overall plans for the coming year

  • The project (funding request):
    • Project goals and objectives
    • How the project fits into your overall organizational mission
    • Constituency served/target population
    • How the program operates, including events and activities planned, days and hours of operation
    • Design of curriculum, if applicable
    • Key staff/volunteers involved and their roles (Indicate any new staff/volunteers required.)
    • Timetable for implementation
    • Interaction with other organizations
      (if relevant)
    • Budget, with line items
    • Funding sources including funds received, approved or pending.)

  • Evaluation. Please describe:
    • Expected results - what you expect to accomplish in the funding period
    • How you will define the project's success and how success will be measured
    • Anticipated consequences of eliminating or not undertaking the project
ATTACHMENTS
A complete application also includes the following attachments:
  • Board of Directors
    • Addresses and occupations
    • Indicate minority, low-income, gender, consumer and/or neighborhood representatives.
  • Finances of the organization
    • Current annual operating budget
    • Recent audited financial statement
    • Past major contributors, with amounts
    • Revenue sources including funds received, approved or pending
    • Recent applications with results
  • Personnel - attach resumes of top staff as well as any relevant key staff/volunteers involved in the specific project

  • Annual Report (if available)

  • A few examples of current, relevant newspaper or magazine articles about the organization's program, if available

  • A copy of the most recent IRS letter giving proof of the organization's tax-exempt status
SUMMER PROGRAMS: See attached Summer Application Form

Applications should be sent to:

Judith L. Bardes
Executive Director
The 1957 Charity Foundation, Inc.
P. O. Box 540
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462

1957 Charity Foundation, Inc. Proposal Cover Sheet
and Summer Application Form are in PDF format.

Click here to download the Proposal Cover Sheet

Click here to download the Summer Application Form



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