how to apply for Grants up to $5,000

All organizations requesting funds from the Levin Family Foundation must follow the following steps:

1. Contact the foundation office and talk with the Executive Director, Karen Levin.
2. Send a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Executive Director.  This letter should be approximately one page.  It should contain information regarding the project that the organization would like to develop and the estimated amount of money that the organization will be requesting.
3. Upon receipt of the Letter of Intent, the Levin Family Foundation sends a letter.  There are three possible outcomes, the requesting organization may be told:
• To proceed with the proposal
• Their idea has merit, but changes are suggested.  Make the changes and submit a second Letter of Intent.
• The foundation would not be interested in the project. 
4. Once a project has passed the Letter of Intent stage, the organization then is encouraged to develop a proposal.
5. All proposals should be submitted on or before the designated date.  The proposal package being submitted must include:
• 6 copies of the first page of the application
• 6 copies of the Executive Summary
• Composition of Board Members
• Financials are NOT required if you have submitted in the past
• CD or DISK with proposal

DO NOT STAPLE OR PUT INTO BINDER/FOLDERS-ANY APPLICANTS THAT DO NOT FOLLOW THIS WILL HAVE THEIR APPLICATION RETURNED TO THEM

6. Upon receipt of the application package, a letter is sent stating the foundation office received the information and the project will be placed on the agenda for action by the Trustees at the next disbursement meeting.
7. A letter is mailed out to the submitting organization regarding the status of the program funding within one week of the disbursement meeting.
8. All funded programs are required to submit an end of year/end of project report within one calendar year of their funding.  Failure to submit this document will result in the delinquent organization being barred from submitting future grants or receiving additional funds in the case of multi-year grants.
9. The amount of detail required in the end of year/end of project report will vary depending upon the amount of funding awarded to a program.  The foundation is in the process of preparing suggested guidelines for this document.  We will be sending out information when it becomes available.

Questions?

All requesting organizations are encouraged to ask questions.

Phone:  937-223-1669

Email:  Debbie@LevinFamilyFoundation.org

CUT-OFF DATES

The following is an ongoing schedule of dates for the application process:

Letter of Intent Due         September 1, 2010

Application Due              October 1, 2010

Grants Distribution December 2010

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