The Wabash Valley Community Foundation has determined broad priorities for awarding its grant funds. Each county has its own individual review process and deadlines. The Foundation's grant process takes advantage of one of greatest strengths of this three-county partnership - the use of local volunteer leadership to determine the organizations and agencies to be funded within each county

Download Grant Application for complete details. [528 kb Adobe Acrobat® Pdf Document]

Youth Opportunities

Download Youth Grant Application (funding opportunity) [96 kb Adobe Acrobat® Pdf Document]

Download Application for Membership on the Youth Grant Committee (youth volunteer opportunity) [128 kb Adobe Acrobat® Pdf Document]

Community Foundation Grant Process:

A Letter of Intent is required prior to submitting a grant request.
It must:

• be one page in length and include name, address and
  phone number of organization
• include name and title of contact person
• list amount requested
• include mission statement of agency/organization
• list project description
• list anticipated results
  (form letters are neither reviewed nor acknowledged)

A copy of tax-exempt verification must accompany the
Letter of Intent.

Deadlines for Letters of Intent:

Vigo County                November 15th and May 1st
Clay County                May 1st
Sullivan County          May 1st

Letters of intent will be received and selected organizations will be invited to submit a full application.

A Full Proposal (By Invitation Only) must include in this order:

• Grant Application Cover and Agreement Page
• Organziation Background
• Proposed Program
• Program Methods
• Evaluation
• Funding the Program
• Time table
• Agency Budget
• Governing Organization
• Financial Statement / Balance Sheet
• Tax Exempt Status
• Audit

Deadlines for Full Proposals:

Vigo County                January 15th and July 15th
Clay County                July 15th
Sullivan County         July 15th

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