Application Materials

Application Forms, Guidelines & RFPs (listed alphabetically by funder name)

All of the following documents are in Adobe Acrobat format.

Baltimore CF Fund for Nhoods – Guidelines

Baltimore CF Nhood Mobilization & Leadership Grants – Application & Guidelines

Battle Creek CF – Application 2008

Calgary Foundation – Letter of Intent Template

Coastal CF of South Carolina NEW Fund – Application & Guidelines

CF Greater Atlanta Nhood Fund – Application

CF Greater Atlanta Nhood Fund – Guidelines

CF Greater Greensboro – Application 2006

CF Greater Greensboro – Guidelines 2006

CF Monterey County – Application

CF Monterey County – Guidelines

CF Silicon Valley – Application & Guidelines

Cleveland Foundation Nhood Connections – Application & Guidelines

Denver Foundation Strengthening Neighborhoods – Small Grant Application

Denver Foundation Strengthening Neighborhoods – Small Grant Guidelines

Denver Foundation Strengthening Neighborhoods – Planning Grant Guidelines

Des Moines Nhood Grants for Growth – Application & Guidelines

East Tennessee Foundation – Application & Guidelines

East Tennessee Foundation – RFP

Foundation for the Carolinas Front Porch Grants – Application

Greater Cedar Rapids CF – Application

Greenwood SC Community Action Grants – Application & Criteria

Hamilton CF – Application 2006

Kalamazoo CF – Application & Guidelines 2006

KCNA Nhood Self Help Fund – Application 2006

KCNA Nhood Self Help Fund – Guidelines & Policies 2006

Mesa United Way Nhood Pride Grants – Application (English)

Mesa United Way Nhood Pride Grants – Application (Spanish)

Nashville United Way Council on Nhood Initiatives – Application (English) 2006

Nashville United Way Council on Nhood Initiatives – Application (Spanish) 2006

Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods – Application

Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods – Guidelines

Peninsula CF Nhood Grants – Application (English)

Peninsula CF Nhood Grants – Application (Spanish)

PRO Neighborhoods – Guidelines (English)

PRO Neighborhoods – Guidelines (Spanish)

Rochester Area CF Nhood Grants – Application 2005

Seattle Neighbor to Neighbor – Application & Guidelines

Steans Family Foundation Nhood Fund – Application Instructions

Steans Family Foundation Nhood Fund – RFP/Letter of Invitation

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August 7-9, 2012 Thinking Big About the Power of Relationships Join us this summer in Syracuse for our next On the Ground! We are delighted to be working in partnership with The Gifford Foundation for the next in our series of highly regarded learning gatherings for funders. This learning gathering will use The Gifford Foundation’s engaged grantmaking as a platform [...]

Building Capacity for Resident-Led Grantmaking

Resident-led grantmaking, with grantmaking committees composed of residents from the neighborhoods that are targeted for capacity building grants, is an emerging trend within the field of grassroots grantmaking. Currently, a number of organizations within Grassroots Grantmakers’ network of funding organizations utilize this practice. Other organizations in our network include neighborhood residents on their grantmaking committee [...]

Strengthening Leadership at the Grassroots

In the summer of 2011, Grassroots Grantmakers conducted a survey that asked the funders in Grassroots Grantmakers’ extended network to share information about how they are working to strengthen grassroots leadership. This survey was initiated in response to questions that one funder in Grassroots Grantmakers network was asking, but also responds to questions that have [...]

On the Ground Denver in Photos

May 5-6, 2011 In partnership with The Denver Foundation/Strengthening Neighborhoods. Click the PowerPoint icon below for a visual recap of our fabulous On the Ground experience in Denver. Thanks to Shannon Dixon, Grassroots Grantmakers’ Research Associate, for her wonderful photography that captured the spirit of the gathering. After OTG Denver report 6-3-2011.Final Share this:Share

Rachel’s Reflections

Rachel’s Reflections: The Gray Zone

The tricky thing about grassroots grantmaking is that it operates in the nebulous gray space of the funding world. Behind the foundation walls are dollars and cents that add up very neatly, accounts receivable records coming through humming fax machines, and proof of non-profit status reports in piles across cubicle desks. On the streets ofClevelandCity’s [...]

Rachel’s Reflections: The Final Report Party

A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of attending my first Neighborhood Connections Final Report Party. What is a Final Report Party, you ask? Well, at the close of a grantee’s project year they have the option to complete their final report in several different ways. The first is to write a traditional, [...]