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Thank you to our 2015-2016 Major Underwriter


We Heard You!2016 Grant Application Process

October 14, 2015


• Grant Program – General Info

• 2016 Grant Cycle – What’s Changed?

• Application Process

• Forms & Instruction Sheets

• What to Submit and When

• How the Review Committees Work

• Q and A

Symposium Agenda


1. What’s the difference between a giving circle and a public charity foundation?

2. Does Impact100 only fund new programs?3. How big an organization do you have to be to apply for

funding from Impact100?4. Do you have to have your headquarters in Sonoma

Valley to be awarded a grant? 5. Is it more likely you will be awarded a grant if you have

an “in” into Impact100?6. Do you need to submit receipts to Impact100 for

purchases?

Frequently Asked QuestionsDebunking Myths


• Registered 501 c 3• Be in Operation: 36 months – Impact Grant• Be in Operation: 24 months – Community

Grants• Provide Services in Sonoma Valley and to

Benefit Sonoma Valley Residents

Grant Program Eligibility


• Community Grants: Program and Capital

$5,000, $10,000, and $15,000

• Impact Grant

$100,000 and

$20,000 max for Finalists

Grant ProgramTypes of Grant Awards


• Impact Grant: 3 Finalists

1 - $100,000 Impact Grant

2 - $20,000 Finalists Grants

• Community Grants: 13 Finalists

8 @ $15,000

1 @ $2,200 and 1 @ $800

Grant Program Awards in 2015


• Two Categories for Community Grants:

Program and Capital

• Letter of Inquiry (LOI) NOT required for

Community Grant applicants

What’s Changed? NEW for 2016 Grant Cycle


• Grants funds distributed in full to Community

Grants and Finalist Impact Grants

• Grantee reporting semi-annually

• Letter of Inquiry (LOI) streamlined for Impact

Grant

What’s Changed? Simplified


• Eligible if services provided in Sonoma

Valley to benefit Sonoma Valley Residents

• Continue to fund existing programs

• 2 years to spend Impact Grant

• Technology funded – integral to program

What’s Changed? Clarifications


• Organization Information Form

• List of Collaborators / Partners

• Project Narrative – 1 page

• Financial Information – 3 years

• List of Board of Directors

Application ProcessImpact Grant - LOI


• Project Narrative – 5 pages

• Financial Budget Request Form & Budget

Narrative

• Collaborator / Partner Forms

• Capital Expenditures (If required)

Application ProcessImpact Grant – Proposal



• Project Narrative – 3 pages

• Financials – 1 year

• Financial Budget Request Form & Narrative


• Capital Expenditures (If required)

Application ProcessCommunity Grants – Proposal



• Financial Budget Request Form


Forms


Org. Info. Form


Budget Form


Collaborator/Partner Form


Due Dates

December 4 Grant Applications Review with Nonprofits

January 14$100,000 Impact Grant Letters of Inquiry due from nonprofits by 8pm

January 21 Community Grant Full Proposal due from nonprofits by 8pm

February 4Invitations to submit full proposals sent to nonprofits for $100,000 Impact Grant

March 4 $100,000 Impact Grant Full proposals due from nonprofits by 8pm

April 26 Grant finalists are notified – Impact and Community Grants

May 24 Impact100 Sonoma Grants Awards Meeting(aka Annual Meeting) – recipients are announced


Grant Chair Review:

• Submission complete?

• Confirm eligibility

• Financials complete?

Review Process LOI & Proposals


Committee Discusses:

• Have the directions been followed?

• Is the information in the LOI clear and concise?

• What is the need the program is addressing?

• How will the program address this need?

• Is the organization financially viable?

Review ProcessLOI - $100,000 Impact Grant


Grant Review Committee:

• Select applicants that move forward to the

Proposal Stage

• Develop Questions for the Letter of Invitation

for the Proposal

Review Process LOI - $100,000 Impact Grant


• What’s the Impact? • Timeline? • Implementation?• Budget? • Outcomes? • Well thought out? • Project viable?• Questions

answered?

Review Process All ProposalsCommittees Ask:


Grant Review Committee:

• Select applicants that move forward to the

Site Visit Stage

• Develop Questions for the Site Visit

Review Process Proposal


Grant Review Committees:

• All committee members encouraged to

participate in at least 1 site visit

• Information revealed and experienced

shared with all committee members

• Selection of Finalists

Review ProcessSite Visits


• Website

• Email summary information

• “Salutes to the Finalists”: two opportunities

to see presentations about finalists.

• THE MEMBERSHIP IS THE DECISION-MAKER

Informing the Membership


• Survey Information

• Impact100 Sonoma’s continued evaluation

process

Still Thinking About….


• Q & A• Symposium: November 12, 2015

Vintage House 3-5pm, “Ins and Outs of Working with Boards”

• Grant Application Review: December 4, 2015 Sonoma Library 11am – 12 noon.

• Workshop Evaluation

Questions & Answers What’s Next


Thank you!!!

We Heard You!2016 Grant Application Process

October 14, 2015

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