FAQ’s

Health, Education, and Arts Program Areas

For the 2025/2026 grant cycle, returning applicants can access the online system as usual to fill out their proposal.  You will need a short link to access the appropriate form.  This should be emailed to you within the next few weeks.

New applicants can visit https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=eandlf to create an account and submit a Letter of Interest by Monday, February 3, 2025.

There are two request levels:  “$10,000 and under” and “over $10,000.”  Please be sure to apply under the appropriate level.

Application submissions for the 2025/26 grant cycle will open January 20, 2025.  Letters of Interest are due by 5 p.m. on Monday, February 3, 2025.  Final Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2025.

Applications will be reviewed by Foundation staff and Trustees. The review process may include an interview in person, by phone or virtually. Final decisions will be announced in May/June 2025.

Applications will be assessed based upon their alignment with our mission, program area focus, and grant-making goals. We highly encourage you to review our overview of the Foundation’s grants program to learn more about our grant-making priorities, as well as the Foundation’s review criteria that highlight the characteristics we value in the organizations we fund.

The Foundation will consider requests for support for programs, core operating, or capacity building. Capital needs will be supported if they are directly tied to program delivery (e.g., supplies, equipment, technology, renovations).

Foundation grants vary. We have offered grants with a maximum applied, as well as open request amounts. We encourage you to submit for an amount that reflects the core needs of your organization or program. A number of factors will be used by the Foundation to determine ultimate funding levels including project budget size, participation of other funders, and specific organization or program needs.

If you are a past grantee, keep in mind that historical funding amounts will have no influence over funding levels for this year.

For more information please see the programs overview page or contact us.

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The Foundation will only accept online applications at this time.

Please contact our Executive Coordinator for more assistance.

No.

If you need to come back to your application, you can click on the “Save as Draft” button located at the bottom of the application. Doing so will ensure your information is not lost.

Additionally, you can answer each question on a Word document as a backup and paste each answer into the application fields.

After submission, your application will undergo the same evaluations as done in previous grant cycles. You may be contacted by a Trustee or our President to schedule a follow up interview via virtual meeting, phone call or in person in order to gather additional information to assist us in making final decisions.

Please monitor your email and our grant system websites for updates regarding your application.  Be sure that our communications are not going into a junk file so that you remain in timely contact with us on important matters.

Yes.

Once you have started a request you will see the Collaborate button at the top of the page. This can be used to invite other people to work on this request.

• From the Collaborate pop up, enter the email address of the person you would like to invite,
• Set the Permission you would like the collaborator to have, either View, Edit, or Submit.
• And lastly, include a message and select Invite.

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If you would like your application in a printed format, simply login to the application portal and click the “Application Packet” link. This will generate a PDF version of your application.

The maximum size for attachments varies.

If your attachment is larger than the allowed amount, please contact our Executive Coordinator.