Grant Guidelines

• As a rule we would make no grants to individuals.
• No funding for capital campaigns.
• No endowments.
• As a rule no grants for advocacy, lobbying or research.
• With rare exceptions no core funding for general operating expenses.
• As a rule no international grants.
• Grants for programmatic (direct services) and promotional (education) requests.
• Grants for children from infancy through age 18.
• Grants for training/technical assistance limited to the arts.
• With rare exception grants limited to one year.
• Decisions on requests are made once a year.
• Funds are generally released in December.
• Applications accepted from May-August.