GRANT GUIDELINES
Only 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organizations directly serving the Santa
Ynez Valley and Los Alamos are eligible for Valley Foundation
grants.
Grants
are not awarded for research, media or book projects, environmental,
political or religious causes, advocacy, or to individuals,
churches, governmental agencies, labor organizations or endowment
funds.
The Board of Directors meets in January, April, July and October to
review grant applications. Applications are due by the first day of
those months. The Valley Foundation accepts the Foundation
Roundtable’s Common Grant Application.
The Valley
Foundation accepts
the Foundation
Roundtable’s Common Grant Application with these additional
requirements:
1. Please submit only one grant application a year. (Do not staple the pages.) The annual application may contain multiple requests. Each project must have a detailed budget and comprehensive information.
2. Please attach a brief description of the most recent previous grant (if applicable) received from The Valley Foundation, with specifics on its use and success.
3. A progress report on any Foundation grant is required at the end of the calendar year in which the grant is awarded. Fourth quarter recipients must provide their reports the following year as soon as the project is completed or the program is in place and operational. Failure to provide such a progress report may result in future proposals not being considered.
4. The Foundation requests grant recipients include specific reference to The Valley Foundation and its gift in any publicity about the funded project or program. This will help inform the community that The Valley Foundation is available to assist their efforts.
The Foundation board may request site visits or additional
information. Funding is always as the discretion of the Board of
Directors.
GRANT HISTORY
2007
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