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Funding to Accelerate Your Mission
Strategic Grantmaking Programs
Review Our Community Impact Lens
Community Need
The program or organization addresses an important community need in southwest Washington and is focused on dismantling disparities and increasing opportunities for historically underserved communities.
Organization's Mission
The proposed project or work is consistent with the organization’s mission, and the organization has the experience, knowledge and trusted relationships to address the identified community need.
Equity Commitment
The organization is committed to and can effectively demonstrate how it continues to advance diversity, equity and inclusion both internally, through its institutional practices and policies, and externally, through its partnerships and program delivery.
Programatic Alignment
The program or organization is working to build awareness around intergenerational poverty and address its root causes.
Best Practices
The organization’s programs are clearly defined, avoid duplication and are grounded in strength-based practices.
Culturally Responsive
The organization seeks to include the voices and perspectives of the people and communities most impacted during program development and conducts outreach and service delivery with cultural awareness.
Collaboration
The organization seeks to collaborate and share, carrying out their work in coordination with partners or through coalition building efforts.
Sustainability
The organization demonstrates competency in fiscal planning and management; the project budget and grant request are commensurate in size with the organization’s overall budget and with the proposed impact of the work; additional support is sought from other funding sources.
Community Relationships
The organization has established trusted community relationships and meaningful community partnerships.
Meaningful Impact
The outcomes and activities noted are realistic and the organization has demonstrated potential of future impact.
Common Questions
What organizations are eligible for funding?
Nonprofits, fiscally sponsored projects, government and tribal agencies, churches, school districts and other public entities operating projects or programs in Clark, Cowlitz, or Skamania Counties are eligible for funding. We do not directly fund debt reduction, endowments, parent teacher associations, booster clubs, individuals, labor unions, businesses or other 501(c)(5) and 501(c)(6) organizations.
Can organizations that are not headquartered in southwest Washington apply?
Yes. If an organization has programs or projects serving people in southwest Washington, it is eligible to apply for funding. For organizations headquartered outside of our service area, we do ask for a southwest Washington specific project budget.
Are strategic grant requests considered for other funding streams?
Yes. Our goal is to ensure as many proposals receive funding as possible. Throughout the review process, we will share applications with our Donor Relations team to identify alignment between unfunded proposals and fundholder interests.
Can my organization apply to other funds at the Community Foundation?
No. Organizations cannot directly apply for funding from Donor Advised Funds, so the Community Foundation team works to share funding opportunities with our donors when they align with fundholder interests. If funded, an organization will receive a grant check and award notification letter with instructions for acknowledgment.
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