Cloudsplitter Foundation: Program + Project Support Grants

Overview

_Note: Due to the high grants volume, next grant round we be closing down the application process once we have received our fixed number of applicants. We would advise you get your application in well before the grants deadline. This policy will remain in effect until further notice._

About Cloudsplitter Foundation

The Cloudsplitter Foundation formed as a 501c3 charity in 1986, re-domiciled in New York in 1999. Over the past ten years we have granted over $17 million to the Adirondack region, with $44 million in assets.

An Adirondack focus, at least 70% of our grants go to Adirondack grantees.

Through our strategic giving, we promote public support or support of other foundations, support a policy direction or change and provide leadership grants.

Areas of Interest

* Environment: Protecting our natural resources through advocacy, land protection, stewardship
* Community Building: Supporting cultural, physical, & civic facilities like theaters, community centers, parks, trails, community revitalization
* Economic Stability: Supporting Tourism, critical infrastructure like museums & historic sites, recreational facilities
* Communications and Data Infrastructure: Broadband everywhere, public radio and television, focused fact-based journalism
* Helping our most vulnerable neighbors: Birth-to-Three program, food programs, family resources, aging in place

Program/Project Support Grants

These grants are to support a well-defined project or program that has a defined need, budget, and associated supporting documentation. This type of grant also includes events. Program/Project grants will only be considered during the normal grant cycles. There is no upper limit on such grants, but they are limited to 20% of the project or program’s cost. The one exception is that “Last money in” grants can be as much as 30% of the project or program cost but 70% must be raised before the Foundation grant is payable.

Priorities

Applications that have a HIGHER LIKELIHOOD of funding:

* Projects, programs and organizations that are focused on supporting communities in need 
* Projects, programs and organizations whose support will lead to long term Community Impact
* Projects and Programs that include multiple nonprofit stakeholders and partners
* Organizations with a diverse and sustained number of funding sources
* Organizations that have established a relationship with Cloudsplitter in advance of their application

Grant applicants that there is a LOWER LIKELIHOOD that we will be funding, at this time:

* Capital Projects
* Lakes Associations
* Events
* Very Large Grant Requests

Grant Amount

For requests over $50,000, YOU MUST CONTACT CLOUDSPLITTER PRIOR TO AN APPLICATION SUBMISSION for permission. For requests above $50,000 the application (automatically) will require additional details than asks below $50,000.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Fiscal sponsors:
* We can accept grants from 501c3 registered charities who act as fiscal sponsors for other charities who lack 501c3 status.
* The ultimate grant recipient must be a legitimate charity and cannot be a for-profit corporation

Ineligibility

* Grant applicants that we will NOT be accepting or funding at this time
* Asks of more than 20% of the project budget
* Unrestricted support amounting to more than 5% of the organization’s annual operating budget
* Requests from “For Profit” Businesses
* Requests from organizations without multiple funding sources
* Endowment expansion campaigns
* Grant applications above $50,000 that have not made INITAL CONTACT (before application is submitter) with dan@cloudsplitter.org