Discretionary Grants - Animal Welfare, Environment, & Historic Preservation

Discretionary Grants - Animal Welfare, Environment, & Historic Preservation

Funder: Indian River Community Foundation Inc (FL, US)

Status: Active funding opportunity

Geographic Scope: Indian River County, Florida

Overview:
Indian River Community Foundation's discretionary grantmaking is made possible by the generosity of anonymous donations. This funding priority focuses on supporting animal welfare, environmental conservation, and historic preservation initiatives.

Funding Priority: Animal Welfare, Environment, & Historic Preservation

Eligibility

• Organizations located in and/or serving Indian River County, Florida
• Must be 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations
• Must have current Nonprofit Search profile with Platinum Seal via GuideStar
• Must have no delinquent reports from previous grants

What They Don't Fund

• Propagandizing, influencing legislation and/or elections, promoting voter registration
• Political candidates, political campaigns or organizations engaged in political activities
• Litigation
• Institutions limiting services to persons of a single religious sect or denomination
• Social or political problems outside of the United States
• Individuals
• Federated appeals or organizations that collect funds for redistribution to other nonprofit groups
• Multi-year requests

Application Process

• Letters of Idea (LOI) due by 5:00pm on the last day of each month
• LOIs reviewed for eligibility and competitive qualities by Community Foundation staff
• Full grant applications invited from qualifying organizations
• Full applications reviewed by committee comprised of Board of Directors and community members
• First-time applicants may be required to participate in pre-application grantee conference
• Organizations applying for renewal funding for fourth consecutive year may be required to have pre-application review
• Unsolicited applications not requested as result of reviewed LOI will not be considered

Reporting Requirements

• Most grants require reporting back to Foundation regarding use of funds
• Reports of past grants must be on file before organization can apply for additional Foundation funds
• Applications from organizations with delinquent reports are considered non-responsive and will not be reviewed

Contact Information

• Email: grants@ircommunityfoundation.org
• Phone: 772.492.1407
• Brooke Sauserman: brooke@ircommunityfoundation.org (for Nonprofit Grantseeker Orientation sign-up)