General Grant Program

General Grant Program - The Halle Foundation

Mission: The Halle Foundation promotes understanding, knowledge, and friendship between the people of Germany and the United States.

Geographic Scope

• Organizations located in Georgia, OR
• Non-Georgia organizations located in the United States with projects that exclusively serve beneficiaries in Georgia (e.g., Georgia students or teachers), OR
• Organizations located in Germany with projects that have a discernible connection to Georgia

Eligibility Requirements

• Core Requirement: Proposed project or activity must directly further the Foundation's core mission of promoting understanding, knowledge, and friendship between Germany and the United States
• Organizational Status: In most cases, grantee should be a publicly supported 501(c)(3) organization, or in the case of a German organization, the equivalent of an American publicly supported 501(c)(3) organization

Funding Priorities & Preferences

• Organizations with strong leadership and proven track record of success
• Projects that exploit new opportunities or meet extraordinary needs
• Applications demonstrating broad base of financial support from multiple sources (in-kind, direct financial support, earned revenue, third-party funders)
• High degree of financial discipline
• Educational exchanges and travel programs with strong educational components (German language training, visits with business/government officials/academic partners, lectures/seminars/workshops, possibility of earning academic credit, pre-trip orientation and post-trip debriefing, supervision by well-credentialed faculty)
• Succinctly written applications with clear objectives

What the Foundation Does NOT Fund

• Unrestricted operating support
• New projects indefinitely
• Projects for which the Foundation is the only funder
• Projects without potential to become self-sustaining
• Grant commitments longer than two years (in most cases)
• Budget items including "reserve" amounts, "indirect cost" or similar overhead items

Application Timeline

• Board Meetings: Bi-annual, typically held in early summer and early winter
• Board of trustees typically does not consider grant requests between meetings
• Applicants will be contacted by email within one week of trustees meeting with information about Board action

Contact Information

Executive Director: W. Marshall Sanders Email: msanders@thehallefoundation.org Address: 1180 West Conway Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Phone: 404-664-2506 Deputy Director Contact: nhowrey@thehallefoundation.org

Additional Notes

• Potential grantseekers should contact Executive Director Marshall Sanders before submitting an application
• Do not contact individual trustees about pending applications
• Grant agreement modifications are not generally permitted
• Budgets should be expressed in US dollars