High Mountain Hay Fever Children's Health Fund

Geographic Scope: Custer County, Colorado

Focus Areas: Children's health (birth to 18 years), including but not limited to:

• Accessibility of healthcare (medical and dental)
• Mental health
• After school and pre-school programs
• Childhood obesity
• Food insecurity
• Immunization
• Developmental screening
• Child abuse and neglect
• Smoking and tobacco use
• Drug and alcohol abuse

Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations and governmental programs in Custer County only. The Community Foundation does not make grants to individuals.

Award Characteristics:

• Small and large grant requests will be considered
• Level of grant awards determined based on applications
• Grants may be requested for all or a portion of project budget
• Projects must be completed within 12 months of award date (extensions may be considered case-by-case)

Priority Considerations:

• Applications requesting matching funds to support other grant requests from outside Custer County
• Applications illustrating collaboration among multiple Custer County nonprofits
• Applications supported by evidence-based programs

What They Fund:

• One project per grant application
• Projects addressing important problems or critical needs in child health
• Programs with demonstrated sustainability

Contact Information:

• WMVCF Phone: 719-371-9828
• WMVCF Address: P.O. Box 718, Westcliffe, CO 81252
• Website: wmvcf.org

Application Process

Deadline: February 15th of the current grant cycle year

Application Materials:

1. Project Description (maximum 2 pages, PDF/DOC/DOCX):
   • Purpose, goals, and objectives
   • Expected impact of the project
   • Children's health need being addressed
   • How project effectiveness will be evaluated
   • If continuing beyond grant period: how sustainability will be accomplished
2. Project Timeline (may be presented in table format):
   • Major activities
   • Participating groups/individuals/volunteers and their roles
   • Start date
   • Target completion date
   • Individual responsible
3. Total Budget (detailed outline):
   • Budget requirements for the project
   • As much detail as possible

Required Information in Application

Organization Information:

• Legal name of organization
• Mailing and physical address (if different)
• Phone number
• Website
• Email address
• Year established
• EIN (Employer Identification Number)

Contact Information:

• Contact name and title
• Contact phone and email
• Brief description of organization (75 words or less)
• Mission statement (50 words or less)

Tax-Exempt Status:

• Must have 501(c)(3) status or use fiscal sponsor
• Proof of tax-exempt status required (if available at time of submission)
• If using fiscal sponsor: provide fiscal sponsor organization name and address

Project Details:

• Project/program name
• Requested amount
• Total project budget
• Summary statement (75 words or less)
• List of collaborating organizations (if applicable)

Application Guidelines - Your application should:

• Illustrate the impact of the organization and its project on children's health in Custer County
• Demonstrate a track record of developing new projects and successfully managing long-term projects
• File one project per grant application
• Demonstrate the administrative and fiscal strength and stability of the organization
• Show how the project addresses an important problem or critical need in child health
• Illustrate how completion of the project will be measured to demonstrate success
• Outline potential problems and alternative strategies for the project
• Demonstrate sustainability of the program
• Provide a detailed budget

Post-Award Requirements:

• Awardees must submit a final summary report of how grant funds were used and the impact the project had within the community