PCF Board Directed Grants

The Pella Community Foundation offers Board Directed Grants aimed at enhancing the quality of life in Pella through innovative programs and charitable projects. Eligible applicants include non-profit organizations serving the local community with a focus on health, education, culture, and heritage. Proposals should demonstrate creativity, collaboration, and community impact, while requests for operating budgets or projects duplicating existing initiatives will not be funded. Special consideration is given to projects with broad population reach.

These grants support creative and innovative programs, current or emerging charitable opportunities, services not presently offered and including capital projects – all of which should enhance the quality of life in the community.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply, you must demonstrate all of these characteristics:A non-profit, legally tax-exempt organization.Located in and/or serving primarily clients in the immediate Pella area.Serving a charitable purpose by enhancing the quality of life of Pella in such areas as health, unique heritage, education, culture, religion, recreation and the enhancement and preservation of the city’s heritage.Proposals will be judged based on the following:Meeting basic community needs/priority of projectCreativity and innovationCollaboration with other groups/organizationsPopulation reachOrganization's ability to complete projects within time-frame givenLow priority will be given to programs or projects of churches which have a narrowly sectarian purpose.However, programs will be considered if they have an ecumenical base or are designed to serve persons in need of food, clothing, shelter or counseling with regard to their religious affiliation.

Ineligibility

Requests will  be denied for support of annual operating budgets, elimination of deficits, reduction of debt or funding of completed projects.​Projects funded should not represent significant duplication of initiatives already undertaken by other non profit agencies.​