Priddy Foundation Grant

The Priddy Foundation, a private funder, is committed to enhancing individual and community development through grants in human services, education, arts, and health. They offer program, operating, capital, and organizational development support grants, prioritizing applications that demonstrate sustainability and effective evaluation. Eligibility requires a 501(c)(3) status and preference for impactful programs in specific Texas and Oklahoma counties. However, they do not fund individuals or certain types of projects, including basic research and endowments.

Types of Grants
Within the categories listed above, the foundation makes the following types of grants:

• Program Grants

The Priddy Foundation has significant interest in requests which create or expand program services. Program requests should deal effectively with identified problems and opportunities. In most cases, programs should be sustainable beyond the grant period and realistically match the requesting organization’s mission and capacity. Organizations should be able to evaluate results against defined standards of measurement.
Operating Grants
The Priddy Foundation considers general operating requests, but is wary of fostering annual budget dependency. Operating grants typically require a grantee organization to present a practicable plan to achieve self-sufficiency and may require the organization to enter into a formal consulting arrangement with a Nonprofit Management Service Organization (MSO) to improve organizational capacity.
Capital Grants
The Priddy Foundation considers capital projects for buildings and major items of equipment. Approval is more likely if the project has existing, broad support from organizations and individuals. Rarely will The Priddy Foundation’s contribution exceed 20% of the total project budget; often it will be much less. Organizations must attain their project fundraising goal and document that raised funds are sufficient to complete the project as presented in the grant application before a capital grant is funded.
Organizational Development Support Grants
The Priddy Foundation has an interest in increasing the capacity of an organization to serve more effectively in a complex and changing world. Requests for leadership development/capacity of board and staff, planning initiatives, technical assistance, and technology enhancements are considered. Organizational development grants must include a comprehensive plan supported by the organization’s board, outside professional assistance, if appropriate, and linkage between the leadership development plan and the ability of the organization to achieve and sustain its mission more effectively.

Eligibility

Before an application is considered, documentation of an exempt classification is required as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Additionally, the applicant must be considered "not a private foundation" within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code.Interested primarily in programs that have the potential for lasting and favorable impact on individuals and organizations, the Foundation considers grant applications from the following counties:

• Texas:
• Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, King, Knox, Montague, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, and Young.
• Oklahoma:Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Stephens, and Tillman.

Ineligibility

The Foundation neither lends nor grants money to individuals.The Priddy Foundation does not typically make grants for the following purposes:

Basic or applied researchCharities operated by service clubs
Conferences or other educational events except through an organizational development grantDebt retirementEndowmentsFundraising programs and eventsGrants that impose expenditure responsibility on the foundation Grants that would obligate the foundation to future funding
Grants to individuals, including individual scholarship awards
Individual public schools (PK-12)Marketing productions or publications
Organizations that make grants to others Operating deficitsPreviously supported capital projects
Religious institutions except for non-sectarian, human service programs offered on a non-discriminatory basis School trips Start-up funding for new organizations Volunteer fire departments (requests are supported through a fund established at the Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation)