Responsive Grants

Responsive Grants

Purpose: Fund requests from established organizations. The Foundation reviews proposals to complement its strategic direction.

Geographic Scope

• Primary: Stark County, Ohio
• Secondary: Carroll, Holmes, Tuscarawas, and Wayne counties in Ohio

Eligibility

• Established organizations (NOT newly formed)
• Organizations with annual budgets of $100,000 or more
• Organizations whose programs/services demonstrate commitment to needs of poor and underserved
• Focus areas: health, education, and social services
• Must be 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or governmental entity
• Programs/services must align with Foundation's mission
• Must comply with local, state, and federal laws

Ineligibility

• Newly formed organizations
• Organizations with budgets under $100,000 (should apply for Good Samaritan grants instead)

What Will NOT Be Funded

• Annual appeals or membership drives
• Capital requests (with limited exceptions)
• Computers
• Debt reduction
• Endowments
• Grants to individuals
• One-time events not part of ongoing program
• Ongoing operating costs for free medical and dental clinics
• Scholarships
• Vehicles
• In schools: computers, curriculum expenses, equipment, field trips, faculty salaries, playground equipment, scholarships, staff development, vehicles

Review Timeline

• Board of Directors periodically refines areas of interest
• Foundation may limit proposals to those complementing strategic direction
• Staff reviews four times per year on a rolling basis

Contact Information

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton 400 Market Avenue North, Suite 300 Canton, OH 44702 (330) 454-5800 (phone) (330) 454-5909 (fax) Office hours: Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Past Examples

• Christian Children's Home of Ohio: $10,000 for Thrive art therapy program
• Lighthouse Ministries of Canton: $16,500 for after-school and summer programming
• YMCA of Central Stark County: $75,115 for Y on the Fly program