The amount of the grant request should be proportionate with the project/program operating budget for which you are applying. The minimum grant amount is $500. First-time grant applicants should be aware that first-time grant awards are generally less than $10,000, because Board members will want to evaluate the impact and success of a program prior to awarding a larger grant.

If you are unable to attach a document to your grant application for any reason, please email the document directly to Blair Wilson, Director of Grantmaking, at bwilson@delaplainefoundation.org.

Prior to filling out and submitting a grant application, please contact to Blair Wilson, Director of Grantmaking, at bwilson@delaplainefoundation.org. Capital funding is limited and it will need to be determined by Delaplaine Foundation whether your nonprofit is eligible to request this funding. Eligible organizations will be expected to present a capital request to the Full Board.

Each year Delaplaine Foundation is contacted by nonprofits who have missed the grant application submission deadline. Out of fairness to all potential grantees, we will have to respect the deadline and deny requests that are late.

Delaplaine Foundation prefers to avoid awarding grants for employee salaries because annual funding is not guaranteed. However, it is understood that programming expenses can include a percentage of salary for the person who is operating the program. For more information regarding this policy, please contact Blair Wilson, Director of Grantmaking, at bwilson@delaplainefoundation.org.

Delaplaine Foundation will only consider one grant application per organization per grant cycle.

For each nonprofit that is approved for grant funding, the organization will receive a notification by email. Notification generally takes place during the first week in December. The email will be sent to the person who has been designated as the primary contact for the organization, unless that designated person does not have a password associated with their portal account. For this reason, the primary contact for the organization should make sure to keep their account current.

After notification is received, the nonprofit receiving a grant award must return a signed grant agreement. Once that agreement is received, the grant letter and check will be mailed to the nonprofit. Organizations can also arrange to pick up checks in person.

Receiving notice of a discretionary grant award indicates that a specific Board member chose to direct discretionary funding to your organization, rather than the full Board agreeing to a grant award based on your application. You will still need to sign a grant agreement in order to receive a grant check. However, your organization will not be required to submit a progress report detailing how grant funding was spent.

Generally, yes. Unless your nonprofit received discretionary funding, you will be required to submit a single grant progress report during the third quarter of the calendar year. The report will describe how funds were spent, whether any obstacles were encountered, summarize measurable outcomes and successes, and will require submission of a finalized budget. Nonprofits that have not yet expended grant funds by the third quarter of the calendar year should contact Blair Wilson, Director of Grantmaking, at bwilson@delaplainefoundation.org, so that the deadline for progress report submission can be extended.

If I have additional questions, who do I contact? bwilson@delaplainefoundation.org  mcorr@delaplainefoundation.org