Q: Do you have an overview of
the process?
Click here to view a presentation about the Grant Process.
Q: What is the deadline for
grant application?
The deadline for the 2010 Grant is March 1st, 2010.
Q: What are some of the
reasons applications are rejected?
-Agency requested less than $100,000.
-More than one application came from an organization.
-Service is redundant because it is offered by other agencies.
Q: If we are not a winner will someone let us know how
we can improve our application?
It is our policy to not give direct feedback. Committee members change every
year so advice other than general information presented on our website or
at our Information Session held in January would be
misleading.
Q: We are a small NFP and very
new, will we still be considered?
You may want to consider collaborating with another non-profit that has a proven
financially stable track record. However, we have had start-up organizations
win our grant independently.
Q: Can our organization submit
different grant applications in different categories?
No, each organization may submit only one grant application each year.
Q: Will Impact 100 decide
which Grant Review Committee will review an application?
No, every agency must make that decision independently.
Q: If we submit a proposal
this year that is not funded, how soon can we resubmit the proposal?
You may apply again the following year.
Q: If we submit a proposal and
are awarded a grant, how soon can we apply again?
You
must wait 3 years to reapply.
Q: Which committee gets the
most applications?
In a recent Wall Street Journal article, there was a chart that showed 52% of non-profits in the United States deal with Health & Welfare issues and 19% focused
on Education. It is predictable that we would see a clustering
of applications in those categories; however, we have had winners in every
category.
Q: What does it mean that you
don’t cover “indigent care subsidies?”
It is not our intention to try to replicate services that are provided by the
government such as, Food Stamps, WIC, and Medicaid.
Q: Can we include our brochures,
annual reports and videos about our organization?
When we do site visits we are interested in all this information; however, in
the initial steps of our review of the applications, these things are not
taken into account so we will not accept these with the original application.
Q: How
does Impact 100 pay out the grant money?
Impact 100 pays the grant money as
a one-time payment or as a milestone payment (installments). A grant
applicant may request either type of payment in the application. However,
Impact 100 reserves the right to pay the grant in milestone payments if Impact
100 determines it is more fiscally responsible to do so.
Q: What is
the period of time the money must be spent?
The period
of time the money must be spent correlates directly with the project's intended
timeframe. Our milestone payment policy requires that the recipient provide
Impact 100 with regular interim reports detailing the progress of both the
project and its budget while milestone payments are being received. Impact
100 does not have a maximum timeframe for when the money must be spent. However,
our past grant recipients who have received milestone payments have not
exceeded three years.
Q: If the
project is a multi-agency collaboration, do we submit the financial information
from all the collaborating partners?
If a project
application is a multi-agency collaboration, Impact 100 requires financial
information from all collaborating partners. Please note each partner
should submit complete financial data for three years as outlined in the grant application
checklist.
Q: Who can I contact for more
information?
Please contact Luann Scherer, Grant Review
Coordinator, with any questions regarding the grant application process.
She can be contacted by email at: Grants@Impact100.org