2011 CFGV Competitive Grant Cycle

The Board of Directors of the Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley (CFGV) has announced that it will be reviewing applications for the 2011 competitive funding cycle from nonprofit agencies serving the Upper Gunnison Watershed..

2011 Grant Applications are due in the Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley Gunnison office by 4:00pm on May 13, 2011.  You may mail them to P.O. Box 7057, Gunnison, CO 81230 as long as they arrive before the deadline; you may drop them off at the Gunnison office or call for Crested Butte drop-off times.   The Gunnison office, at 805 West Tomichi Avenue, is open from 9:00 - 5:00 Monday through Friday. 

The Foundation uses the Colorado Common Grant form which may be accessed from this website or by going directly to the Common Grant website at:  http://www.coloradocommongrantforms.org/  There you will also find guides to help with the application and with the report that will be due at the end of the grant period.

In its Competitive Grants Cycle, The CFGV will fund projects that work for the greater good of the County in the areas of arts and culture, community development, environment, education, human services, athletics, recreation, historical tradition and preservation or domestic animal protection and welfare. In our current economic climate, please be sensitive to keeping your requests to your core mission.  The Grants made will cover the time period between July 1, 2011 and April 30, 2012. 

If you received a grant during the 2010 competitive grant cycle, please be sure your report on that grant is received by the Foundation prior to the end of day, May 2, 2011.   Reporting is required prior to submission of another request.

In general, the Foundation does not grant funds to the following types of organizations or projects:
	Religious activities or projects that serve, or appear to serve, a specific religious group or denomination. However, if a proposal submitted by a church-based or similar organization is intended to serve a broad segment of the population as would a project of a comparable non-religious organization, the Foundation will consider the proposal on the same basis as proposals from other agencies
	Political lobbying or legislative activities
	Political campaigns
	Projects already completed
	Establishment or enhancement of endowments.  However, the Foundation will consider proposals that speak to the planning of such campaigns
	Debt retirement, deficit financing, reduction of an operating deficit or to liquidate debt or replenish resources used to pay for such purposes
	National, state or local fundraising activities, i.e. annual fund drives, courtesy advertising, benefit tickets, telephone solicitations. (General solicitation letters will not be acknowledged)
	Umbrella funding organizations that would distribute requested funds at their own discretion
	Individuals
	Website development or marketing materials
	Capital building projects
	Departments of local government that are primarily tax funded  (Requests from the RE1J School District and the Library District will be reviewed.)

In addition to the requirements of the Colorado Common Grant Application, please note that the Community Foundation requires:

• Signatures of BOTH the Executive Director and the Board President
• If the request is from the school district, signatures of both the requestor AND the principal of the school in which the program will take place
• If the request is from a program housed under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services. and is primarily grant funded, signature of the program director AND the appropriate department supervisor. 
• Please provide eleven (11) three-hole-punched copies of the cover letter, summary sheet, narrative and all attachments except: one (1) copy of IRS 501(c)(3) Determination Letter, one (1) copy of your Audit, one (1) copy of each of the optional marketing materials and one (1) copy each of the Colorado Certificate of Good Standing and Colorado Charitable Solicitations compliance form. We encourage double sided copies.  Please do not bind or staple your requests; if pages need to be fastened together, use only paper clips or binder clips.

Applications will be processed by the Foundation staff, reviewed by the Grants committee and final decisions will be made by the Board of Directors at their June 29, 2011 meeting. Award notifications will be sent following the June Board meeting and the award checks will be distributed on July 20th in a celebration at the UCC Church in Crested Butte.

Requests are accepted from nonprofit organizations serving the Upper Gunnison Watershed that are tax-exempt under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(A)(i.V.I) of the Internal Revenue Code or that have fiscal sponsors meeting those IRS Guidelines.   Organizations requesting funding for the first time or considering funding for new programs are encouraged the call the Foundation before submitting their request.  Questions are welcome from anyone; please contact the Foundation office.

2011  Competitive Grant Cycle