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DENVER ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION
Grant Application Instructions

(Updated December 1, 2010) 

Please provide the following data about the organization, contact information and proposal:

 Organization/Contact Information 

•       Rotary Club Nominating Member or Committee
•       Organization Name
•       Organization Contact Name/ Position
•       Address of Organization
•       Telephone Number
•       Fax Number
•       Email Address 

Proposal Request Information

•       Program Name
•       Requested Amount (Grant funds are not available until after July 1, 2011. In extraordinary circumstances, funds may be made available prior to July.1^st. If required, please indicate and explain why.)
•       Requested Funding Date (month/year)
•       Geographic area served
•       Type of support (general or program)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
In a maximum of four one-sided pages, please answer the following questions. Label each section of your proposal using the six categories presented in bold in the text of these instructions. Organize the sections of your proposal in the following order: Background, Proposal, Finances, Collaborations, Evaluations, and Additional Information.

BACKGROUND
Please describe the mission, history and overall goals of your organization. Briefly discuss current main programs, including unduplicated number of clients served during the most recently completed fiscal year.

If your organization was awarded a grant from Denver Rotary last year, summarize that grant and how the funds were expended. Specifically note the outcomes/accomplishments achieved this past year as a result of the Rotary grant.

PROPOSAL
The Denver Rotary Club Foundation awards both general support and program-specific grants. If you are requesting general support, state how this grant would be used to further your mission and programs of your organization.

If your request is for a specific program, describe the program, the community need it addresses, and the target population to be served. Please include the following breakdown; numbers served and/or impacted, race/ethnicity, economic status and gender.

FINANCES
Please provide your most recent year-end financial statement including balance sheet and profit and loss. Please also submit a summary of your current operating budget showing all funding sources, including all Rotary grants, and what proportion Rotary grants are to the total.

If you received a Rotary grant five years ago, what was that same percentage. If less than five years, please provide this percentage for the first year you were awarded a Rotary grant.

If you received a Rotary grant last year, provide a detailed accounting of the amount received, expenditures and amount unspent. Note if you are requesting any unspent funding to be carried over to the next year and/or if any dollars were carried over from the prior year.

Please describe if your organization was able to leverage the Rotary grant to obtain other funding. Describe how the grant was leveraged and the amount of funds received as a result of that effort.

COLLABORATIONS
Share any significant collaborations and/or networking relationships in which your organization is currently involved.

EVALUATION
For general support proposals, briefly explain the organization’s evaluation efforts during the most recently completed fiscal year.

For program proposals, briefly explain how you have measured the effectiveness of the program in the past. Also discuss how you will continue to evaluate program effectiveness.

Please tell us about active Denver Rotarian involvement in your organization/program such as board participation, fundraising or direct program participation. How many Rotarians are involved and in what capacity. How has this involvement contributed to the success of your organization’s mission.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
If there is any other relevant information you wish to provide in support of this request, please do so in this section. This information might include recent major accomplishments, challenges of the organization, uniqueness of board and/or staff, statistics or studies that demonstrate community need, program effectiveness and impact, etc.

Keep in mind that your application can be no longer than four one-sided pages including all information in the six sections listed above section.

Also please see attached Foundation Granting Guidelines.

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