ANDERSON — Applications from nonprofits for the city’s Quality of Life Fund grants are now being accepted at the Madison County Community Foundation. Applications are due by 4 p.m. Aug. 17, and awards will be announced in mid-September.
Eligible organizations are 501(c)(3) nonprofits within Anderson city limits. Grants typically will range from $1,000 to $10,000 and will not exceed $25,000 per agency.
The Quality of Life Fund encourages grants that:
— Propose practical and innovative solutions to community problems, needs or projects
— Promote cooperation among agencies without duplicating services
— Enhance or improve institutional or organizational self-sufficiency
— Encourage the participation of other contributions by using matching gifts, challenges or other grant techniques
— Closely coordinate, when possible, with the programs of other sources for funding, such as the government, other foundations and associations
— Show the greatest benefit per capita and per dollar granted
— Give the evidence of qualifications and stability of the organization applying
— Reach a broad segment of the community with needed services, which are presently not provided
— Set forth a work plan, which shows an ability to achieve the project’s goal
The application is available at cityofanderson.com and madisonccf.org. For more information, call the Madison County Community Foundation at 644-0002.
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