Palisades Community Fund
Request for Project Grant
Last updated 10/01/2007

I. Basic Information

A. Name and address of Requesting Group or Organization

B. Principal Sponsors/Contact Persons (names, roles, address, telephone numbers, fax, email)

C. Other Sponsors, if any

II. Project Information

A. Name of Project

B. Status: New or Ongoing: if the latter, when did it start?

C. Project Objectives

D. Project Description: Including life of project and specific compliance with Palisades Community Fund Criteria

E. Project Budget, including projected time of expenditures over the life of this request.

F. Plans for Implementation and Evaluation: Specify how success will be defined and measured; how frequently, starting when?

III. Amount of This Request: Specify parts of project to be financed by the requested funds and period of time covered by this request.

IV. Other Donors: Specify amounts from other sources, e.g. foundation grants, large individual gifts and general donations and whether these funds are promised or received.

V. Ongoing projects: Provide current status report for entire project; How previous PCF and other grant funds have been used and how much are unspent and why.

VI. Signatures of Principal Sponsors and Date of Request

Please be advised that Grant Recipients are required to provide a final report/ financial accountability document upon completion of the Project.

General Instructions and Information

1. Please present this request on no more than five typewritten, double-spaced pages.

2. Completed requests should be sent to: Chair, Palisades Community Fund, PO Box 40603 Palisades Station Washington, DC 20016.

3. The criteria for grants are contained in Part IV of the PCF Committee's Operating procedures and are:

a. Meets the requirements of the Foundation for the National Capital Region, e.g. Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c)(3) requirements

b. Has a substantial Palisades Community impact, i.e. the proposed project should be located physically within the Palisades Community, or should have a potentially significant effect on a substantial number of Palisades Community residents.

c. Promotes charitable activities, cultural enrichment, community service or education, economic improvement or environmental enhancement.

4. The Palisades Community Fund Committee meets twice a year to consider requests for grants, in April and in October.

For consideration at its April meeting, requests should be submitted no later than April 15.

For consideration at the October meeting, requests should be submitted by October 31.

5. Please be advised that Grant Recipients are required to provide a final report/ financial accountability document upon completion of the Project.

6. For additional information, please contact one of the PACF co-chairs:
Ellen Maxwell (202.966.9080, ellen.m.maxwell@gmail.com) or
Margie Palm (202.362.1424, margiepalm@gmail.com).