Grants
Responsive Grants
HOW TO REQUEST A GRANT
The Foundation's Competitive Grant Cycle process consists of two phases: the Letter of Intent (LOI) and the Full Grant Proposal. Please see our service area to see if your organization is eligible to apply for funding during our competitive grant cycle. The Foundation will consider two Letters of Intent per grant cycle, per organization. A new application is required for each Letter of Intent. Following the Letter of Intent phase, a limited number of organizations will be invited to submit fully-developed proposals online for the Grant Application phase. An invitation to submit a full grant application does not mean the application's submission will result in a funding award. Please note that organizations may request funding in consecutive competitive grant cycles, but consecutive requests must be for different programs or projects.
PHASE I: LETTER OF INTENT
The first phase in the grant application process is the on-line submission of the Letter of Intent. The Letter of Intent and corresponding instructions can be found on our Apply Now! page.
To be considered for funding, a project should include one or more of the following components:
- Support for projects previously funded by WCHF that show evidence of effectiveness
- New program planning & development activities
- General operating support, not intended to supplant existing funding
- Evaluation
- Organizations requesting funds for personnel or ongoing programs are advised to identify additional sources of funding for optimal consideration
- Projects undertaken in collaboration with other non-profits will receive a higher priority funding consideration
When submitting your Letter of Intent, you are required to attach the following forms to the application. If the Program Budget, Narrative, or Income Forms are submitted in any other format than that which the Foundation has provided, the Letter of Intent will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed.
- WCHF Program Budget Form
- WCHF Program Narrative Form
- WCHF Program Income Form
- Organization IRS Determination Letter - If the organization is unable to attach this letter electronically to the application, the Foundation must be in receipt of a printed copy of this letter. The IRS Determination Letter is not required for government entities.
HELP WITH APPLICATIONS
We encourage you to review these Grant Guidelines thoroughly. While we are not able to review draft proposals because of the volume of applications we receive, we are happy to provide assistance with questions you may have about the Grant Guidelines. Please contact the Foundation at (757) 345-0912 or info@wchf.com
Ready to submit a Letter of Intent?
PHASE II: FULL GRANT PROPOSAL AND APPLICATION
Grant proposal and application guidelines will be available online after the Letter of Intent Phase is complete. These will only be available to those organizations the Foundation invites to advance to Phase II. If you have been invited to submit a full grant proposal, you will receive an e-mail with the application link.