All Saints Episcopal Church 2016 Garden Tour
Request for a Funding Grant
Thank you for your interest in applying for funds from the proceeds of the All
Saints Episcopal Church 2016 Garden Tour. Applications must be received by the
Garden Tour 2016 Board by October 15, 2015. The Board will review all
applications and make recommendations to the Church Vestry in December. The
final decision naming the recipients will be made in early 2016.
The Board will consider the following criteria:
1. The non-profit organization must be a 501 (c) (3) entity under the Internal
Revenue Code.
2. The organization must provide services to the citizens of Beaufort County or
Jasper County, South Carolina as they struggle with the specific challenges
presented by either hunger, homelessness, literacy, or aging. Applications
will not be accepted from entities that do not exist primarily to provide
support in at least one of these four functional areas.
3. The group must complete a grant application form provided by All Saints
Garden Tour and demonstrate how it would use any provided grant funding
for at least one discrete project, with measurable results. The Garden Tour
Board would like each recipient group to provide it with an after-action
report detailing how the group’s respective portion of the Garden Tour
proceeds were actually utilized. If the group has received a grant within the
past 3 years, please provide a summary of how the funds were utilized.
4. The organization must explain how it screens clients that it serves to avoid
waste, fraud, and abuse of its funding.
5. In its financial information, the non-profit organization must indicate that it
has a projected 2016 budget under $650,000.
6. The group must agree, if selected to receive funding from the All Saints
Garden Tour, to sell Garden Tour tickets to its respective donor list, board
members, and other centers of influence. In addition, the group must agree to
provide volunteers to assist with the conduct of the Garden Tour through
such activities as assisting with garden hostess or parking duties at the
garden sites or helping with kitchen support in Gordon Mann Hall.
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If you believe that your organization or project meets these criteria, please complete
this application and include a copy of the following:
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Letter indicating 501 (c) (3) certification or status
Current annual budget
Year-to-date financial statement
List of current board members and officers
Brief history of the organization
Mission statement
Examples of successful past projects
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Please send the request form and accompanying information to
Karen Reuter, 17 Cygnet Ct., Hilton Head Island, SC 29926 or
via email at vandrefalk@live.com
Please provide the following information.
NAME OF ORGANIZATION:
DATE:
ADDRESS:
CITY :
CONTACT PERSON :
STATE:
PHONE NUMBER(S): (O)
ZIP CODE:
(CELL)
EMAIL:
PROJECT TITLE (IF ANY)
If different from above please provide name and address for receipt of approved funds.
CONTACT PERSON
PHONE NUMBER(S): (O)
(CELL)
EMAIL
ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
How will your organization use the funding grant? Briefly describe your project.
Describe how the results will be measurable. Do you agree to provide the Garden Tour
Board with an after-action report detailing how your group’s funding grant was
actually utilized?
If your organization has received a grant from the All Saints Garden Tour within the
past 3 years, please provide a summary of how the funds were utilized.
Who locally (Beaufort County or Jasper County) will benefit from the funding if
approved?
How will the use of any funds carry, fulfill, or enhance your mission?
Name other source(s) to whom you have ( within the past 18 months) submitted a grant
request.
Please state the amount of funds that your organization has received from outside
organizations in the past three years. What is your projected budget for 2016? (NOTE:
Must be under $650,000)
Please explain how your clients are screened so as to avoid fraud, waste, and abuse of
donated funds.
Do you agree to sell 2016 Garden Tour tickets to your respective donor list, board
members, and other centers of influence, as well as to provide some individuals to
assist with putting on the 2016 All Saints Garden Tour (parking assistants, garden
hostesses, kitchen workers)?