| Our Community's Foundation - The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation (PACF) and the Regional Affiliate Foundations of Doddridge, Ritchie, Jackson, Mason Counties and the Little Kanawha Area (Wirt-Calhoun) is currently accepting applications for grants through its Community Action Grant Program.
Applications must be postmarked by March 1, 2007. Application forms are available on the Foundation's web site at www.pacfwv.com or by contacting the Foundation at 304-428-4438 or toll free at 866-428-4438.
To be considered for a Community Action Grant, an applicant must be a private, non-profit organization, tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a public institution.
Either the applicant or program to be funded must be located in the Foundation's eleven-county geographic service area (Wood, Wirt, Doddridge, Ritchie, Pleasants, Roane, Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, and Mason counties in West Virginia, and Washington County in Ohio).
The Foundation has made several recent changes to its guidelines and application forms. Applicants may now apply to Parkersburg Area Community Foundation and/or any of the Regional Affiliate Foundations on the same application form.
Also, in addition to the fields of arts and culture, education, health and human services, recreation, and youth and family services, the Foundation now considers projects in the field of community and economic development.
The Foundation currently focuses its support on capital and equipment projects, special programs, and technical assistance, training, and capacity building.
Priority is given to: Start up of new projects/programs; seed money for pilot projects or for response to unmet or emerging community needs; matching grants that leverage additional funding; projects that reach a broad segment of the community; projects not adequately served by existing community resources; expansion of existing programs; urgent needs where prior planning for such needs could not have reasonably been made; and projects serving communities where the Foundation is the only community foundation in operation.
Generally, Community Action Grants are not made toward program operating costs, annual campaigns, endowments, sectarian religious purposes or political causes.
Submitting an application does not guarantee funding, as the Foundation's resources for Community Action Grants are limited and the process is competitive.
For more information on the Community Action Grant Program, contact Sarah Holt at sarah.holt@pacfwv.com
|
