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FAQs
-- Questions about the nature of our grants and
grantees:
Answers:
Who is eligible for a
grant from the Waitt Family Foundation?
The Waitt Family Foundation makes grants to federal
tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. The Foundation
does not make grants to individuals or for-profit organizations.
We do not fund capital campaigns, endowments, debt reduction,
the arts, religious organizations, public education
institutions, healthcare organizations/hospitals, scientific
discovery, violence prevention campaigns, or lobbying
prohibited by the Internal Revenue Code.
What are your program
areas?
The Foundation's three areas of interest relate to
our past-present-future framework. We fund projects
in the areas of discovering and preserving historical
elements from the past that can benefit humanity, community
building to help at-risk populations today, and scientific
innovation that can be a catalyst for enabling breakthroughs
in the future. At this time we are only accepting proposals
in the area of Community
Building. Please see our Guidelines.
Do you
have geographic restrictions?
No.
What is the minimum
grant awarded by the foundation?
Grant requests must be for a minimum
of $100,000. Multi-year proposals will be considered.
Do you
provide scholarship assistance?
The Waitt Family Foundation is continuing to fund previously
awarded scholarships that are part of past commitments.
Click here for more details.
Do you make grants
for computer equipment?
We occasionally make grants intended for purchases
of computers. We do not, however, donate the equipment
itself.
What further requirements
do you have for grant recipients?
In order to better understand what works and does not
work, we communicate frequently with our grant recipients.
We require informal quarterly progress reports, with
a written report at the end of each grant year. We want
to hear about successes, failures, and strategies to
improve. We also appreciate recipients who share with
us any special findings, photos and/or video along the
way.
How do we submit
a proposal for a Waitt Family Foundation grant?
Review our Guidelines and read the section on
How to
Apply. We require that you submit a Preliminary
Grant Request. If your program is a good fit
with our interests, we will contact you to submit
a Formal Grant Proposal. We do not accept proposals
without first receiving a Preliminary Request.
We do not accept mailed or faxed proposals.
Where do I find the form to submit a Preliminary
Grant Request?
See How to
Apply.
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