Eden Area Foundation

Welcome!

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:14:20 +0000

Welcome to our new website! After many years of using a very basic site with minimal information about our grant making process, we are pleased to present not only an updated look, but additional information about our grantees, their community work, and how others can get involved in supporting our work and helping the Eden Area. We hope you will join us in nurturing the Eden Area of Alameda County!

End of Grant

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:44:00 +0000

Due Date
February 1

Who Files?
All grants

Contents
Description of how grant funds have been used and accomplishments including:

All Funded Activities
Accomplishments measured by the criteria of the grant proposal
Updated timeline
Budget for the grant showing projected and actual expenditures
Financial statement for the most recently completed fiscal year (Income Statement and Balance Sheet)

Annual

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:42:25 +0000

Due date
February 1

Who files?
Multiple year grants

Contents
Description of how grant funds have been used and accomplishments to date including:

Activities to date
Activities to be undertaken in the next year
Accomplishments measured by the criteria of the grant proposal
Updated timeline
Budget for the past year showing projected and actual expenditures
Budget for the next year
Financial statement for the most recently completed fiscal year (Income Statement and Balance Sheet)
Any changes in the project

Six Month

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:40:42 +0000

Due Date
July 31

Who Files?
Annual grants of more than $5,000

Contents
Description of how grant funds have been used and accomplishments to date including:

Project activities to date
Updated project timeline
Project Budget showing expenditures to date
Any changes in the project

Project outcomes

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:34:26 +0000

The Foundation seeks to fund programs that clearly articulate how an organization’s outcomes contribute to long-term community goals. You may wish to distinguish among the following types of outcomes:

Individual / Community: How has the program helped individuals and/or communities to maintain and improve their well being?
Organizational: In what ways have organization(s), collaboratives and partnerships, and networks of stakeholders been strengthened?
Systems: In what ways have the public and private systems within which you operate become more collaborative, efficient, effective or responsive to the needs of children, families and communities?

Unused funds

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:33:17 +0000

All unused funds for a specific project must be returned to the Foundation.

Project changes

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:32:53 +0000

Major changes in a program or funding during the grant period must be disclosed in writing to the Board for approval.

Site visits

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:32:33 +0000

A Foundation representative may make periodic site visits or request periodic meetings at the Foundation’s offices to monitor the grant in progress.

Reports

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:32:02 +0000

The Foundation requires all grant recipients to provide narrative and financial reports during the grant period. Annual grants of more than $5,000 must report every six months. Grants of $5,000 or less and multiyear grants must report annually. All grants must report at the end of the grant period.

Funds will not be released for a six-month period until a complete report for the prior period has been received in the Foundation office.

The Foundation will not consider a Letter of Intent from an organization unless all required reports for any prior grants were submitted in a timely manner.

Release of funds

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:31:27 +0000

Typically one-half of the grant funds is released in early January and one-half is released in early July. Multiple year grants are similarly divided into equal payments.