Grant Guidelines
Grant Applications for 2024 Annual Grant Cycle Open: November 1, 2023 - February 15, 2024
Skagit Community Foundation Online Grant System. (linked to our online grant portal)
We use an online application process provided by Foundant Technologies. You will be able to store your organizational information, save draft applications, and submit online.
This system will keep track of your application and your request history with the Skagit Community Foundation.
Some emails will be automatically generated from the system but be assured that we are just a phone call away and we are always glad to talk in person. Be sure to add, administrator@grantinterface.com on your safe senders list within your email provider. This will prevent any response emails from being flagged as spam.
Steps to Apply:
1. To register your organization today: https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=skagit
2. Submit all grant applications by the specified deadline (11:45pm of that day)
3. Board of Directors will review applications
4. Skagit Community Foundation will approve selected grants
5. Notifications will be sent within two weeks of Board approval
7. Grant agreements and follow ups assigned to grantees
Please contact Maddy at maddy@skagitcf.org if you have any questions or would like assistance
We use an online application process provided by Foundant Technologies. You will be able to store your organizational information, save draft applications, and submit online.
This system will keep track of your application and your request history with the Skagit Community Foundation.
Some emails will be automatically generated from the system but be assured that we are just a phone call away and we are always glad to talk in person. Be sure to add, administrator@grantinterface.com on your safe senders list within your email provider. This will prevent any response emails from being flagged as spam.
Steps to Apply:
1. To register your organization today: https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=skagit
2. Submit all grant applications by the specified deadline (11:45pm of that day)
3. Board of Directors will review applications
4. Skagit Community Foundation will approve selected grants
5. Notifications will be sent within two weeks of Board approval
7. Grant agreements and follow ups assigned to grantees
Please contact Maddy at maddy@skagitcf.org if you have any questions or would like assistance
Please expect to provide the following within the online application:
Eligibility
The following are not eligible:
- Basic Info Section: Organization Name, 501(c)3 status, Mission Statement, Key Contacts List, Website, Current Board Roster
- Request Name
- Request Amount
- Describe the Request
- Estimated number of people served by this Request
- Total Cost & Budget for Request (Program, project, equipment, etc)
- Type of Support Requested: (ex. operations; program- new; program - existing; capital project; upgrades to facility or equipment, etc.)
- Expected Duration of Requested Funding
- Describe How Partial or Excess Funding Would Affect this Request
- List Major Funding Partners
- List Major Program Partners
- Additional Photos or Documents You Would Like to Submit
- Financial Statements: (Most recent audited financial statement or financial review required for grant requests of $20,000 or more. Do not send form 990.)
- Do You Have Internal Bookkeeping Controls?
Eligibility
The following are not eligible:
- Organizations or groups without an IRS 501(c)3 designation
- National or statewide organizations that cannot demonstrate a local presence in Skagit County
- Re-granting organizations
- Partisan political activities
- Organizations that discriminate with regard to age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, national origin, religious affiliation, or a presence of a disability
Post Grant Reporting
An email reminder will be sent from the grant portal to submit both an interim report and a final report. Log-on to your account through the link to the grant portal. We will need to know:
If you are a recipient of funding from us, you must use the SCF logo in your print and social media materials that pertain to the grant. To download a high resolution copy of the logo click here. If you have any questions regarding guidelines for use of our logo, contact our Executive Director.
- How the funds were used
- If the anticipated outcome was achieved
- Any challenges encountered
- How community impact was measured
If you are a recipient of funding from us, you must use the SCF logo in your print and social media materials that pertain to the grant. To download a high resolution copy of the logo click here. If you have any questions regarding guidelines for use of our logo, contact our Executive Director.
