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Frequently Asked Questions Is there any new information since the last time I visited this website? The Amelia Peabody Foundation website is updated with new information on an as-needed basis. Since much of this information may pertain particularly to your grant proposal, it is advisable to check this space for updates before the preparation and submission of your proposal. Please note the following recently updated items:
Who may apply for a grant? Organizations with 501(c)(3) designation from the IRS. What types of grants are made? For programs and capital projects in Massachusetts only. What is the mission of the Amelia Peabody Foundation? The primary mission of the Amelia Peabody Foundation is to increase, through close collaboration with local agencies, the number, range, and depth of positive learning experiences available to materially disadvantaged young people living in the cities and towns of Massachusetts. When may we apply? Applications are accepted throughout the year. The Amelia Peabody Foundation Board meets four times during the year. When are the proposal deadlines? There are four filing deadlines during the year corresponding to the quarterly meetings of the Peabody Board. While we prefer to have proposals in hand by the due date, submissions must be postmarked no later than the corresponding deadline to be considered for that quarter. The remaining submission deadline for 2009 is October 13. The deadlines for submissions for 2010 are January 26, April 20, July 27, and October 12. You should expect to hear from the Board, in writing, within two months following the proposal deadline. Please note that filing deadlines are subject to change. Does the Amelia Peabody Foundation favor a particular kind of funding proposal, such as for new construction, building renovations, the purchase of new equipment, or for operations and/or new programs? No. Each grant request is looked at in terms of how well it corresponds with our mission as well as how great is the probable impact on the population served. Do you make multi-year grants? Yes, but as a rule for no more than three years. Most Peabody grants are for one year only. What kinds of grants are not made? Those that are not primarily directed at the disadvantaged youth populations of the cities and towns of Massachusetts. May we apply for more than one grant at a time? Yes, but we do not encourage you to do so. How often may we apply? As a rule no more than once a year, regardless of whether your earlier request has been accepted. For instance, if your organization applied at the January deadline in 2009, receiving a response in April, a new application may be made for the January deadline in 2010 regardless of the funding decision of the Trustees in 2009. Please note, however, that if the Trustees decided to fund a proposal no funding will be released by the Foundation until reports due on any previous funding have been filed and approved. View our Grant Report Form. In the above example, before new funding would be released on an application filed in January 2010 a final report on any funds granted in response to the January 2009 grant application must be filed and approved. How do we apply? What should be in our application? Please use our Grant Proposal Form that you can view here (downloadable version available here). In particular we are most interested in how your funding proposal will affect the population you serve. Also we want to hear about your organization, and your organization's history. Most important we want to hear about the probable impact that your project will have on your client population, including numbers of individuals affected and the nature of the impact. What additional materials should we include with our proposal? Please go to The Written Grant Proposal. How much may we ask for? Does the Peabody Foundation favor a particular grant size? Most grants fall in the $10,000 to $50,000 range for programs or operations. A smaller number of grants, generally in the $50,000 to $100,000 range, are capital improvement grants or other grants which also take an organization to a new level of operations in respect to the quality or quantity of services provided. Of course the amount should always correspond to the requirements of the proposal, the size of the organization and its capacity to accomplish the grant purpose. How many copies of our request should we send? Where should we send them? The Foundation requires a total of four (4) sets of hard documents and one email submission for a complete application: three sets of responses to elements of the Written Grant Proposal Form, an email submission of those responses and one set of additional documents (see Written Grant Proposal). They should be sent to- Margaret St.Clair,
Executive Director, The Amelia Peabody Foundation, One Hollis Street,
Suite 215, Wellesley,
MA 02482-4677. Please note that if you are unable to send the email copy you must submit one (1) master application and seven (7) hard copies of the detailed Written Grant Proposal Form responses, instead of three, as well as the enumerated Additional Documents. May we contact the Foundation prior to submitting a proposal? Yes, but only for
questions of procedure and form. May we submit pre-proposal ideas, concept papers? No. What happens after we have submitted our proposal? Please go to The Grant Review Process page for the answer to this question. Following submission of our proposal should we expect a site visit? When and if the Trustees determine that a site visit is necessary you will be contacted. Why was our proposal rejected? Why didn't we receive a grant? You are competing with hundreds of other applicants for a limited amount of Foundation monies. What is required of us after receiving a grant? Go to the page detailing what is expected of our grantees, Requirements of Grantees. Do you expect a reporting from us on the use of grant monies? Yes. A narrative,
plus detailed, specific accounting of expenditures is required. We
will
need to have this report in our hands before you may reapply to the Foundation.
View our Grant Report Form. Go
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