Carefully read Guidelines to ensure that your funding request fits WGBCF''s grant priorities before submitting a Letter of Inquiry. Feel free to contact us if you have questions about your organization's/program's "fit" with WGBCF programs.

Submit a 1-2 page Letter of Inquiry. Letters of Inquiry are accepted at ANY TIME. However,
if the grant cycle is FULL orif your letter is received 2 weeks or less prior to a full proposal deadline, your request may be deferred until the next grant cycle.
DO NOT SUBMIT A FULL PROPOSAL AT THIS TIME.
Please send your inquiry via regular postal mail. No e-mailed, faxed, or FedEx, UPS inquiries accepted.

Your letter should briefly address the following areas:
1) your organization’s background, mission, and date of establishment;
2) description of the specific program for which you are requesting funds,
   (including whom it will serve);
3) amount of your request and specifics of how WGBCF funds will be used.(ie. staff, materials, etc).

WGBCF staff will respond to your inquiry within 2 weeks. If you are requested to submit a Full Proposal and Attachments, all documents are due by the posted deadlines.

If invited to apply, submit a Full Proposal by the posted deadlines:
WOMEN & CHILDREN FUND: (NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS)
A Full Proposal includes: Cover Sheet, Proposal Narratives, Budgets, and Attachments (original plus one copy). Grant Application Forms may be downloaded from our website. We do not accept applications sent via e-mail, fax, or walk-in delivery. Please note that your application may NOT be processed until all parts of your proposal are received.
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER A DEADLINE MAY BE DECLINED .

Site Visits: As time and resources permit, WGBCF staff would like to visit each organization before granting or denying a request. Site visits are meant to be informal opportunities to develop rapport and partnership, and to see first-hand the good work you and your staff are doing that is often difficult to convey in a proposal!

Final Decisions: Summaries of applications will be reviewed, then sent to the funder for final selection. Final decisions and notifications to applicants will be made by the posted deadlines (typically 10-13 weeks after receipt of full Proposal).

PROJECT/PROGRAM: Briefly describe the problem or issue your project/program will address.
In some detail describe the specific program for which you are requesting funds.
Briefly describe additional programs or services your organization provides.
Describe the demographics and numbers of people your program will serve.

GOALS: What are the over-arching goals of your program, service, or project?
List no more than 4-5 goals.

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN: Briefly list or describe what you plan to do to meet each goal. Who will carry out which activities and by when?
Describe how program will be staffed, including number of full-time, part-time, and
volunteer staff.”

DECISION-MAKING: Who was/will be involved in determining the focus and needs of this project? Specifically, was a diverse, constituency-based voice included in the process?

EVALUATION: How will you know if your program has succeeded? Who will evaluate the program/project and by when? What will be done with this information?

FUNDING ISSUES: If your organization is affected by Federal, State, or other funding cuts please briefly describe the following: the type and degree of cut(s); the impact of cut(s) on programs and/or organization; the impact of cut(s) on the organization's financial status; the "plan" for addressing these cuts.

Cover Sheet. Please use the form provided.

Project Budget and Organization Budget. You may complete the form provided or use your own format.

A copy of organization's 501(c)(3) IRS determination letter. No fiscal agents, please.

A list of the names, addresses, phone numbers, and affiliations of the governing body of the organization and any other committee or governing body specific to this project.

Please provide financial information (audited preferred or 990's) from the most recent TWO years of operation. Please include balance sheet, statement of activities, and functional expenses.

List of additional funders and status of funds (i.e. approved, pending, denied).
Please clearly mark project funders and organization funders.

____ Coversheet

____ 501(c)(3) IRS Determination Letter

____ Proposal Narrative

____ Audited Financial Statements
       (Two Years - Audited or 990's)

____ Project Budget

____ Governing Body List

____ Organization Budget

____ Additional Funders List

Please ensure that ALL items are included with your proposal.
INCOMPLETE PROPOSALS OR ATTACHMENTS MAY BE DECLINED