Download Letter of Interest Instructions in PDF format here.
LETTER OF INTEREST INSTRUCTIONS
DEADLINE: MARCH 28, 2008
12:00 NOON
Instructions
Thank you for your interest in working with Welborn Baptist Foundation. To streamline the review process for both applicants and staff, all applicants must initiate the process of applying for a grant by submitting a letter of interest using the Foundation’s cover page and instructions.
The cover page and instructions for the letter of interest are available on-line at the link below or they may be obtained by calling the Foundation offices at 437-8260 or toll-free 877-437-8260. If you access the documents on-line, you must first save them to your computer, then complete them. Then submit the completed letter of interest to the Foundation as an e-mail attachment to loi@welbornfdn.org or mail it to the address provided.
Before you begin the letter of interest process, please review the eligibility guidelines and funding priorities below to determine whether your program is a match for Foundation funding. An advance consultation with a Foundation program officer is encouraged if you wish to clarify this or ask further questions about the process. You may schedule an appointment or contact a program officer by telephone at the Foundation’s offices, 812-437-8260 or toll-free 877-437-8260 prior to submitting the application.
The minimum dollar grant that Welborn Baptist Foundation will consider is $3,000.
Funding Eligibility
Organizations in the following counties are eligible to apply for Foundation funding:
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Indiana |
Illinois |
Kentucky |
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Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick |
Gallatin, Saline, Wabash, Wayne, White |
Henderson |
Applicants must be non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)3 public charities and may be either secular or faith-based. Governmental units reporting to elected or appointed officials are not eligible except school corporations governed by a citizen board.
After you submit your letter of interest, we will send you an e-mail acknowledgment when it is received. We carefully review each letter. After the review is completed, you will receive one of the following:
· A request for additional information
· A request for a full application
· A letter informing you that your project will not be funded by the Foundation.
When a Letter of Interest reflects most closely the Foundation's program priorities, the Foundation staff will request a full proposal. Full proposals are only accepted when requested by the Foundation.
The entire granting process will be conducted over a number of months. Important dates in the process include:
March 11, 2008 Letter of Interest Workshop
March 28, 2008 – 12:00
Noon
Letters of interest deadline
May,
2008
Requests for proposals issued
July, 2008 Proposal deadline
September, 2008 Final board approval
October, 2008 Grantee Notification
The Foundation’s Board of Directors makes all final decisions on requests. Organizations and their representatives should refrain from making unsolicited contact with members of the Foundation’s Board. Efforts to lobby Foundation Directors in person, or in writing, are strongly discouraged. Applicants will be informed of the Board's decision immediately following the Board meeting at which your request is discussed.
The Welborn Baptist
Foundation will conduct a workshop for those organizations interested in
submitting a Letter of Interest on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 5:00
p.m. at:
Worthington Room
Integra Bank Building
21 S.E. Third Street
Evansville, Indiana
Please RSVP to Paula
Murray at (812) 437-8260, by 12:00 p.m. (Noon), Friday,
March 7, 2008
regarding attendance at the workshop.
Submitting Letter of Interest
Please submit letters of
interest, no later than 12:00 p.m. (Noon), Friday, March 28, 2008,
to:
you may submit your letter of interest via e-mail to loi@welbornfdn.org.
or
By
mail to:
Welborn Baptist Foundation, Inc.
Twenty-One Southeast Third Street, Suite 610
Evansville, Indiana 47708
Grant Making Philosophy
Welborn Baptist Foundation focuses its efforts on building lasting improvements to the well-being and quality of life of the people it serves. From its beginning, the Board determined the Foundation would base its decisions on reliable data and address the root causes of problems rather than their resulting effects.
In accordance with the Board’s ongoing vision, the Foundation continues to rely on measurable indicators to benchmark our efforts at addressing community problems. In support of that strategy, the Foundation produces and periodically updates the Leading Community Indicators Report as a service to region it serves. This document reviews, in-depth, a number of important statistics related to quality of life in this community. Applicants are encouraged to provide relevant information from additional sources as needed.
The Foundation will consider programs that are research-based, that is based on successful models and/or have demonstrated previous success, and encourages partnering and collaborative efforts among the service-providing community.
For links to additional sources of information related to each funding target, please return to the list of Funding Priorities and click on your target of interest.
Funding Priorities
For 2008, the Foundation’s funding targets are:
Click here to view program and project areas that are not funded by the Foundation.
This year, there is a Microsoft Word on-line template that you may download and utilize in the development of your Letter of Interest. ALL LETTERS OF INTEREST SUBMITTED VIA E-MAIL MUST USE THIS TEMPLATE. Please note that the template requires Microsoft Word.
Download Letter of Interest Cover Page and Instructions (rename the file and save it to your hard drive)