Grant Application

Cover Page

1. Date of application:

2. Name of organization:

(Please include both the official Turkish name and its English equivalent)

3. Address of organization:

4. Telephone number:  

5. Fax number:

6. Web site:

7. E-mail:

8. Executive Director:

9. Contact person and title (if not executive director):

10. Grant request: $

11. Total organizational budget (for current year): $

12. Dates covered by current year's budget (mo/day/year):   

13. Total educational support program budget (for current year): $

14. Dates covered by the educational support program budget (mo/day/year):  

 

 

Proposal

I. SUMMARY : One-half page maximum

Please summarize in a short paragraph the purpose of your agency, the purpose of the educational support program for which you are requesting this grant, and the outcomes you hope to achieve.

 

II. NARRATIVE : Five pages maximum

A. Background -- please address the following:

1. A brief description of your organization's history and mission.

2. The need that your organization works to address and the population that you serve.

3. Current programs and past accomplishments.

4. Number of paid full-time staff; number of paid part-time staff; number of volunteers.

5. Your organization's relationships -- both formal and informal -- with other similar organizations.

6. Contingency plans in case your organization needed to dissolve (i.e. where would your funds be transferred?).

 

B. Funding Request --please address the following:

1. The educational support program's primary purpose and the population targeted.

2. The selection criteria and requirements for grant recipients. Please specifically address how the program will provide equal opportunities to boys and girls.  

3. The process for the selection and administration of the grants, including time frame.

4. The number of educational support programs funded to date and any available outcomes, e.g. the number of grant recipient schools and number of students who benefited from the programs.

5. The staff member(s) responsible for administering the educational support program. Please provide names and titles here and include their brief bios in the "key staff" attachment (C10).  

6. Cost of each educational support item and the number of schools that will be funded by the requested grant amount. Please specify the amount granted to the recipient schools and any administrative expenses.

7. Please explain how you would use any additional funds if a larger grant amount than requested were available from the Bridges of Hope Project.

 

C. Evaluation

Please explain how you measure the effectiveness of your educational support program. Please describe your process to track grant recipients' progress and report back to funders (BOHP) (including periodic progress reports or semiannual reports, whichever period is shorter). It is expected that your organization submits a completion report each calendar year with any supporting supplemental information/documentation including, photographs, report cards, correspondence, evaluation of students' performance through teacher testimonials...etc). It is expected that copies of wire transfer documentation, checks disbursed are maintained and provided to the funders (BOHP) on a yearly basis. Failure to provide BOHP a written final annual report describing the manner in which the funds have been disbursed in accordance with this agreement, will result in BOHP to withhold and/or recover any such funds in case such funds are, or appear to be, misused.

 

III. ATTACHMENTS

A. Financial Information -- please include the following for the agency and the educational program

1. Your most recent financial statements (including income statement and balance sheet), audited if available. The statements should reflect actual expenditures and funds received during your most recent fiscal year.

2. Percentages of your expenses that were allocated for fundraising, programming and administration for your most recent fiscal year.

3. Percentages of your revenues by source (i.e. foundations, corporations, individuals, etc.) for your most recent fiscal year.

4. Operating expense budget for the current fiscal year.

5. A list of foundation, corporate, and other types of grants received, with amounts, during your current and most recent fiscal years. Please include major individual donors.

6. A list of all pending requests to foundations, corporations, and other sources of support.

 

B. BOARD GOVERNANCE:

7. A list of your Board of Directors, with their professional affiliations. Please indicate the Board Chair.

8. A schedule of board meetings for the last twelve months, including for each meeting the number of board members
   attending out of total.

9. Provide the amount contributed annually by board members and the percentage of board members who contributed
   financially during the last fiscal year.

 

C. OTHER:

10. One-paragraph bios of key staff

11. Copy of official government registration. Please include your Resmi Gazete announcement. .

12. Copy of your organization's basic governing documents (i.e. bylaws, constitution, articles of incorporation, etc.)   

13. No more than three examples of recent articles/studies about, or evaluations of, your organization, if available.

14. Most recent annual report, if available.

 

SIGNED AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY OF

 

_________________________

_________________________
Name / Title

 

 

SIGNED and ACCEPTED
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORIES OF
BRIDGES OF HOPE PROJECT, INC.

 

________________        ________________         ________________
Cigdem A. Acar                    Mehmet Uca                           Huseyin Unver
President                             Secretary                               Treasurer

 

 

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