Grantmaking Guidelines

Deadline for receipt of grant proposals from nonprofit organizations:

12:00 P.M. Friday, August 1, 2008

Proposals must be received in our office by on this date & time.

Please telephone our office prior to submitting a formal proposal.

The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley provides grants

 in the following designated charitable categories:

Education, Social Services, Health Care,

the Arts and Humanities

Please refer to our annual reports for a listing of

grants awarded during the past several years.

• Grants are made to non-profit agencies located in the Foundation's service area which includes the Greater Aurora Area, the TriCities and Kendall County in the State of Illinois.

• In general, grants shall be made for capital purposes only, not for operating expenses.

• Evidence of 501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(A) tax status must be submitted with all applications.  Lack of such status is rare among applicants.

• Preference will be given to requests that demonstrate the most urgent and immediate need for funding.

• Grants are ordinarily made for one year only.

• The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley rarely provides the entire support of a project.

• Grants are not generally available for those agencies and institutions that are funded primarily through tax support.

The above information is just a sampling of the Foundation's

Grantmaking Guidelines and Application Procedures brochure. 

To request a copy of this publication, please contact the Foundation

at (630) 896-7800 or email to grant@CommunityFoundationFRV.org.

Grant applications are reviewed semi-annually.