PRIDE FOUNDATION/BLACK HILLS GRANTING CYCLE
2009 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Pride Foundation inspires a culture of generosity that connects and strengthens Northwest organizations, leaders,
and students who are creating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer equality. Pride Foundation grants
fund a wide range of projects in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.
In keeping with this mission, Pride Foundation is pleased to announce its 2009 Pride Foundation/Black
Hills Granting Cycle, during which we anticipate granting $18,000. Pride Foundation will strive to balance
funds awarded to projects in: arts and recreation; education, advocacy and outreach; health and community
services; HIV/AIDS; lesbian health; and youth and family.
Pride Foundation/Black Hills grants are for organizations with projects based within Grays Harbor,
Lewis, Mason, Pacific and/or Thurston Counties in Washington.
Maximum Grant Award: $5,000.
 Completed original applications, plus 11 copies, must be postmarked in a single envelope no later
than Friday, September 25. An application is attached.
 Additional instructions listing the specific requirements of the Pride Foundation are provided.
Please read the instructions carefully before you begin.
 Granting decisions will be finalized by Friday, November 20, 2009.
PLEASE NOTE: Organizations with projects based in Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific and/or Thurston
Counties in Washington will apply for funding only through Pride Foundation/Black Hills and will no longer
apply for funding through Pride Foundation Northwest funding. Pride Foundation is transitioning its granting
model to allow local community members to make most Pride Foundation granting decisions. A Black Hills
grants review committee will be convened. Please see the website for more information:
www.pridefoundation.org. Or please contact Jeff Hedgepeth, Grants Program Director, at (206) 323-3318, toll
free (800) 735-7287 or by email at [email protected].
Thank you for the work you do to build a stronger community for us all.
PRIDE FOUNDATION/BLACK HILLS 2009 GRANTING CYCLE
General Eligibility Requirements for Funding
An organization must have 501(c)3 non-profit tax status or be affiliated with an organization that has 501(c)3 tax status that
will assume fiscal responsibility for all funds received and expended. Grants to individuals cannot be considered.
 Projects or programs must directly benefit the lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual community, people affected by
HIV/AIDS; and/or their friends and families.
 Pride Foundation/Black Hills grants are for organizations with projects based within Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason,
Pacific and/or Thurston Counties in Washington.
What We Fund
Project or Program Support will be considered for projects/programs that target lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender
people, and/or their families and friends.
General Operating Support will be considered for those organizations that target services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or
transgender people, with an emphasis on small grassroots organizations.
Maximum Grant Award: $5,000
Other Information You Should Know
Pride Foundation maintains a commitment to funding:
 In a wide range of programmatic areas including arts and recreation; education, advocacy and outreach; health and
community services; HIV/AIDS; lesbian health; and youth and family.
 Projects serving communities of color are especially encouraged.
Pride Foundation/Black Hills grants are not meant to convey a commitment to ongoing funding. A grant in one year does
not make it any more likely that an agency will be funded in the future.
Organizations can apply for only one Pride Foundation/Black Hills grant per cycle.
Organizations that are selected for funding must submit a written follow-up report at the completion of the project, but no
later than 9 months from the date of the award, unless an alternate date has been arranged. Reports must be submitted
prior to being considered for a future grant from Pride Foundation/Black Hills.
Organizations applying for projects based within Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific and/or Thurston Counties in
Washington will only be funded through Pride Foundation/Black Hills.
Application Instructions—Please Read and Follow these Guidelines
1. Complete the attached application and a project narrative that answers the seven questions on the form, using a
typewriter or computer. Feel free to reproduce the application form on your computer, or download it from the Pride
Foundation web site: www.pridefoundation.org. Illegible and/or incomplete applications will not be considered.
2. Please use staples only. Do not use binders or clips. Put the page titled ‘Application For Funding (Side 1)’ on top.
3. Provide the required attachments listed on the application form.
4. Do not send a cover letter or letters of reference. They are not forwarded to the grant review team.
5. Read and sign the certification/non-discrimination policy statement.
6. If it exists, include instructions for obtaining an electronic copy of your logo. It will be used in our With Pride
newsletter if we fund your application.
7. The signed original of the application form and all attachments, collated, plus eleven copies - a total of 12 must be postmarked by Friday, September 25, 2009 and sent to the following mailing address: Pride Foundation,
1122 East Pike Street, PMB 1001, Seattle, WA 98122-3934. Late or faxed applications will not be considered.
PRIDE FOUNDATION/BLACK HILLS GRANTING CYCLE
2009 APPLICATION FOR FUNDING (Side 1—Put on Top of the Application Packet)
ORGANIZATION NAME: ___________________________________________________________
PROPOSAL TITLE: _______________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________________
CITY/STATE/ZIP: ________________________________________
CONTACT: ________________________ PHONE: (days)
E-MAIL: _____________________________
COUNTY_____________
______________ (eves.) ____________
WEB PAGE: _______________________
IF YOU HAVE 501(C) 3 STATUS WHAT IS YOUR FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN)? _______________
IF NO, WHO IS YOUR 501(C) 3 FISCAL SPONSOR (INCLUDE THEIR EIN)? _________________________________
BEST WAY TO CONTACT BETWEEN OCTOBER 22 AND NOVEMBER 4 SHOULD THE COMMITTEE HAVE
FURTHER QUESTIONS:________________________________________________________
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $_________________ TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET: $______________
TOTAL CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL BUDGET: $_______________________
PROPOSAL FOCUS (Indicate primary focus with “1” and check “” all others that apply):
______ Arts/Recreation
______ Education/Advocacy/Outreach
______ HIV/AIDS
______ Lesbian Health
______ Health/Community Services
______ Youth/Family
Gender of people currently served (Indicate primary focus with “1.” If project is inclusive, check “” all that apply):
____ Male
_____ Female
_____ Transgender
Ethnicity of people currently served (Indicate primary focus with “1.” If project is inclusive, check “” all that apply):
_____African-American _____ Asian-American _____ Caucasian _____ Latino/a
_____Native American/Alaska Native _____ Pacific Islander _____ Mixed Race _____Other
Project Narrative -- Questions to Answer:
Please answer each of the following questions in the order listed here on no more than four pages total (printed doublesided and single-spaced on two pieces of paper). Please use a 12-point font size or larger. Please leave at least one-inch
margins around the edge of each page. Hand written responses to these questions will not be accepted.
1. What will you do with the funds requested? Describe the project or service goals and activities, and who will be
served.
2. A) What impact will your project or service have on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or allied
community, or on people affected by HIV/AIDS? Describe the number of people you serve through your
programs and activities.
B) How will you know if you have succeeded?
3. What qualifies your organization to do this project or service? (For example: your mission, history, and the
expertise of staff, board or volunteers.)
4. What is your timeline for accomplishing the goals of your project or service?
5. How does your organization or project reflect or promote the diversity that exists within your community? (This
can be in regard to race, gender, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other category your
organization feels is important.) Describe your demographics. Do you intend to do outreach to groups not
currently being served, and if so how?
6. What else do you want us to know about your project, service or organization?
7. If your program/project isn’t funded, what will happen?
PRIDE FOUNDATION/BLACK HILLS GRANT APPLICATION FOR FUNDING (Side 2)
APPLICATION ATTACHMENTS (PLEASE CHECK EACH WHEN COMPLETED):
Budget Requirements: Budgets without revenue and expenses are not complete. The committee must be
able to compare the most recently completed actual revenue and expenses cycle to the current budget
showing revenue and expenses. If your completed actuals and your current budget are not on the same
fiscal or calendar cycle, provide a narrative or some other means to help the committee compare the two.
Project budgets, where applicable, must also show revenue and expenses for the project. If you have
questions about fiscal documents please contact the Grants Program Director.
 1. Organization’s actual revenue and expenses for your most recently completed fiscal or calendar year. If
you are affiliated with an agency acting as a fiscal sponsor, do not submit their financial information.
 2. Organization’s current fiscal year or calendar year budget showing expected revenue and expenses. If
you are affiliated with an agency acting as a fiscal sponsor, do not submit their budget. (Please note, if
your completed actuals and current budget are not on the same fiscal or calendar year cycle, provide
narrative or some other means to help the committee compare the two.)
 3. A budget of the project for which you are seeking funding. (Please itemize expected revenue and
expenses related to the project for which you are applying for funding.) This isn’t necessary if you are
seeking general operating funding.
 4. If the project for which you are applying is a collaboration with other agencies, please include letters
from each collaborating partner describing that agency’s involvement.
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 5. If it exists, include a disc or instructions for obtaining an electronic copy of your logo. It will be used in
our With Pride newsletter if we fund your application. If your organization doesn’t have a logo, check
here____________.
CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the information included in this application is true and correct.
Non-Discrimination Policy: I also certify that the applicant organization does not discriminate in regard to
race, color, gender, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, political ideology, age, creed, religion,
heritage, ancestry, national origin, or sensory, mental, or physical ability. [Organizations may target services to a
specific population when the targeted groups require specialized programs to meet specific needs not shared by
the general population. Additionally, an organization may provide targeted programs or services to redress
current or past discrimination against a group.]
If awarded funding from Pride Foundation, I certify that funds will be used solely for the purposes outlined in
the grant application and that the organization will obtain Pride Foundation approval if the project’s purpose,
timeline, or budget are significantly modified. If such approval is not given, the organization will return funds
to the Pride Foundation.
I also certify that the organization will acknowledge, wherever possible, the Pride Foundation’s support of the
project or program. If funded I also agree to submit a written follow-up report.
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Signature of Organizational Representative
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Title
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