The Cummings Fund will consider up to TWO different grant requests at any given time from any one applicant organization.

Organizations submitting one grant request should limit it to seven pages in length. Organizations submitting two grant requests should present them in one combined proposal limited to ten pages in length. The organization's submission should include a cover letter, a brief executive summary covering the one or two projects, and a separate description of the one or two projects which includes the following information:

• Specific amount requested;

• Population to be served, an indication of how they will be selected, the number involved, and how they will benefit from the project;

• Specific and measurable goals of the project which the organization hopes to meet at the conclusion of the grant period and how the results will be evaluated;

• An indication of the relevance of this project to both present objectives of the applicant's organization and to its future plans;

• An indication of plans to secure future funding for the program

• A full, itemized project budget which reflects the portion(s) of the budget being requested from The Cummings Fund; and

• A job description if the request is to support a new staff position, and a resume if the position has recently been filled.

All applicants should please submit four sets of the grant proposal as outlined above, collated with the following attachments:

• Organization's operating budget;

• Listing of other prospective funders receiving the same grant request(s), the amounts requested, and the status;

• Listing of additional sources of funding for the project(s) and the amount of support from each source; and

• Organization's most recent audited financial statements.

Additionally, an organization must please submit one copy each of its 501(c)(3) determination letter and most recent Form 990.

NOTE: Proposals should be paginated and then clipped or stapled together, NOT permanently bound. Please mail or messenger proposals so as to arrive on or before the submission deadline. When a submission deadline falls on a weekend, proposals may be submitted by 5:00 P.M. on the following Monday. FAXED and e-mailed proposals will not be accepted.