Fiscal Year 2025 Grants will be due April 11, 2024

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Beginning at 9am on October 7, 2024, you may log on to the Grant Application Portal to submit your application by clicking on the Application button located in the top right-hand corner of this page. Please make a note of your password as you will need it to re-enter the portal.

We recommend writing your narrative answers into a word document and then copy & pasting them into the grant portal when you are ready to submit your application. This is the best way to avoid loss of any data. You may save your answers directly in the grant portal and return to finish later, however, you must select “save” on your application portal page before exiting. Unsaved applications cannot be retrieved. You may return to your application to add information as often as you like before submitting your application.

  • For narrative answers, use a Word document and cut-and-paste text into the application.
  • Do not use formatting like bullets, bold, or highlights, as they will not translate to the application.
  • Answer all questions and upload the required documents or the system will not allow you to submit your application.
  • When you successfully submit your application, you will receive an email acknowledgement with a copy of your application. Contact the Trust office if you do not receive this email.
  • Please monitor the mailbox of the email used as the application contact (including checking the junk email box).  Charitable Trust staff cannot accommodate missed award timelines due to the applicant not seeing the award email in time.

Documents that you will need to upload into your application (PDF Format):

  1. Copy of your Business Plan (Note: You may apply without submitting a business plan, however, if awarded, The Trust will require a copy of your business plan within 60 days of award notification.)
  2. Preferred Property Address
  3. Current fiscal year (or calendar year) budget vs. actuals
  4. Previous completed year-end budget vs. actuals
  5. Program Budget – Download the budget template, complete, then upload it in the space provided.
  6. Most recent Audit, 990, or related federal tax return filing


For assistance contact Christie Burnett: cburnett@charlesnonprofits.org

GRANT APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS

Project Restore 2.0 Grants are awarded through a competitive process. Charitable Trust and Economic Development Department Staff review each application and supporting documentation to ensure its completeness, eligibility, and assess the project description and budget.  Applications are then reviewed by a panel composed of select Charitable Trust’s Board of Directors and committee members. After all grant applications are reviewed and scored by the panel, the panel will finalize grant awards. Awards will be announced no later than December 1, 2024. After award notification, grantees have 60 days to return requested documentation to The Trust. If requested documentation is not received in time or an applicant is unable to fulfil the requirements of the grant program, the grant funds may be awarded to the next eligible applicant on the wait list.

Consideration for grant awards includes, but is not limited to:

  • Property Address must be one of the Priority Addresses listed on the application or another address that is located within the “sustainable communities” areas on the DHCD’s map
  • Submitted Project Budget is achievable with available funding and resources
  • Proposed project is clearly stated, including purpose, needs, and how funding will be spent
  • Business/organization’s financial stability and projected sustainability after the grant period