Grant Distribution Guidelines
Our grant application period is closed.
If you have already registered with GuideStar, please review your agency's information, as we will use GuideStar as a primary research tool in determining agency eligibility. If you have not registered with GuideStar yet, please do so.
If you are a past grant recipient and have not already done so, you must fill out a Grant Report Form and return it to us before starting a new grant application. Please see Grant Reporting for more information.
Teichert Foundation will consider grant requests in the following categories:
- Culture and the arts
- Education
- Youth and elderly
- Environmental planning and preservation
- Transportation and planning
- Civic improvement and historical restoration
- Community and social services
- Rehabilitation and health service
The Foundation directors may also, from time to time, identify areas for special emphasis when emerging needs require extraordinary attention.
The geographic reach of the Foundation coincides generally with the areas in which Teichert Construction and Teichert Aggregates do business. The following counties are within the scope of Foundation granting activity: Sacramento, Yolo, North Solano, Yuba, Sutter, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, San Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Merced, Tuolumne, and Mariposa.
While deciding how much to grant to whom, the Foundation will give careful consideration to:
It is the Foundation's intent to make grants in the range of $3,000 to $7,500. The annual grants budget is $500,000.
- The number of people that will benefit from the project
- The number of local volunteers supporting the organization and the project
- The commitment and composition of the organization's Board of Directors or Board of Trustees
- The extent to which the applicant complements the services of other community organizations
- The organization's fiscal responsibility and management qualifications
- The ability of the organization to provide ongoing funding after the term of the grant
- The extent to which the program addresses underlying causes, rather than just symptoms of specific problems; and
- How well the organization plans to monitor and evaluate the results of the project
Grant requests for specific purposes are usually preferable to those for normal operating expenses.
Grants are generally made for one year only.
Teichert Foundation will not consider grants to the following types of organizations or for the following purposes:
- Religious organizations for explicit religious activities, as distinguished from social or educational activities
- Political organizations or political campaigns
- Fraternal organizations, societies, or orders
- Courtesy advertising or tickets for benefits
- Telephone solicitations
- National fundraising efforts
An agency funded by the Foundation must agree to submit a timely report on the use of the grant, based on its proposal. Please refer Grant Reporting for more information. The Foundation should be informed of any major changes in the program or staff.
It is the Foundation's intent to make grants in the range of $3,000 to $7,500. The annual grants budget is $500,000.
The deadlines for Fiscal Year 2010/2011 are:
Cycle One
eGRANT application period opens: January 4, 2010
eGRANT application period closes: February 26, 2010
Decisions announced: June 1, 2010
Cycle Two
eGRANT application period opens: July 1, 2010
eGRANT application period closes: August 27, 2010
Decisions announced: December 1, 2010
All applications must be submitted via eGRANT. Mailed, late, or incomplete applications will not be considered.
For further information, please contact:
Emily Begay, Program Associate
Teichert Foundation
PO Box 15002
Sacramento, CA 95851-1002
916-484-3255
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