Eligibility and Restrictions

Eligibility

• Nonprofit status or:
  • Government Agency, or
  • Community Group w/ fiscal agent, or
  • Public Agency, or
  • Educational Institution
• Services/programs provided in one or more of the geographic areas of Fresno, Madera, Tulare, Merced, Mariposa and Kings Counties.
• Financial Health measured by:
  
  • IRS 990, and
  • Internal audits for budgets less than 300K, and
  • External audits for budgets more than $300K, and
  • Operational budget for organization
  • Board composition should reflect diverse composition of experiences and backgrounds.
  • Minimum of five board members.

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Restrictions

Fresno Regional Foundation will not consider grant requests for the following:

• Previously incurred expenses
• Fundraising by one agency on behalf of another
• Endowments
• Institutions limiting their services to persons of a single religious sect or denomination
• Individuals

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Follow-up and reporting requirements

Please review the final report form requirements carefully when applying. Organizations must be prepared to comply with all reporting requirements at the end of the grant period. Additionally, you will be asked to provide electronic copies of press releases and/or media contacts resulting from the grant award. Failure to submit the final report may disqualify the grantee from future funding requests.

Grantee site visits may be conducted by the program officer and/or a board member of the Foundation during the term of the grant.

If you have any further questions please, contact Program Officers.

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Grantmaking Deadlines

Important Considerations

Application deadlines are strictly enforced. To avoid any Internet-related problems that might disqualify your application, please contact the Fresno Regional Foundation if you have any questions or encounter a problem while completing your organization's profile or grant application.

Getting Started

Update OPF Create OPFCreate Grant App

How to Add/Edit your OPF

1. I have never applied to the Fresno Regional Foundation, what should I do first?

2. What Should I expect when completing an OPF?

3. How do I name my attachments?

4. How do I update my OPF?

5. How large can my attachments be?

How to Add a grant Application

1. Does FRF have a list of grant request types that are ineligible to apply?

2. Grant Application Budget

3. Is my Organization Eligible to Apply?

4. What is my profile number?

how to Add/Edit a Final Report

1. What should I expect when completing a grant application?

2. What is my profile number?

3. What should I expect when completing my grant report?

Getting Started with the Cultural Data Project (CDP) Report

1. About the Cultural Data Project (CDP)

2. Getting Started with the CDP

3. When to complete your CDP?

4. If my organization is not an Arts and Culture Organization, do I still need to fill out a CDP Report?

5. Does the CDP Provide training?

6. How do I contact the California Cultural Data Project?