REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Each year, the Amarillo Area Foundation and its supporting organization, The Don and Sybil Harrington Foundation, consider grant requests from charitable organizations located within the northernmost 26 counties of Texas. The application process is competitive and charitable organizations located within the Texas Panhandle are encouraged to apply. (Individuals and non-charitable agencies are not eligible to apply for funding.) Grant applications are considered by the Amarillo Area Foundation and its supporting organization, The Don and Sybil Harrington Foundation, via a single application. The Harrington Foundation does not receive grant requests directly from nonprofit organizations.
The Amarillo Area Foundation and The Don and Sybil Harrington Foundation have limited Discretionary Grant funds that remain unallocated for 2016. Nonprofits with moderate grant requests (not to exceed $50,000) are encouraged to apply. Due to the shortened grant cycle, please contact Kathie Grant, Grants Administrator (376.4521 or kathie@aaf-hf.org) if your organization plans to apply.
In addition, the newly formed Catalyst Grant program, which provides grant awards from $2,500 to $20,000 for programs and projects that fall within the Foundation focus areas, is also accepting applications. (Please note, organizations who seek grant funding in excess of $20,000 will continue to utilize the Discretionary Grant application.) There is a special focus in the Catalyst Grant program on capacity building and general operating requests.
An organization may only submit a grant application to the Amarillo Area Foundation once per twelve-month period and must choose to submit either a Catalyst Grant application or a Discretionary Grant application. In addition, any reporting requirements of a previous Foundation grant must be fulfilled before an organization is eligible to apply. Visit www.amarilloareafoundation.org/grants and click on ‘Foundation Grant Programs’ for guidelines and priorities. The deadline for both programs is October 24, 2016, at 12:00 noon. Decisions for funding will be made in early December 2016.
Applications must be submitted through the online portal aaf.spectrumportal.net. Please click on the ‘Application’ page of the grants page to get more information about the Spectrum Portal and the application process. Upon submission, applications and accompanying materials become the property of the Foundation and are used as deemed appropriate. These materials may be reviewed with others as part of the assessment process. Information may also be shared with other foundations and funding sources that call for information about community projects.
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The Amarillo Area Foundation is a community foundation that serves the northernmost 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle. The mission of the Foundation is to improve the quality of life for residents in the Texas Panhandle. Since inception in 1957, the Foundation has provided grants and other services to strengthen nonprofit organizations and the services they deliver.
