The strongest applicants will:
- Introduce a highly innovative, well-planned and scaleable model for tackling issues related to poverty;
- Incorporate principles of social justice;
- Have the potential to demonstrate measurable results;
- Boast a professional leadership team with the appropriate experience and expertise to enable the organization and its programs to succeed; and
- Have a Board with a strong contribution record.
- Organizations with with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or less are eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be recognized or pending as a non-profit organization under section 501c3 of the US tax code. Current VPF members are not eligible to apply for VPF grants.
VPF Does Not Fund: - Unaffiliated individuals
- Film or media projects
- Publications
Scholarships, capital projects, or endowments - Hospitals and medical facilities
- Political parties and/or their related activities
- Governmental organizations and agencies
- Sectarian entities (religious, political or ideological in nature) whose services are limited to a particular sect or who require recipients to adhere to a specific dogma, political point of view or religious practice in order to receive services
- Intermediary funding agencies.
There is a Pre-Application Questionaire you must complete. This exercise is intended to help you better understand VPF interests and values, as well as offering the opportunity for meaningful self reflection to determine whether VPF funding is a good fit for your organization. Please click here to review the questionaire.
Deadline: September 7, 2009. For more information and details please visit their web site.
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