FAQ

Our grant applications process requires you to set up an account and apply on-line. You can stop, save and return to your account at any time to finish the process. Our grant database also keeps all of your historical grant information as a helpful resource.

Please contact the foundation office to assist and reset your password. Please do not create a new duplicate organization account.

Our foundation office will be happy to assist, please email the updates. In order to add new contacts we will need their email address, title, phone number and address.

Please contact our foundation office and we will advise.

No, we only award to nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations.

No, access codes must be pre-approved.  The access code allows you to skip the eligibility quiz and go directly to the appropriate foundations application. An access code is not required for a LOI submittal.

No, the one-time access code is only for that particular foundation and grant proposal.

Yes, if you pass the eligibility quiz for that foundation. The quiz will let you know which foundations you are eligible to apply to.

Generally, once a calendar year per organization, unless otherwise approved.

We review proposals on an ongoing basis. Please keep in mind that the entire grant process can take up to 3-4 months and we generally close new application submittals by mid-November.

You will receive an email notification either declining the LOI or inviting you to submit a full application.

Please contact our foundation office, we can provide feedback on the reasons for the decline to help determine if you should reapply the following year.

Once a LOI is approved by our foundations board, we will contact you to schedule a meeting or site visit, if requested by the board. We generally do not schedule meetings before a funding request is submitted.

Log back into our grant database and you will see the application on your dashboard. Select “Edit Application” to complete. Some of the questions were already answered on the LOI and they automatically transfer to the application.

Grant follow-up reports are assigned to your organizations contact who originally submitted the application. If that person is no longer at your organization, please contact our office via phone call or email to reassign the follow up report.

The six month and annual grant follow-up report must be submitted on-line for each grant request in order to complete the requirements. Any additional follow-ups after the final report can be emailed. You can access our grant database and the follow-up report by going to “Start Application” on our Apply Page.

Please contact our foundation office if you have been assigned an annual report and your 6 month report was submitted as complete.

In the event of any public recognition for this grant award, please thank the Gary Milgard Family, unless otherwise specified.