AMAZING GRACE EVENT SPONSORSHIP APPLICATION
FALL - 2023
Our heart behind our Amazing Grace Event Sponsorship Awards is very simple: we want to help fund your event to increase the AMAZING impact your organization is already having! This application is open year-round because we know nonprofit organizations are having events throughout the year. Who should apply? If you are a onetime per week event operating under another organization and DBA “The name on the T-shirt you wear” this request form is FOR YOU! Serving homeless people sandwiches with donated or purchased food one time per week is a WORTHY MISSION AND HOPE AND GRACE FOUNDATION WANTS TO SPONSOR THIS EVENT OR EVENTS LIKE IT! Wondering if this award is a good fit for an upcoming event your organization is having? Email us your questions: hopeandgracefoundation4u@gmail.com
AMAZING GRACE EVENT SPONSORSHIP REQUIREMENTS
Must meet the Hope and Grace Foundation criteria being tax exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) and that qualify as public charities under Section 509 (a)(1), (2), or (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Population you serve (must pick at least one)
Human Trafficking Survivors and Safety for Victims
Orphans and Family Foster Care
Children and At-Risk Youth Supportive Services
Family outreach and intervention
Maternity Care
Veterans
Single Parents
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Able to submit the following materials via email or certified mail with your Amazing Grace Event Sponsorship Application:
Organization’s current 990 tax return
Copy of IRS letter approving your 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt status and/or qualify as public charities under Section 509 (a)(1), (2), or (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Organization Operating Budget
Audited OR Reviewed OR Complication of Financial Statements for the most recent two years. Statements to include a Balance Sheet and an income statement or Profit and Loss Statement. OR 2 years of bank statements signed by Board Treasurer or Executive Director of organization.
Please include a Governing Board Member Contact List with names, email addresses, contact phone numbers and mailing/physical addresses.
Please include a letter of support from any collaborations that you are engaged with or will engage with for the program/project Amazing Grace Event Sponsorship Application funds would be supporting.
Other supporting materials or information relevant to your request for funding.
WHAT WE DO NOT FUND
multi-year requests
endowment funds
individuals
scholarships
national organizations or statewide or regional branches of national organizations
political organizations
lobby legislation or influence public elections
travel expenses
mass mailing appeals
sports teams or golf tournaments
organizations with less than two years of direct service to the community
organizations that discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state, or local law
general animal and environmental programs, except for educational outreach programs
QUARTERLY TIMELINE FOR AMAZING GRACE EVENT SPONSORSHIP APPLICATIONS
1st Quarter Applications Open and Deadline to submit
Fall-2024
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1st Quarter Recipients Announced
Fall-2024
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2nd Quarter Applications Open and Deadline to Submit
Winter -2025
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2nd Quarter Recipients Announced
Winter -2025
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3rd Quarter Applications Open and Deadline to Submit
Spring -2025
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3rd Quarter Recipients Announced
Spring -2025
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4th Quarter Applications Open and Deadline to Submit
Summer - 2025
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4th Quarter Recipients Announced
Summer - 2025