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Mission
The Early Childhood Alliance engages, educates, and supports members, children, parents, and the community-at-large to prioritize accessible, excellent, and equitable outcomes for children in the Wasatch Back from the prenatal stage through age three. For more information, visit www.earlychildhoodalliance.net.
Funding Opportunities
We are seeking proposals from organizations and individuals who wish to serve children and their families in the Wasatch Back from the pre-natal period through age three.
Grants will be available in amounts between $1,000 and $25,000, depending on the scope and timeframe of the awarded project.
These funds must be used to further one or more of the following strategic priorities:
Grant applications may be submitted between August 22, 2022 and September 16, 2022. Applicants will be notified of award decisions no later than September 30.
Proposal Requirements
Steering Committee
The Early Childhood Alliance Steering Committee evaluates grant proposals for final review and approval. View the 2022 Early Childhood Alliance Steering Committee >>
Staff
Early Childhood Alliance and Community Foundation staff process and prepare grant applications for review by the Steering Committee. They serve and assist the Steering Committee, but do not vote on grant awards. After grants are awarded, staff, committee members, and/or donors will participate in the grantee reporting process (see reporting requirements below).
Eligibility
Park City Community Foundation will consider grant applications from organizations meeting all the following eligibility requirements:
Restrictions
Grants will not be awarded for:
debt reductions or retiring past operating deficits
sponsorships, dinners, or one-time events
fellowships or other grants to individuals
loans
litigation
political campaigns
endowment funds
graduate and post-graduate research
purposes that further political or religious doctrine
Community Foundation’s Grantmaking Due Diligence Policy
The Community Foundation will not make grants to organizations known to support, or who engage in activities, or who publish language that incites or engages in violence, intimidation, harassment, threats, or defamation targeting an individual or group based on their actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or physical or mental ability. These activities are contrary to Community Foundation’s mission and its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Review Criteria
Once applications are screened per the Eligibility, Restrictions and Grantmaking Due Diligence Policy, the Steering Committee will use the following 4 criteria to review applications. These criteria are not exclusive, and the committee reserves the right to use its own best judgment when making final grant awards.
Application Information May be Shared with the Public
Select information from applications may be shared. Any organization not wishing to have their information shared should contact minda@parkcitycf.org to request that their information not be shared.
Reporting Requirements
In lieu of a written grantee report, grantees will give an informal presentation during a quarterly membership meeting, scheduled by the Early Childhood Alliance.
Publicity Guidelines
As a recipient of a grant from Early Childhood Alliance, it is important to the Alliance, our donors, and the community that the grantee publicize and recognize the philanthropic support that a grantee receives. Early Childhood Alliance requires the following of grant recipients:
How to Apply
Apply online beginning August 22, 2022 at https://www.grantinterface.com/Process/Apply?urlkey=parkcitycf
Only applications received through our online application system will be considered. Please do not submit applications via email or in hard copy.
For technical questions or issues with the grants management system, including first time login assistance, feel reach out to Minda Boland (minda@parkcitycf.org).