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(pronounced "bo-THEEN")
The Bothin Foundation (pronounced "bo-THEEN") was established by Henry E. Bothin, his wife, Ellen Chabot Bothin, and daughter, Genevieve Bothin de Limur, and incorporated as a private foundation in the State of California in 1917.
Guidelines
updated February 6, 2012
The Bothin Foundation makes capital grants to organizations providing direct services to disadvantaged children, youth and families, and the disabled. Grants are made exclusively to organizations in San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, and San Mateo Counties.
The foundation will consider requests from environmental and arts organizations to the extent to which they serve the foundation’s target population.
Examples of capital grants include building, vehicle, technology (The foundation will not consider the same IT request from the same organization more than once,) and equipment needs. Priority is given to durable capital investments that directly and positively impact clients.
All proposed projects should be completed within 12 months; priority is given to projects that have an immediate need and are time sensitive.
The foundation will only consider grant applications from the same organization after three full years have elapsed since the funded proposal was received.
Grants are not made to individuals, endowment
drives, events, general operating expenses, annual appeals, videos,
medical research, scholarships, religious organizations (other than
for non-sectarian programs), or schools, except those that specifically
serve the learning disabled.
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Board of Directors
Lyman H. Casey, President
A. Michael Casey, Vice President & Treasurer
Devon Laycox, Vice President
Katherine Joiner
Pamela McCosker
Christian Miller
Laura King Pfaff
Paul Sussman
Herb Tully
Application Procedure
updated March 12, 2012
The Board meets three times each year (winter, summer, fall) to make grants. The foundation will accept proposals for the fall 2012 meeting from Monday, July 16, 2012 through Friday, July 20, 2012, 11:59 PM. Proposals must be emailed or postmarked by the final date of the submission period.
Email Submissions
The Foundation strongly encourages the submission of proposals and attachments
by email. For those submitting by email, the proposal and required attachments
should be emailed in PDF format only, with the exception
of the Funder
Worksheet (see proposal requirements below). The foundation prefers
to receive one pdf file that includes all proposal requirements. However,
if you plan to include audited financial statements, please do so as
a separate pdf attachment.
Please send your proposal to submissions@bothinfoundation.org.
If you do not receive an email response within 2-3 business days confirming that your proposal has been received, please contact Sunnie Kaufmann-Paulman, Program Coordinator at (415) 561-6540 ext. 222.
Please do not submit a paper
copy of your proposal if you have submitted by email.
Submissions by Mail
The Foundation will also accept a proposal submitted by mail as long
as it is postmarked between July 16 and July 20, 2012.
The Bothin Foundation is committed to minimizing its impact on the environment. Please clasp the proposal materials with a single binder clip; do not use staples. Do not send audio-visual materials, binders, folders, or pamphlets unless requested. Please do not provide a copy of your proposal via email if you choose to mail a hard copy.
Proposal Requirements
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Cover letter (not more than one page)
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On organization letterhead with address and phone number
- Include primary contact information
- Include a brief summary of the capital project for which you are seeking support and amount requested
- List of attachments (see below)
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Proposal narrative (not to exceed five pages)
- Concise description of the organization
- Relevant history
- Mission
- Geography and populations served
- Overview of programs
- Description of the capital project for
which you are seeking support
- Need
- Purpose, goals
- Timeline
- Concise description of the organization
Attachments
- Organization financial statement for the most recently completed year
- Organizational budget for the present year, including proposed and secured funding
- Budget for the project for which you are seeking support, including secured and projected sources of funding
- If the budget for the project you are proposing exceeds the amount you are requesting from the Bothin Foundation, please complete the Funder Worksheet. List all other funding sources you have secured or plan to seek for the proposed request. Please send this document as a Word document, not a PDF.
- Vehicle requests must include the Vehicle Grant Application Questionnaire
- Requests for computers must include the Technology Grant Application Questionnaire
- List of the Board of Directors, with affiliations
- Copy of the agency's IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt determination letter
Grant Report Requirements
Reports should be submitted upon completion of the project, but no later than twelve months after the receipt of grant funds. Submit a complete written report on the use of the grant funds, including copies of all pertinent invoices/receipts to Sunnie Kaufmann-Paulman, Program Coordinator at skaufmann@pfs-llc.net.
Contact Information
(415) 561-6540 ext. 206
hmelendez@pfs-llc.net
(415) 561-6540 ext. 222
skaufmann@pfs-llc.net
The Bothin Foundation
1660 Bush Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, California 94109
(415) 561-6540
(415) 561-6477 (FAX)
www.bothinfoundation.org