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Building self-reliance in children and youth
Grantmaking Guidelines The Foundation’s main focus areas are:
Programs should focus on giving youth in need the skills necessary to become physically and mentally healthy, educated, and able to access resources within themselves and within their communities. The foundation prioritizes organizations that employ sound youth development practices in their work. GGS Foundation does not make grants to individuals, endowments, events, annual appeals, videos, medical research, capital campaigns, and conferences. The foundation only supports non-sectarian programs. Application Procedure The Board meets two times each year (spring and fall) to make grants. The Foundation will accept proposals for the April 2010 meeting from Monday, January 11 through Monday, January 25, 2010. The Foundation encourages submission of proposals and attachments by email. For those submitting by email, the proposal and required attachments should be emailed in PDF format only. Please send your proposal to Fiona Barrett at fbarrett@pfs-llc.net. If you do not receive an email within 24 hours confirming that your proposal has been received, please contact Fiona at (415) 561-6540 x221. Please note that you do not need to provide paper copies if you submit your proposal by email. The Foundation will also accept a proposal submitted by mail as long as it is postmarked on or before January 25, 2010. To ensure that the Foundation is able to support a broad spectrum of organizations, the Board prefers that two full years elapse between grants. Proposals should be for a specific amount. Proposals must include the following:
The GGS 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.
Receipt of proposals will be acknowledged with a written response within a reasonable period of time. Should additional information be required, applicants will be contacted. Contact Information Please direct all questions and proposals to:
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