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(Page last updated December 15, 2011)

Annual Grant Reports
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*for previous years, please contact the office

Grantmaking Guidelines

Incorporated in 1991, the purpose of The Michelson Family Foundation is to promote healthy and successful outcomes for low-income, underserved children, youth, and adults. The Foundation supports public charities that serve Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Francisco counties, and the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota. The Foundation’s focus areas include:

Primary Focus Areas

  • Performing Arts Education Programs that expose children and youth to performing arts and link arts-based education with academic achievement.

  • Adult Residential Mental Health Programs that provide services to help clients regain independent living.
The board holds three distribution meetings per year, and all requests are answered with a written notice within a reasonable period of time.

General Guidelines

    1. Grants are not made to individuals, annual appeals, sectarian religious purposes, to cover deficits, or for conferences and events.
    2. Funding for endowments, capital campaigns, arts institutions, and other grants are made at the discretion of the board; proposals are not accepted for these purposes.
    3. Applications must be submitted within the periods listed. Receipt of applications will be acknowledged.
    4. Although the Foundation appreciates the time and effort that each organization spends in applying, not all requests can be funded, and all decisions are made at the discretion of the board.
    5. The Foundation may request to make a site visit to a program.
    6. Generally, multi-year grants are not made, but subsequent requests may be considered.
    7. If your organization is not seeking consecutive year funding, a Grant Report Form must be submitted at the end of your grant period (one year from receipt of grant).
    8. Only one grant will be made to the same organization in a 12 month period.

Submission Deadlines and Application Review Dates

Board Meeting Date Proposal/Renewal Submission Dates  
March 2012 January 2nd – January 6th
(Submission by invitation only; unsolicited proposals will not be accepted.)

Application Procedure
updated December 15, 2011

**PLEASE NOTE: The Michelson Family Foundation is currently transitioning to an online application format. Please carefully review the information listed below before submitting a grant request.**

Grant Renewal Requests
The foundation does not generally make multi-year grants, but subsequent requests may be considered. The foundation will solicit requests for renewal funding from select organizations that have received previous support. A Grant Renewal Form is required and should be submitted in lieu of a final Grant Report Form. If your organization has been invited to submit a renewal request, please click on the following:
I'd like to submit a Grant Renewal Request.

Full Proposals
The foundation may invite full proposals from organizations that are not eligible to submit a renewal request (see above). Applicants should submit a brief proposal for a specific amount. If your organization has been invited to submit a full proposal, please click on the following:
I’d like to submit a Full Proposal.

Grant Report Requirements

If your organization is not seeking consecutive year funding, a Grant Report Form must be submitted at the end of your grant period (one year from receipt of grant).

Board of Directors

Ellen A. Michelson - President
Michael W. Michelson - Vice-President
Laura Merriam - Secretary

Contact Information

Hector Melendez, Executive Director (hmelendez@pfs-llc.net)

THE MICHELSON FAMILY FOUNDATION
1660 Bush Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, California 94109

(415) 561-6540
(415) 561-6477 (FAX)
www.michelsonfamilyfoundation.org

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