Trail Volunteer Fund
Grant Application
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Please write a brief -- no more than a page or two -- proposal that addresses the points in the "Content of Application" section and email it to proposals [at] they-working.org. If it is not practical to send your proposal electronically, you may mail it to Trail Volunteer Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation, Five PPG Place, Suite 250, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-5414.
Deadlines: March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1. For 2008 we will have an extra review cycle with a deadline of May 15.
If the proposal is selected, it will be provisionally accepted and we will then request documentation of tax-exempt status and insurance as described in the description of the application and decision process.
Your application should include the following information. This should be brief and to the point -- no more than a page or two. You are welcome to attach design or planning documents that you have already prepared, but please do not create new design documents just for this grant application. To help organize your thoughts a Microsoft Word template is available.
Who Are You? Your name and contact information (postal mail, email, phone), your sponsoring organization (it must be tax-exempt), and your relation to that organization.
Where is the Project? What trail is the project on, and where on the trail will the project be?
What is the Project? Briefly, what are you planning to do, and how will it benefit the trail system? If your sponsoring organization is not the same as the organization that manages the trail, you'll need to show that the trail manager will accept the project.
What Are You Asking the Fund to Provide? Be specific about what you're asking the Fund to support, and if this is part of a larger project explain how that fits into the overall project. Give an approximate budget for the project that shows what you're asking the Fund to provide and any other funds you're planning on.
What Will Volunteers Do? Be clear about how much volunteer effort will be involved, compared to the materials you are asking the Fund to provide.
When will the project begin/end? When do you expect to begin the project and how long (calendar time) it will take.
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