<p> The Olympic Club Foundation</p><p>Grant Application Instructions The Olympic Club Foundation (OCF) supports and encourages participation by Bay Area youth in amateur athletics. Our mission is to financially support programs, which share our belief that participation in organized athletics enriches young lives and develops future community leaders.</p><p>The OCF supports a variety of organized youth athletic programs. The Foundation will consider the following requests for support up to $25,000 (please be aware our average grant size is $7,000): ● Youth athletic programs: program costs, uniforms, equipment, coaching staff, facility rentals, entrance fees, team travel costs, player fees for sports teams, etc. ● Development and renovation of athletic facilities ● Serving residents of at least one of the following Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, or Sonoma </p><p>The OCF does not fund: ● Organizations that have received funding in two consecutive of the last three years ● Unified school districts ● Proposal requests for administrative and operating costs ● Therapeutic athletic activities, academic programs, playgrounds, non-sports summer camps and nutrition programs</p><p>All applicants must complete the Grant Application. Please answer the questions in the narrative with paragraphs numbered to correspond with the questions. After your proposal is received, the Grants Coordinator will follow up if additional information is needed and to arrange a site visit.</p><p>In 2017 there will be two grant cycles to better accommodate our grantees. You may only apply to one grant cycle per year. See the grantmaking calendar below. Applications for matching or challenge grants are encouraged. All applications must be emailed as one file by 5:00 PM on the Application Due Date to Hilary Smith at [email protected].</p><p>Grant Cycle Application Due Grants Announced Checks Distributed Final Report Due</p><p>Cycle 1 02/28/17 06/01/17 07/01/17 06/01/18 Cycle 2 07/31/17 11/30/17 12/15/17 11/30/18</p><p>*Grant applications received after the Application Due Date will NOT automatically rollover to the next cycle. Applications must be re-submitted. The Olympic Club Foundation reserves the right to decline proposals that fail to supply full and accurate information.</p><p>Grant Application General Information 1. Name of Organization: </p><p>2. Check the grant cycle for which you are applying: ☐Cycle 1 ☐Cycle 2 </p><p>3. Tax EIN: </p><p>4. Address of Main Office:</p><p>5. Primary Contact Information Name: Title: Phone Number: E-mail Address: Website:</p><p>6. If this grant was prepared by someone other than the Primary Contact, please explain his/her relationship to the organization and include his/her contact information. Leave blank if this does not apply. Name: Title: Phone Number: Email Address:</p><p>7. Is organization qualified as tax exempt under IRC Section 501(c)(3)? ☐Yes ☐No</p><p>8. Has organization been designated by IRS as "not a private foundation" as defined in IRC Section 509(a) and 170(b)(1) (A)? ☐Yes ☐No</p><p>9. Have you received prior funding from The Olympic Club Foundation? ☐Yes ☐No If “yes”, please list year(s) and amount(s): </p><p>10. Amount requested for 2017: ______</p><p>11. For entire organization a. Program Costs $______% of budget______b. Fundraising Costs $______% of budget______c. Administrative Costs $______% of budget______</p><p>12. Are the organization's financial statements audited? ☐Yes ☐No If “yes”, how often?</p><p>Grant Request Narrative Information</p><p>1. What is your organization’s mission?</p><p>2. Please provide a detailed description of the project you are asking the Foundation to support. </p><p>3. How would the program meet community needs? Why is your organization well-positioned to serve the target population? What specific issues and challenges are you trying to address?</p><p>4. Please include the following demographics that will be served by this grant: a. Approximate number of youth that will be served b. Age range of participants c. Percentage of participants that are eligible for a free or reduced lunch</p><p>5. If this is a new program offered by an existing organization, how does it fit within the overall goals of the organization? How does your proposed program complement or supplement other programs?</p><p>6. What are the specific expected outcomes of the program, for this year and long term?</p><p>7. Will you be collaborating with other agencies? If so, please list.</p><p>8. What are the qualifications of key staff personnel?</p><p>9. How many volunteers do you engage per year? In what capacity do volunteers support your organization?</p><p>10. Please enter the target start date and end date for the project that the funding will cover. Please ensure that the funding will be granted in time to meet this application's target time frame. If it does not, it will not be considered.</p><p>11. If you don’t receive funding from OCF what will happen to the project? How will it be funded?</p><p>12. If this grant request is for an ongoing program, how do you plan to fund the program in the future? Please list any other key philanthropic funders of this project or activity, and include the amount and indicate whether or not the grant is committed or pending.</p><p>Required Attachments</p><p>A. Letter from the United States Treasury Office stating your organization is tax exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and "not a private foundation" as defined in Internal Revenue Code Sections 509(a) and 170(b)(1)(A). No grant will be considered for an organization that does not have this status.</p><p>B. Most recently filed Form 990 or 990EZ. </p><p>C. List of Officers and Board of Directors and their affiliations.</p><p>D. A detailed project budget. Please break up costs into line items (ex. transportation, equipment, coaching fees, facility rentals).</p><p>E. A short budget narrative prioritizing costs based on the project budget.</p><p>F. Overall organization budget</p><p>G. Financial statements for the previous two years. If financial statements are audited, the most recent audited financial statements with two-year comparison should be submitted. If the most recent audit was more than 1 year ago; please submit interim un-audited financial statements.</p><p>H. A detailed timeline of the project. Applicable if a multi-year project.</p>