How to Submit a Grant Proposal

Grant proposals will only be accepted from nonprofits that have submitted a Letter of Inquiry
and have been invited to submit a grant proposal.

Please submit your grant proposal, in PDF format, as an attachment using the Grant Proposal Submission Tool. In addition, please mail three hardcopies to the following address (hand deliveries not accepted at this location):

Michele Goodman
J.W. & H.M. Goodman Family Charitable Foundation
PO Box 5756
Portland, OR 97228-5756

The Grant Proposal narrative should be no longer than five pages in total (not including addendums). It should include the following information:

Your grant categories: Your nonprofit organization's major field area - Category 1 (Pick One): Arts & Culture, Education, Environment, or Health & Human Services. The specific area of your grant request - Category 2 (Pick One): Arts & Culture, Education, Environment, or Health & Human Services;
Your email address where we can send you notification that we received your grant proposal;
Contact name, phone, and email address in case we have questions or want to set up a site visit;
Link to your website that describes the background of your organization;
Detailed description of project or request and how it pertains to the Foundation's focus for this grant cycle, and funds requested;
Specifically describe anticipated community impact as a result of this project;
List and describe your expected outcomes from this grant; (You will be asked to measure your actual outcomes against these in your final grant report);
Describe what data you will collect for evaluation purposes and your plans for evaluation at project completion;
List other organizations doing similar work in your area and describe how you partner or differentiate from them;
How is your organization prepared to complete this project if full funding isn't received. And what measures have been put in place to ensure the financial stability of your organization.
List organization's number of full-time employees, part-time employees, and volunteers;
Please confirm that your organization has no religious affiliations nor any required religious curriculum;
Addendum A: List additional sources of support being approached for this specific project/program;
Addendum B: Financials

For grants that are supporting a specific project within a larger organization/budget:

Current year project budget;
Prior year project budget compared to actual;
Current year organization-wide budget;
Prior year organization-wide budget compared to actual;
Most recent audited financial statements; if no audit is available then an internally generated Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Activities;

For grants that are for general operating support or there is not a discrete project budget:

Current year organization-wide budget;
Prior year organization-wide budget compared to actual;
Most recent audited financial statements; if no audit is available then an internally generated Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Activities;

Addendum C: Copy of IRS Determination Letter with EIN number;

Site Visits

After you are invited to submit a grant proposal, a staff member will schedule a one-hour site visit for us to meet you either in person or by phone so that we can learn more about your program/organization and ask any questions. We will make our site visit after our Program Officers have had a chance to review your grant proposal. Our Program Officers attend foundation board meetings, answer board member questions, and share their learnings with board members.