CareSource Foundation Grant Guidelines
Grant applications are reviewed four times a year. Organizations will only be given funding once in a given calendar year, and potential grantees must be IRS qualified 501(c)3 non-profit organizations. Applicants are encouraged to request funding for a single year only. All successful grantees will agree to a formal year-end evaluation process .
Key proposal information:
- Preference will be given to those applicants that best fit within the Foundation focus areas
- Preference will be given to proposals which will impact geographical areas in which CareSource has the highest concentration of members
Grant Restrictions
As a result of policy, law or funding restrictions, The CareSource Foundation will generally not fund:
- Organizations without 501(c)3 IRS tax exemption status
- Individual primary or secondary schools
- Sectarian organizations having a predominantly religious purpose
- Political parties, offices or individual candidates
- Fundraising events or benefits
- Individuals
- Majority capital campaigns
- Fraternal or veteran organizations
- Scholarships or educational fees
- Organizations who cannot provide adequate accounting records or procedures
- Tax-supported colleges and universities for operating purposes
- Funding for deficits or debt retirement
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Quarterly Grant Deadlines
Proposals received by the dates below will be considered for funding in the following quarter:
- Q1 - February 22, 2008
- Q2 - May 16, 2008
- Q3 - August 15, 2008
- Q4 - November 14, 2008