The 2006 Cornwall Foundation Grant Application Now Available Online

The Cornwall Foundation invites applications from organizations serving residents of Cornwall,Connecticut. Applications are encouraged for projects that will build the organization’s capacity to more effectively carry out its mission to enhance the quality of life in Cornwall and to maintain its unique beauty and character now and in the future.

Eligibility
1. Proposals are accepted from nonprofits, municipalities, community organizations or civic entities serving residents of Cornwall,Connecticut.  Community groups may apply using a nonprofit organization as a fiscal agent.
2. Preference is given to organizations that rely primarily on local community support.
3. Grants will not be awarded retroactively for funds already spent.
4. Grant requests must either meet one-time needs or serve as seed money for new programs.  Grants are not typically made for operating expenses, ordinary maintenance, or the liquidation of debt.
5. All organizations receiving grants must submit a report on the outcome of the funded program within two months of the expenditure of the grant funds.

The Foundation does not support organizations that in their constitution, by-laws, or practice, discriminate against a person or group on the basis of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation, or religious belief.

Grants are awarded four times per year, in March, June, September and December.  A grant application must be received in the Foundation post office or email box (listed on the application) on or before the last day of the month preceding the month in which grants will be made.

The updated grant application for the Cornwall Foundation is available here: Download cf_application_2006.doc

Please contact  Foundation president David Ott with any questions.