Nonprofit Grant Application Instructions for FY14 (2)

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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS County of Hawaii Nonprofit Grants Program * NOTICE! * There are multiple changes in the application and award requirements beginning this fiscal year. You are strongly advised to carefully review the Application Submittal Checklist for FY 2013 -14 and the Application itself. It is your responsibility to be in full compliance. Failure to do so may result in the disqualification of your application and/or in penalties applied to you which may require your organization to return funds awarded and be ineligible for future County grant awards. Policies 1. Only one (1) application will be accepted per program. 2. Agencies administering multiple programs must submit a separate grant application for each individual program. Service descriptions and budget tables must reflect the full scope of each program's operations. General Requirements 1. The application, nonprofit grants program submittal checklist, and instructions can be downloaded from the Finance - Nonprofit Grant Forms on the County of Hawai`i's website: htip: / /www.hawaiicounty.gov /fn- nonprofit - grant- forms/ 2. Maintain a minimum font size of 10 points or larger. 3. County Code specifies that you must use the application form provided by the County. If you obtain the application form from the County of Hawaii website, Adobe Acrobat (PDFs) are used. If you are unable to use Adobe Acrobat, you may pick up an application packet from the Finance Department which you may manually complete. 4. Use spell check, edit/proof read and recheck the addition for budget tables. Double check your work before submitting. 5. The Submittal Checklist must be returned with your application packet. 6. Do NOT place the completed proposal in a binder or folder of any kind. 7. Do NOT enclose or attach any of the following items to the application: Brochures, flyers, photos, letters of support client testimonies, maps, menus, evaluation tools, graphs /tables /charts, etc. Application Preparation ( #s in this section correspond to the #s in the Application) 1** Enter your Agency Name and Program Name to the top of eve pa ,-e. ** Prior Year(s) Award(s) a. Report previous year(s) nonprofit grant award(s) received 2. Agency Mission Statement a. A brief narrative describing your Agency's mission. Program Description a. Briefly describe the program for which you are seeking funds. Page 1 of 4