Conservation,
Food, and Health Foundation Concept Application
1. Date:
2. Project name:
3. Name and title of primary contact:
4. Legal name of organization and address:
5. E-mail address of primary contact:
6. Website address:
7. Phone number:
8. Total organizational budget: $ _________ for fiscal year ending
___/___/___.
9. Project budget in US Dollars: $_____________
10. Total
funds raised or pledged: $_____________
11. Grant request: $_____________
12. The period this grant will cover: ___/___ to ___/___
13. Three sentences summarizing the
organization's mission:
14. Project summary/abstract:
15. List the project's specific target
population, constituents, and geographic communities:
16. For projects that do include training, state
the number of persons to be trained and the length of training in days, weeks,
or months:
17. List the project leadership and their
qualifications:
18. List any previous support from the
Conservation, Food & Health Foundation in the last 5 years:
19. Are you an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit
(non-governmental, tax exempt, charitable
organization)? yes_____
no_____
20. If no, do you have equivalent status in a foreign country?
Grant
Round 1.
January
1 Concept Application
Deadline
March 1 Deadline
for Invited Proposals
May 25 Foundation
Grant Review Meeting
June 15 Grant
Notification Deadline
Grant
Round 2.
July 1 Concept
Application Deadline
September
1 Deadline for Invited Proposals
November
25 Foundation Grant Review Meeting
December
15 Grant Notification Deadline
Overview
Incorporated in 1985, the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation
seeks to promote the conservation of natural resources, improve the production
and distribution of food, and improve health in the developing world. The foundation helps build capacity within
developing countries in its three areas of interest with grants that support
research or projects that solve specific problems.
The foundation supports projects that demonstrate strong local
leadership, promote professional development in the conservation, agricultural,
and health sciences, develop the capacity of local organizations, and address a
particular problem in the field. It
prefers to support projects addressing under-funded issues and geographic areas.
Geographic Focus
The foundation’s geographic focus is the developing world. It prefers to support organizations located
in developing countries or to developed country organizations whose activities
are of direct and immediate benefit to developing countries. The foundation does not consider the states
of the former Soviet Union or former Eastern Bloc countries as within its
geographic focus.
Fields of Interest
The Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation supports special
projects and programs of nonprofit organizations in three primary fields of
interest: conservation, food, and
health. Examples of areas of interest
within these fields follow, but are not meant to be exclusive.
Conservation
Conservation grants help improve ecological and environmental
conditions in the developing world. The
foundation supports field research and related research activities, training,
and technical assistance efforts that:
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help conserve viable ecosystems and protect biological diversity
in developing countries
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train local leaders in conservation and protection of resources,
with an emphasis on technical and scientific training
Food
Food grants support focused efforts to improve access to food for
consumption in developing countries.
Areas of interest include projects that:
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promote or develop specific sustainable agriculture practices that
have potential to advance science and practice in other countries;
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develop new approaches that address fuel and resource problems
related to food production and preparation in developing countries;
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offer targeted education and training to small scale food
producers and farmers; and
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advance new approaches to control pests and diseases affecting important
food crops of developing countries
Health
The foundation supports public health programs that are preventive
rather than curative in nature. It
supports research, technical assistance, and training projects that:
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improve public health through community-based efforts that address
health promotion, disease prevention, and family planning; and
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increase the understanding and treatment of tropical diseases
Types of Support
The foundation does not provide general operating support. It favors the following types of project
grants:
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grants for research, technical assistance, and training projects
that employ and/or train personnel from developing countries
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grants for pilot projects and special programs that have potential
for replication led by organizations with strong records of accomplishments in
a particular field;
Exclusions
The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation does not provide
support for:
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buildings or land purchase;
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quantity purchases of durable medical equipment;
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endowments or fundraising activities;
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famine or emergency relief;
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feeding or food distribution programs;
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films, videos, or web-site production;
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scholarships, fellowships, or travel grants;
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conferences;
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re-granting through intermediaries;
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general operating support; or
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individuals
How To Apply
The foundation receives an excessive number of applications
considering the $800,000 of funds annually available. To reduce the number of
applicants turned down for lack of available funds and to save time loss and
expense to applicants, the foundation has adopted a two-phase application
system composed of a short concept application, followed by a limited number of
full proposals at our invitation. This
system is screens out projects at the concept application level, which appear
unlikely to receive funding to create a more manageable pool of applications
for a thorough review from the trustees.
Full proposals requested have a fair chance of success. We must stress, however, that an invitation
to submit a full proposal should not be taken as assurance that a grant will be
made.
Requirements
for a Concept Application
Submit a
copy of the concept application available below or via e-mail or regular mail. When using e-mail, cut and paste the application
into the body of the email and identify your organization in the subject line. The concept application should be no longer
than two pages, plus a preliminary budget of no more than one page. The concept
application must be submitted in English, and the budget information must be
translated into U.S. dollars.
Deadlines
for Concept Applications
Concept
application may be submitted at any time, but must be received in the office
for the FY 2008 grants cycle by January 1 and July 1 in order to be reviewed
for the foundation's May and November meetings. In case of a weekend or
holiday, the deadline is the next business day. All applications will be
acknowledged as soon as possible by e-mail, and applicants will be informed of
the foundation's decision regarding the concept application within 30 days of
the deadline.
This time
frame is designed to give each invited applicant adequate time to prepare the
full proposal. Applicants should submit only one application per review cycle.
Requirements for A Full Proposal
After the foundation has reviewed a concept application, proposals
may be submitted at the at the invitation of the board. A full proposal application format will be sent
with notification from the foundation inviting a full proposal.
Eligibility
Ordinarily the foundation limits its support to those
organizations that have received a letter of determination of tax exemption
under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code and are
"not a private foundation" under section 509(a). However, the directors wish to remain open to
the possibility of supporting certain equivalents, such as a domestic or
foreign governmental unit or agency, or non-governmental, foreign organization
determined to be the equivalent of a 501(c)(3) organization, which can provide
secure evidence of its nonprofit status and charitable purpose.
Deadline for Full Proposals
The deadlines for receipt of invited proposals are March 1 and
September 1. The directors award grants
at semi-annual meetings held in May and November. All applications will be acknowledged by
e-mail, and applicants will be promptly notified of the director's decisions.
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