We ask that you e-mail or mail a written grant request to the community investment manager in your region. The request should contain five items:
A cover letter that includes:
- A brief mission of your organization
- Whether you have received a donation from us in the past three years, and if so, a report of what our money has done to help the community through our partnership with your organization
- Whether any of our employees serve on your board or volunteer for your organization and if you are a current customer of our bank, although these are not necessarily required to receive a contribution from us
- A specific grant proposal that includes:
- A description of the program you wish to have funded and the results you hope to achieve
- A project/program budget for your request with total costs for operating the program and the amount of funding you plan to use from all other sources, both projected and committed
- List of board of directors
- Copy of 501(c)3
- Tax form 990 or other audited financials