Application Process

Any other communications should go to the Kettering Fund's e-mail address: info@ketteringfund.org

The Kettering Fund holds semi-annual meetings in May and November. Applicants are required to complete a Request Summary electronic form and receive approval PRIOR to submitting a full proposal.

1. REQUEST SUMMARY: Applicants are required to complete a request summary form and submit it PRIOR to submitting a full proposal.
Summaries are DUE BY JANUARY 31 or JULY 31 (if these dates fall on a weekend, then the next business day). Applicants organizations will be notified in two to three weeks of receipt as to the status of a request.

2. IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT INTEREST an expanded proposal will be requested.

3. FULL PROPOSAL: DUE BY February 28 or August 31 (if these dates fall on a weekend, then the next business day) Applicant proposals should not exceed five pages and include the following elements:

  • Description of Organization including mission, statement of organization's goals, and/or objectives and organization's history.
  • Description of Need including brief statement of the issue to be addressed; description and number of constituency served; target population and how they will they benefit.
  • Program/Project Description: Summary of goals, objectives and activities planned; whether request is a new or ongoing activity; timetable for implementation; other organizations, if any, participating in the project.
  • Finance Plan: Description of how request will be funded and other funding sources participating. Please also include long-term sources/strategies for funding at the end of the grant period.
  • Project Evaluation: Description of expected results during the funding period; how success will be defined and measured; plan for use and/or dissemination of project results.
  • Attachments, if not already provided.
    • Program/Project budget (income & expenses)
    • Board of Directors
    • List of major contributors, including Board of Directors giving to the organization and/or program
    • Most recent fiscal year-end financial statement (audited if available)
    • Additional Information and Communication

The committee prior to the final review may request additional information.

Notice of grant approval or denial will be communicated within 10 business days of the Fund's regularly scheduled meetings in May and November. Funds for approved grants will be released on a schedule to accommodate the needs of the program.

THE KETTERING FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES
GRANT RECIPIENT AGREEMENT
The Grant Recipient agrees that:

  1. The Grantee understands and will comply with any conditions in the award letter, which accompanies an acceptance acknowledgement or award check.
  2. The Grantee did not receive any assurances from anyone (any disqualified person) associated with The Kettering Family Philanthropies that a grant would be approved prior to the appropriate committee formally reviewing and approving any proposal submitted.
  3. The Grantee will provide the Kettering Family Philanthropies the opportunity to review IN ADVANCE any press releases, announcements, publications, or similar materials which make use of the granting organization's name.
  4. Within one year of payment of the grant, the grantee will submit a report on how the funds are spent and the progress in accomplishing the purposes of the grant.
  5. The Grantee will use the funds only for the designated purpose, will not use the funds for any purpose prohibited by law, and for charitable purposes only.
  6. The funds will not be used: (a) To lobby or otherwise attempt to influence legislation. (b) To influence the outcome of any specific public election or participate or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office or conduct, directly or indirectly, any voter registration drive.
  7. The Grantee will repay to the granting organization any unused portion of the grant.
  8. The Grantee is an organization that is both exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and an organization described in IRC 509(a)(1) (2) or (3) (not IRC 509(a)(3) Type III), which statuses have been duly confirmed by one or more operative IRS rulings or determination letters, copies of which Grantee has filed with the Kettering Family Philanthropy Office. It is eligible under the law to receive funds from the granting organization, that it has exclusive control over the granted assets, and that its tax-exempt status, as disclosed to The Kettering Family Philanthropy Office, has not been revoked or altered. If the charitable tax-exempt status is changed or revoked by the IRS or the state attorney general, the Kettering Family Philanthropy Office will be notified immediately and the grant may be terminated.
  9. In the event that the grant is not immediately spent for the project to be funded, Grantee will hold such funds in a conservatively managed escrow account. Earnings on these funds will be applied to the project for which funds were granted. If the funds granted cannot be used for the purpose agreed upon, both principal and accumulated earnings should be returned to the granting organization with proper accounting. Additionally, none of the above funds shall be used as collateral for any purpose, nor will they be spent for any other project.