How to Apply

Please verify that all requested items are included in your proposal by using check boxes on cover sheet. If there are missing items, your proposal will be disqualified.  Please DO NOT enclose a cover letter.

  • Cover Page.pdf complete in full PDF fill-in form.

  • PROPOSAL NARRATIVE –  (no more than 4 pages)

To save paper, please print everything

double-sided

 

1) Summary:  Briefly explain why your   organization is requesting a grant, what outcomes you hope to achieve, and how you will spend the funds if a grant is made.  Include a brief summary of the organization’s history, mission and goals.

2) Purpose of Grant:  Describe the program for which you seek funding.  You must specify the municipalities that will benefit from the project.  List the strategies you will employ to implement your project and include the timetable for implementation.

3) Evaluation:  Explain how you will measure the effectiveness of your activities.  Describe your criteria for a successful program and the results you expect to have achieved by the end of the funding period.

 

ATTACHMENTS

1)      Project budget

2)      501(c)(3) documentation, if applicable (only new applicants)

3)      Organization operating budget

4)      List of Board members

 

Submit 9 complete sets of proposal. (Please do not use folders, binders or plastic covers.)

  • An organization may submit more than one proposal a year.  However, our policy is to fund only one proposal per organization per year.

  • New Deadline for 2009 submissions:    Monday          December 15, 2008.  Proposals postmarked after this date will not be accepted.

  • To be considered for a 2009 grant, 2008 grant recipients must email a progress report no later than December 15, 2008 with a final report, including a financial report, due no later than May 1, 2009 to: info@eenj.org

  • Grant Reporting Form.doc

  • Financial Report Form.doc

Mail proposals to:

Environmental Endowment for New Jersey, Inc.

PO Box 3446

Trenton, NJ  08619-0446