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I. Proposal Summary: one-half page, maximum

Please summarize in a short paragraph the purpose of your organization. Briefly explain why your organization is requesting this grant, what outcomes you hope to achieve, and how you will spend the funds if a grant is made.

II. Narrative - Five pages maximum

A. Background - Describe the work of your organization, addressing each of the following:

1. History and mission.

2. The need that your organization works to address, and the population that your organization serves, including geographic location, socio-economic status, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical ability, and language, if applicable.

3. Current programs and accomplishments. Please emphasize the achievements of the recent past.

4. Number of paid full-time staff; number of paid part-time staff; number of volunteers.

5. Your organization's relationships - both formal and informal- with other organizations working to meet the same needs or providing similar services. Please explain how you differ from these other organizations.

B. Funding Request - Please describe the program for which you seek funding

1. If applying for general operating support, briefly describe how this grant would be used.

2. If your request is for a specific project, please explain the project including:

. A statement of its primary purpose and the need that you are seeking to address.

. The population that you plan to serve and how it will benefit from the project.

. Strategies that you will employ to implement your project.

. The proposed staffing for the project, and the names and experiences of the individuals who will direct the project.

. Anticipated length of the project.

. How the project contributes to your organization's overall mission.

C. Mission Statement of the Douglas B. Marshall, Jr. Family Foundation

The Douglas B. Marshall, Jr. Family Foundation seeks to support education and research on all levels. This includes, on the one hand, supporting cutting edge research at universities, laboratories, and other such institutions. It also includes the support of basic education, especially in areas of literacy, numeracy, and science. Since education and research are impossible without food, shelter, clothing, or medicine, it is within the bounds of the Foundation's mission to provide these when necessary.

How does your request further our mission?

Evaluation - Please explain how you will measure the success. Describe your criteria for a successful program and the results you expect to achieve, and the time needed to do so.

III. Attachments - Please label all attachments to correspond to the bold-faced, capitalized items below.

A. Financial information

1. Your most recent financial statement, audited.

2. Aligned side by side on the same page, your operating for the current and prior fiscal year including a list of foundation and corporate supporters and other sources of income, with amounts, for your current and prior fiscal year.

3. Please list the foundations, corporations, and other sources that you are soliciting for funding and, to the best of your knowledge, the status of your proposal with each.

If project funding is requested:

4. A current budget for the project including source of income. Indicate the specific uses of the requested grant.

B. Supporting Materials

1. A list of your Board of Directors, with their affiliations.

2. A copy of your most recent IRS documentation indicating your organization's tax exempt status.

3. One-paragraph resumes of key staff, including qualifications relevant to the specific request.

4. Your most recent annual report.

5. No more than three examples of recent articles about, or evaluations of, your organization, if available.

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