The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Donor Advised Fund
 2010 Revised Grant Guidelines

• Enhancing the role of citizens in local problem-solving
• Fostering interaction to promote trust, reciprocity and understanding among community members
• Supporting collaborations between government and community leadership
• Providing leadership skills to youth and young professionals
• Ensuring the community’s leadership reflects Wichita’s diversity
  

• Helping groups of leaders work together on a shared vision for the community
• Investing in the convening and/or collaboration of leadership of essential community institutions 

• Providing opportunities for cross-sections of the community to share in cultural or civic events           

• Supporting virtual and physical spaces where social interacting, public deliberation, and community action thrive
• Repository of engagement stories, tools and innovation 

• In good standing as a not-for-profit with the South Carolina Secretary of State’s office;
• Registered as IRS Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization
• Based, or doing the work described in the application, in Horry or Georgetown County.  

1. General Information
   • Organization Legal Name
   • Address
   • Contact person
   • Contact Title
   • Contact Phone Number
   • Contact E-mail address
   • Total Grant Amount Requested
   • Indicate over how many years you request the Total Grant amount be paid
   • Beginning & ending dates for project
   • Project Title
     
2. Organizational Background
   • Brief description of your organization including brief history, current programs and recent accomplishments.
3. Proposal Description
   • Description of your proposal idea and how it helps create an informed, engaged community.
   • Anticipated outcomes
   • How the grant funds will be used in the proposed project
   • How you plan to evaluate or measure the grant’s outcomes.
4. Project Budget
   • A budget for the proposed project showing anticipated income and expenditures. You must indicate what expenses the Knight Donor Advised Fund grant will pay.
5. Other Funding
   • List the foundation, corporations and other sources that you are soliciting for funding of this project. Indicate the status of your proposal with each and the expected notification date.
6. Attachments (These attachments must be included and are not optional)
   • Certificate of Good Standing from the S.C.a Secretary of State.
   • A copy of your most recent IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter or other federal documentation indicating your organization's tax exempt, charitable status.
   • A copy of your organization's latest operating budget, reflecting sources and amounts of income and expenditures.
   • A list of your current board of directors and their occupations. 

• Activities outside the Fund’s stated areas of interest;
• Ongoing requests for general operating support, annual fund-raising campaigns, fund-raising dinners, or operating deficits;
• Activities that normally are the responsibility of governments;
• Medical research, organizations or project whose mission is to prevent, eradicate and/or alleviate the effects of specific diseases, and requests from hospitals
• Activities to propagate a religious faith or restricted to one religion or denomination, support of political candidates, and memorials;
• Programs or projects that take place outside the US or are conducted by organizations headquartered outside the US; and
• A second request for a capital campaign for which Knight Foundation previously approved a grant from its own funds or advised a grant from the KFDAF.