Impact100

Grant Process:

Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis members pool their $1,000 annual donation to fund large grants of $100,000. The grants are awarded in June each year to local charitable organizations. Proposals are solicited for programs or projects in five focus areas: arts & culture, education, environment, family and health & wellness.

Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis' funding cycle begins July 1st of each year until June 30th of the next year. In June, at the members' Annual Meeting, nonprofit grant finalists present their proposal, the membership votes, and grant awards are announced to the winning nonprofit organizations. Each member of Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis has one vote in determining the grant recipients.

Members of Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis serve on the focus area committees to evaluate the grant proposals. The committees select one finalist in each area. In June all members have the opportunity to vote for grant recipients.

Four-Step Grant Application Process

Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis has a four-step grant application process:

Letter of Inquiry: Due by 7 p.m. on January 19, 2012. Each applicant must download a Letter of Inquiry form (below), and email the completed form to impact100indy@gmail.com. Please put LOI in the subject line. Letters of Inquiry will be acknowledged electronically. Impact 100 members will review all of the submitted Letters of Inquiry and, on or before February 20, 2012, will invite certain organizations to submit a Full Grant Application. We strongly suggest that organizations use the document below as a worksheet to formulate your proposal prior to completing your online submission. Preparing your response to the questions in the document below will allow you to easily copy and paste into the LOI form. Please do not submit partially-completed forms.

Impact 100 Indy Letter of Inquiry Submissions (MS Word)

Full Grant Application: Due by 5 p.m. on March 15, 2012. Each organization invited by Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis to complete a Grant Application must email the completed application (below) to grants@impact100indy.org. Please put Grant Application in the subject line. Supplementary materials as described in the application (e.g. annual report, financial report) must be delivered to the F. C. Tucker office (9277 N. Meridian Street) during business hours. Please do not mail these packets. If you wish to deliver your materials prior to March 15, please contact us at grants@impact100indy.org to make other arrangements. Any documents received after 5 p.m. on March 15, 2012 will not be considered. By May 7, 2012, Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis will select a finalist in each of the five focus areas. Organizations not selected as finalists will be notified in writing no later than May 7, 2012.
Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis Full Grant Application

Site Visit: Each focus area will select two to three semifinalists and conduct site visits in late April or early May, 2012.

The objective of the site visit is to complete a general due diligence review and to investigate and resolve any final questions. Site visits require approximately 90 minutes of dedicated time, and should include the participation of the executive director, program manager, a board member and a financial representative. An interview schedule will be established prior to the visit.

Final Decision Process: Information about each finalist will be mailed to all Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis members in May, 2012. A representative from each of the five finalists will be invited to Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis' annual meeting (June 2012) to make a short presentation about their proposal to all of our members. Impact 100 members will then vote on the finalists, with each member casting one vote. Absentee ballots will be counted that evening as well.

Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis reserves the right to reject a Letter of Inquiry or a Grant Application for any reason, including if it is late or incomplete in any way. Carefully read each Grant Document Download for detailed instructions.

Impact 100 Grant Agreement

Nonprofit organizations which have been awarded a primary grant from Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis of $100,000 must sign the Impact 100 Grant Agreement prior to receiving the first grant payment from Impact 100. A general version of this agreement is included below for your review:
Impact 100 Grant Agreement

All grant finalists that are not the ultimate recipient of the primary grant provided annually by Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis will receive an equal division of the residual funds or residual grant. Residual grants are provided to the finalist organizations on an unrestricted basis. Residual grant recipients will receive distribution of funds accompanied by a cover letter outlining the requirements of the receipt of funds. The deposit of the funds by the residual grant recipient will constitute agreement to the terms of the cover letter.

Residual grant recipients will not be subject to the same reporting requirements as full grant recipients. Instead, residual grant recipients will provide a short written report identifying how the receipt of such funds strengthened the organization. The format of this report will be provided to the residual grant recipients in advance of its due date.

Correspondence

The Letter of Inquiry will be submitted online as detailed above. The Full Grant Application should be delivered to Impact 100 Greater Indianapolis, Vice President of Grants, at the location stated above. If you have any questions, please send an email to grants@impact100indy.org