Rochester Area Common Application Form
Before
using the Common Application Form (CAF) to apply for a grant, consult the
list below to determine if the funder to whom you are applying accepts the
form. In addition, other funders who do not require a particular format will
usually accept the Common Application Form and it can prove a useful guide
to a complete application. Please check the Grantmakers section of the current
Guide to Grantmakers in the Rochester Area
(Guide), or other grantmaker listing, to see if your project or
program matches the interest of the funder(s) you wish to contact. Follow procedures for each
funder as described below.
The CAF can be downloaded in
rich text format (RTF) at no charge from the Grantmakers Forum of New York
website, www.grantmakers.org/grantseekers.A diskette with the CAF can be
purchased from the Grantmakers Forum of New York for $8. Mail a check payable
to the Grantmakers Forum of New York to 919 Winton Road South, Rochester, NY
14618.
The funders listed below
have agreed to accept the Common Application Form with the following
requirements.
Examples:
ABC Foundation, $5,000, (c): Omit items 3 and 4 for requests below
$5,000; Call before applying.
XYZ Corporation, $1,000, (a, b): Omit items 3 and 4 for requests
below $1,000. Send letter of inquiry
before
applying.
Requires additional information beyond the CAF.
The Smith Trust (b): Requires complete CAF for all proposals. Send letter of inquiry before applying.
The Rochester Area Common Application Form (CAF) was developed in 1999 by the Rochester Grantmakers Forum (RGF) and the Rochester Effectiveness Partnership (an evaluation program of RGF) to facilitate the application process for both grantmakers and grantseekers, and to focus on results. Grantmakers and grantseekers worked together to create it.
Organizations
that will accept the Rochester Area Common Application Form
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Council of Rochester (a, c; use short
form for consultant, full form for community impact requests)
Birds Eye Foods Foundation (use short form for all requests)
American Wildlife Research
Foundation
Bulrush Foundation
Chase Pitkin Home and
Garden, $500 (a, b)
Citibank, $10,000
Cornyn Foundation, $1,000
Charles & Mary Crossed
Foundation
Davenport-Hatch Foundation
Delphi Automotive Systems,
$1,000
Eastman Kodak Company,
$10,000 (a)
Foundation for the Jewish
Community, $10,000
Foundation of the Monroe County Bar, $5,000 (a)
Goldberg Berbeco Foundation
(a; use short form for projects with
total budget under $10,000, full form for all others)
Golisano Foundation, $2,500
(a)
HealthNow NY, (use short form for event underwriting under
$1,000, full form for all other requests)
Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation,
$6,000 (b)
KeyBank of New York, $10,000
Suzanne H. Lee Charitable Trust
Jack G. Lubelle Foundation
Oliver B. Merlyn Foundation
Rochester Female Charitable Society
Rochester
Primary Care Network (for pre-selected
Unity
Health Foundation, $1000 (b)
Fred
& Floy Willmott Foundation, $2,500 (proposal
should be 1-sided and not
bound or stapled)
M.C.
and J.C. Wilson Foundation, $6,000 (b)
Women’s
Foundation of Genesee Valley
Wyman-Potter
Foundation (use short form for all
requests; additional
information may be requested)