Application Process

Grant application and review process:

• The UCare Fund publishes its giving priorities and application deadline annually.
• The 2009 community grant deadline is June 19, 2009.
• Funding determinations are made by early August 2009. The 2009 funding cycle occurs Sept. 1, 2009-August 31, 2010.

Notification:

• If an application falls outside the geographic or programmatic purview of the UCare Fund, the UCare Fund will notify the applicant immediately by letter and the application will receive no further consideration.
• The UCare Fund will send written notice of the Council’s decision to the applicant by early August.
• Grant recipients must complete and return grant agreement before the UCare Fund can release the grant funds.
• Payment is scheduled after a signed grant agreement is received.

Conditions of Grants and Reporting:

• Grantees are required to participate in a three-month on-site visit and to submit an interim and final report. The reporting requirements are modeled after the Minnesota Common Reporting Forms and include financial reporting.

Community grant

• In the preliminary stages, telephone inquiries or emails to discuss potential projects or programs are encouraged, but not required. Letters of Inquiry are also encouraged but not required.
• Community Project Proposals should use the Minnesota Common Grant Application.

• Community grant applications are reviewed in two stages: a preliminary and final review for decision. UCare Fund staff review applications to determine whether a proposal generally falls within the Fund’s giving guidelines, including how the application supports UCare’s mission and guidelines. UCare staff will investigate the proposal, and request additional information if necessary. The UCare Fund Council makes the final funding determinations.