Impact 100 Women Together, Changing Lives. COMMON GRANT TRAINING

Mission Statement Impact 100 empowers women to dramatically improve lives by collectively funding significant grants that make a lasting impact in our community.

Impact 100 Core Model Note: Grants disbursed in increments of $100, Women Each 100+ Women Each Donate $1, % Selected Agency

Founded in 2002 by Wendy Steele Awarded first grant of $123,000 in 2002 Invested over $2.3M in Regional Tri-State Area Non-Profits in the past 11 years Our History

Past Grant Recipients: Our Partners

2013 Total Dollars Available 2 Grants. $108,000 Each Agencies should develop a budget that utilizes ALL DOLLARS announced at this training.

New Application Process Submit LOI Submit Grant Application AAC Invitation Finalist If at any point your project is eliminated from consideration, you’re encouraged to apply in 2014 You made it! You are here

Impact 100 uses the Greater Cincinnati Common Grant Application A copy of this application can be found on our website in Word and PDF format under “apply for a grant” AGENCIES MUST SUBMIT IN THE SAME CATEGORY THEY SUBMITTED THEIR LOI Culture Education Environment, Preservation & Recreation Family Health & Wellness Common Grant Applications

2013 Application Checklist 1.Designate the focus area you are applying to and complete the organization data in Section 1 of the Common Grant Application. (Make sure that this has been signed by board president and executive director.) 2.Describe the program/project in Section 2-6 on five single- sided pages or less in 12 font letters. Please describe exactly how the Impact 100 funds will be used and the measureable outcomes that are anticipated 3.Financial Statements to be included for each fiscal year Fiscal years to be included: ｷ Current year to date ｷ 2012 ｷ 2011 ｷ 2010 Type of Financial Statements to be included: ｷ Income Statement ｷ Balance Sheet ｷ Cash Flow

2013 Application Checklist 4. Agency Budget Current fiscal/calendar year Year-to-date status 5. Project Budget Complete project budget Next two (2) years pro forma project budget 6. Agency Governance Board positions/committees and terms of service External employment firm and position

2013 Application Checklist 7. Agency Audit for 2012, 2011, and 2010 If your agency does not do a full audit, other acceptable documents include:  Audit and opinion letter, or  Non-Audit review (review, compilation, or company prepared), or  Form Signed Terms of Agreement form

Submission Guidelines Grant Applications must be submitted in two PDF files as follows: 1.First PDF is entire common grant application including all eight sections, required financial statements, agency and project budgets and required non financial statements with the exception of the 501 letter as we already have that on file from your LOI. This PDF should be labeled agency name, 2013 grant application. 2.Second PDF should contain Agency Audits for past three years and signed terms of agreement. This PDF should be labeled agency name, 2013 audit documents. Please review all PDF files prior to submission to make sure pages are legible and that pages are in standard portrait view.

Submission Guidelines Grants can be submitted in one of two ways in 2013 Option 1 Submitted via to Deadline for submissions is 11:59pm Monday March 18 th Option 2 Submitted on flash drive and mailed or hand delivered to Impact 100 by noon on Monday March 18 th. Please note, for mailing of flash drives postmark must be no later than Friday March 15 th and flash drive should be received by Monday March 18th

2013 Impact 100 Timeline November Info Sessions for Non Profits LOI’s Open for Submission December Non Profit Panel Discussion January LOI’s Due Grant Amount Announced February Invitations to Apply Grant Application Training March Grant Applications Due (by invitation) April – June Impact 100 Committee Reviews & Site Visits August Committee Finalists Announced September Annual Awards Celebration! Grants Awarded

2013 Grant Application Timeline