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Grant Guidelines How to Apply FAQ

Grantees

 

I. Apply online for program approval.

The program must be approved for submission via the online grant application form in order for the full grant application to be accepted.

Fill out the grant application form below and submit it online by March 15th for the May 1st deadline and by September 15th for the November 1st deadline. All submissions will be notified of their application status 30 days before the application deadline. No hard copy grant application packets will be accepted unless the program is approved through the online application.

Grant Application Form

Filling out the application form is easy by using the template form linked above.

A. Open the application form on your computer and type the information in the boxes provided. When you click "submit", this will come to the ELA Foundation directly. The complete application form will appear on your screen ready to be printed once you click "submit".

B. Print the completed application form and retain it to be included in your hard copy grant application packet.

Grant Pre Review:
The ELA Foundation offers the unique opportunity for grant applicants to have a pre-review of their application by ELA Foundation staff. Once your program is approved for application you may send the completed grant application packet to the ELA Foundation a month in advance of the deadline for a pre-review of your grant.  The pre-review deadline for May 1st is April 1st and for November 1st is October 1st. This will give the ELA staff time to request any additional materials and will give you time to complete the application before the deadline.

II. Complete the Grant application process
Once the program is approved, complete the summary and enclose it with the financial information, attachments and printed grant application form.

A. Summary
The Summary must be in 16-point type and double-spaced. Information must include:

  • Purpose of project
  • Amount of grant requested
  • Explanation of how this project will change the face of disability in the community
  • Population served
  • Expected outcomes
  • Program target dates
  • Evaluation plan

B. Financial Information

  • Program budget, including income and expenses
  • Funding plan for this program, including other funding sources in the community
  • Organizational budget, including income and expenses for current fiscal year
  • Audited financial statement for most recent fiscal year

C. Attachments

  • US 501(c)(3) Letter
  • Printed materials, including Annual report, organizational brochure, newspaper articles or other materials
  • ADA verification of compliance* - Include your answers to questions below
  • Emergency Preparedness plan** See web sites below for more information
  • List of donors to the organization
  • List of Board of Directors indicating Board members with disabilities*

ADA VERIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE:
The ADA recommends four areas for becoming an ADA compliant organization: Physical access, Programmatic access, Organizational access, and Communication access. The following questions must be answered as an attachment to verify ADA compliance. These questions may be cut and pasted into a Word document. Further information and resources about the ADA and creating an ADA plan is also located under Frequently Asked Questions.

ADA VERIFICATION QUESTIONS:

PHYSICAL ACCESS
What physical access is available for people with disabilities who utilize programs or work in your organization’s facility? If the organization doesn’t own a building or has programs at several sites, how is physical access assured?

PROGRAMMATIC ACCESS
How does this organization make programs accessible to people with disabilities in the community? Please include programs for people who are blind and deaf as well as people with other disabilities.

ORGANIZATIONAL ACCESS
What are the policies and procedures on including people in this organization as staff, board members and volunteers? How many people with disabilities are in these positions in this organization?

COMMUNICATION ACCESS
How does this organization market programs to people with disabilities in the community? What alternative formats of communication are used in printed programs and outreach materials?
For more information about how to do a complete ADA plan, please go to the Frequently Asked Questions section.


**Emergency Preparedness Plan
Please outline how this organization plans for an emergency that may happen in the facility or the community. How will people with disabilities be assisted and helped in times of emergency?
Please see websites below that can help with an emergency preparedness plan:
http://www.nod.org See Emergency Preparedness initiative
http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2005/
http://www.dhs.gov/disabilitypreparedness
http://www.cidny.org See Emergency Preparedness under Consumer Guides

III. Send your completed grant application to the ELA Foundation by the deadline.

Grant deadlines are:

May 1st – 5 PM (Pacific Time)
November 1st – 5 PM (Pacific Time)

All proposals are due by 5 PM on the grant deadline date. No faxes or hand deliveries will be accepted. To assure that your packet arrives in time, send it via Federal Express, UPS, or guaranteed mail or two weeks in advance by regular mail.

Occasionally the deadline falls on a weekend. Please plan accordingly and get your packet to us before that date.

Grant recipients will receive notification of grant awards within six weeks of the deadline.

Submit proposals to:

Deborah Lewis
Executive Director
ELA Foundation
2460 North Lake Avenue
PMB #128
Altadena, CA 91001


Questions?
If you have questions about the application process, read the FAQ's of this grant section before proceeding. For additional questions, please contact Deborah Lewis at executivedirector@ela.org
or 626-398-8840.