special-olympics-texas-grant-funding-possibilities-recommendation-report

Eric Washington, Erin Waterman, Gaby Dye, Alyssa Burleson December 2013 Recommendation Grant Funding Possibilities Special Olympics Texas I.& SUMMARY 3& II.& WHY WE FEEL SOTX MEETS GRANT CRITERIA 4& John M O’Quinn Foundation: 5& George B Page Foundation: 5& Allen Lovelace Moore and Blanche Davis Moore Foundation: 6& The Rees-Jones Foundation: 6& III.& GRANT APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS 7& The John M O’Quinn Foundation 8& George B Page Foundation 10& The Rees-Jones Foundation 12& Allen Lovelace Moore and Blanche Davis Moore Foundation 17& Allen Lovelace Moore/Blanche Davis Moore Foundation Grant Application 19& IV.& HOW WE RESEARCHED GRANTS 28& V.& CONCLUSION 29& Page of 29 I Summary We are a group of students at Texas Tech University We are in a formal report writing class One of the requirements of the class is to write a useful report for a client We chose the Special Olympics Texas While researching your organization we found that much of your funding comes from grants There were many grants we think you could easily qualify for but have not yet received We used foundatingcenter.org, a website that we have access to through Texas Tech’s library, to research possible grants we feel you should apply for We used your mission statement and some of the current projects you are working on, such as your Fan-Tastic Building Campaign and Torch Run, as criteria for our grant research In other words, we matched up what you are doing with what grant makers are looking for These are grants you will not waste your time applying for To save you as much time as possible we extensively researched these specific grants and created detailed instructions for application You can practically use this report You can pass this report on to whoever writes your grant applications and they can efficiently and quickly apply for grants that you have a very high chance of receiving We have include four grants After extensive research we feel these four give you the best opportunity at success They are the John M O’Quinn Foundation, the George B Page Foundation, the Allen Lovelace Moore and Blanche Davis Moore Foundation, and the Rees-Jones Foundation These grants give an average of around $5,000-$10,000 each, but have been known to give in excess of $50,000 Our proposal can be navigated using the table of contents on the preceding page There is a section explaining why we think your organization matches up well with these grant makers followed by detailed application instructions to save you time Finally, we included a section explaining briefly how we researched these grants so that you may so in the future if you so choose Page of 29 II Why We Feel SOTX Meets Grant Criteria Page of 29 John M O’Quinn Foundation: We have selected the John M O’Quinn Foundation as a possible grant Special Olympics Texas could apply for because of what the foundation largely supports The John M O’Quinn Foundation funds non-profit organizations that support education, healthcare, and underprivileged youth and has also primarily given to organizations involved with mental health The following subject fields of interest aligned our search for possible grants with Special Olympics Texas: r& r& r& r& r& r& r& K-=78-+4/s/:'%-/P&M:84+)7GJ:+4/& K$-+/J& V=+7+48/& A$J)*&/8%>+48/& n'$-=&87':J8*-& n'$-=&87':J8*-P&48*-8%/^&47$O&& R8':78&B+-=&Y+/)O+7+-+8/&&& The George B Page foundation has a limited geographic focus in Texas to the area of Amarillo, where SOTX has a South Plains area office covering this area Page of 29 Allen Lovelace Moore and Blanche Davis Moore Foundation: We believe Special Olympics Texas will have a good chance of receiving a grant from the Allen Lovelace Moore and Blanche Davis Moore Foundation and have chosen to include it in our report due what the foundation supports and the areas that this foundation wants to be a part of This foundation has historically given to areas of human services, youth development, mental health, and recreation, which are all areas in common with SOTX The following fields of interest aligned our search for possible grants for Special Olympics Texas: r& r& r& r& r& r& r& K-=78-+4/^/:'%-/P&-%)+*+*(& V=+7