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Before Submitting An Application
After reviewing the Fund's grantmaking guidelines and application procedures, applicants are strongly encouraged to speak with staff of the Fund to discuss the organization's eligibility for grant consideration, the purpose of the prospective grant proposal, and the plans and budget for both implementation and evaluation.

Application Procedures
Cover Letter
The proposal should be accompanied by a brief cover letter, signed by the chief executive officer, stating briefly and clearly the specific purpose, time period and amount of the request.

Format for Proposals
Grant requests to the McGregor Fund should be prepared using the following outline. (For the
program for Private Liberal Arts Colleges in Michigan special application procedures
are mailed to eligible institutions each fall.)

1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Date of Application
2. Legal name of organization (should be same as IRS determination letter)
3. Address
4. Name of chief executive officer, date appointed and e-mail address (if available)
5. Name, title and phone number of contact person (someone familiar with proposal, attachments and information furnished)
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION
1. Brief history of the organization
2. Brief description of the organization today, including goals and current programs (include data on persons served annually by each program)
3. DETAILS OF THE REQUEST
1. Name and description of the proposed program or project. Please indicate whether this is a new program or project, or part of an ongoing activity.
2. Description of the purpose of the program or project and the need(s) it addresses.
3. Are you aware of other organizations that offer the same or similar activity? If yes, please indicate the other organizations that do offer such a program.
4. Amount of the request.
5. Geographic area and target population(s) to be served.
6. Description of the work plan and timeline to carry out the activity.
7. What measurable results will be achieved? How will the proposed program or project be evaluated? (Please indicate whether this will involve third-party evaluation.)
8. If other funds, in addition to a McGregor Fund grant, are needed to implement the activity, please describe the fundraising plan, including both committed and prospective sources and amounts, and the status of other requests.
9. Indicate whether any other funding sources have declined a request for support of this activity and identify those sources.
10. If only part of the funding you seek from all sources is received, how will you proceed?
11. Outline your plan to secure continued support for this program after the conclusion of McGregor Fund support.
12. List the names and qualifications of the individuals who will implement the program or project. (Feel free to include resumes as an attachment.)
4. FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1. Provide as an attachment the budget, including expected revenues by source and planned expenditures, for the proposed program or project.
2. Indicate the total amounts of revenue and support that the organization has received during each of the last two fiscal years from individuals, corporations, foundations, government sources, earned income and any other significant source of revenue. In addition, please list the amounts and sources of corporate and foundation grants of $10,000 and over received in the last two years. (This may be an attachment.) Applications from colleges, universities and independent schools should also include information on annual giving by alumni.
3. Indicate the percentage of board members who made personal cash contributions for annual support and the total amount given to the organization during the most recently completed fiscal year. (If board giving included capital support, please list separately from annual support.) Planned gifts or other pledges of future support, in-kind donations, employer matching gifts and other leveraged gifts should not be included in either statistic.
5. ATTACHMENTS
   In order to be eligible for grant consideration, an organization must supply the following attachments with the grant proposal:
1. Tax exemption letter from the Internal Revenue Service under Code Section 501(c)(3). In the case of public schools, the application should include a copy of the authorizing legislation that created the school district.
2. Most recent audited financial statements
3. Current year operating budget, including anticipated revenues by source as well as planned expenditures
4. A list of the board of directors or trustees, including affiliations
5. Copy of most recent annual report, if one is published
6. DELIVERY OF APPLICATIONS:
   A single unbound original copy of the proposal package should be delivered by mail to the
   Fund's offices. Address proposal to:
   
   C. David Campbell
   President
   McGregor Fund
   333 West Fort Street, Suite 2090
   Detroit, Michigan 48226-3134
   (313) 963-3495
   Adopted December 1, 2004

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