REQUIRED CONTENTS: 1. STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND, PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND A LIST OF OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS (OR TRUSTEES). 2. EXPLANATION OF CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS AND COPIES OF THE MOST RECENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, INCLUDING BALANCE SHEET AND INCOME AND EXPENSE STATEMENT. 3. DETAILED STATEMENT OF THE PROJECT OR PROGRAM FOR WHICH THE GRANT IS BEING SOUGHT. 4. STATEMENT OF SOURCES OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT, INCLUDING OTHER GRANTS OR EXPECTED GRANTS. 5. STATEMENT SHOWING THE DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE INDIGENT AGED PEOPLE OR TO THE DESERVING POOR OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE. 6. COPY OF THE MOST RECENT TAX-EXEMPT STATUS LETTER FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, EVIDENCING SECTION 501(C)(3) STATUS. 7. FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. 8. SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF LAWRENCE RESIDENTS WHO WILL BE SERVED BY THE GRANT BEFORE ITS PROPOSAL 9. ANY OTHER INFORMATION WHICH THE APPLICANT BELIEVES WILL BE HELPFUL TO THE TRUSTEES IN PROCESSING THE APPLICATION.

GRANT RECIPIENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN A RECEIPT AND ASSENT IN THE FORM APPROVED BY THE TRUST. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION MUST CERTIFY TO THE TRUST THAT THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE GRANT WAS MADE AND DESCRIBE THE DISPOSITION OF THE FUNDS NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31 OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THE GRANT WAS MADE. IF THE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY SPENT BY DECEMBER 31, THE ORGANIZATION MUST SEND A LETTER BY THAT DATE STATING HOW MUCH OF THE GRANT HAS BEEN SPENT AND THAT THE AMOUNT SPENT FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE GRANT WAS MADE. FUTURE GRANT REQUESTS FROM THE ORGANIZATION WHICH DO NOT COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE TRUSTEES.