PLEASE VISIT WWW.DONLEYFOUNDATION.ORG TO APPLY. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS REQUIRED: 1. NAME AND PURPOSE OF THE APPLICANT ORGANIZATION 2. PURPOSE OF THE GRANT 3. SPECIAL NATURE OF THE PROJECT WITH EMPHASIS ON ITS INNOVATIVE QUALITIES AND POTENTIAL IMPACT 4. LEADERSHIP INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT 5. AMOUNT OF FUNDS REQUEST; AMOUNT OF FUNDS NEEDED 6. OTHER FUNDS AVAILABLE OR ANTICIPATED CONTINUED ON STATEMENT 14 REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS: 1. FINANCIAL REPORTS, INCLUDING MOST RECENT AUDITED ANNUAL REPORT, CURRENT ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, AND PROJECT BUDGET, IF APPLICABLE. 2. LEADERSHIP OF THE ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 3. DETERMINATION LETTER SHOWING THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS TAX-EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) AND THAT IT IS NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION UNDER SECTION 509(A) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

THE DONLEY FOUNDATION MAKES GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TAX-EXEMPT UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) AS WELL AS PUBLIC CHARITIES UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE CODE SECTION 509(A). THE DONLEY FOUNDATION SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITIES: 1. THE UPPER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY OF VERMONT (ESSEX, CALEDONIA, ORANGE, WINDSOR, AND WINDHAM COUNTIES) AND NEW HAMPSHIRE (COOS, GRAFTON, SULLIVAN, AND CHESHIRE COUNTIES), 2. GREATER NEW YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AND CONTINUED ON STATEMENT 14 3. THE COMMUNITIES OF WESTERN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOODS ON CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE. GRANTS TYPICALLY ARE MADE IN A RANGE OF $10,000 TO $25,000. THE FOUNDATION OCCASIONALLY AWARDS MULTI-YEAR GRANTS. GRANTS ARE MADE FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROJECT OR PROGRAM SUPPORT. GRANTS ARE NOT MADE TO INDIVIDUALS, NOR ARE THEY MADE FOR RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL PURPOSES. GRANT RECIPIENTS MUST SUBMIT A GRANT REPORT WITHIN ONE YEAR.