FLEISHHACKER FOUNDATION
EDUCATION GRANTS LITERACY INITIATIVE 2014: GRANT PROPOSAL NARRATIVE
Name of Organization ______Date ______
Address ______
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Website ______Phone ______Fax ______
Contact Person’s Name & Title ______
Contact Person’s email ______
Year Founded ______Primary Mission ______
OVERVIEW OF LITERACY WORK GRADES K -5
The Fleishhacker Foundation will only fund Bay Area-based organizations providing literacy programs to disadvantaged elementary school students. Please refer to current Education Grant Guidelines for more details. This form should describe the organization’s overall work in the field of literacy, and otherwise does not need to be a grant request for a specific project.
Please describe in 3 pages or less your organization’s programming in the literacy field. Include: the number of sites; hours the program runs per day or week; whether the program takes place in the students’ home classrooms or elsewhere; whether activities are held during school-time or after-school; the total number of students served (broken out by grade level); and how long the program has existed. (Under the Supporting Documents section of the online application, you may also attach a list of schools and/or program sites with name, school district, and city.
Also describe who delivers the program including: how many are paid staff and how many are volunteers; how many hours per week on average they spend on this program; and how they are recruited, trained, and evaluated.
Included in the narrative overview should be a summary of the literacy program’s key goals and objectives, and how the organization measures and tracks its success from year to year. If any independent program evaluations have been completed, please attach them (in summary form).
ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
Organization’s Current Annual Expense Budget ______(attach full document)
Literacy Program Annual Expense Budget ______(attach full document)
Total Board Contributions for Last Fiscal Year ______ (not including in-kind gifts)
What are the other core programs and/or special initiatives of your organization?
(List below or attach 1-page summary.)
Is the organization experiencing a change in its mission, programming, administration, or governance?
If a deficit exists, what is the amount and how is the organization addressing it?
Please refer to online application instructions for the list of required attachments to upload as pdf files.
Deadline: midnight January 15 via online portal at