2006 Auction Napa Valley

Application Guidelines

Please provide the following information in a concise manner. Proposals should be no more than seven (7) pages in length, exclusive of the cover sheet, project budget and other requested documents. Please include page numbers.

SECTION I

A.Statement of Opportunity of Need

  1. State the local need/problem the proposal is addressing, how long the need has existed, what other organizations, if any, are addressing the need.

B.Description of Planned Activity

  1. Identify the program goals and objectives.
  1. Describe the proposed project, services or specific activities including number of clients and the demographics of the target population. If this is a new service, when will it begin, if not, how long have you been providing the proposed services? Please include a detailed timeline (standardized chart provided).

Goals / Outcome Objectives / Timeline
  1. What is the geographic area served by your organization and specifically this program?

C.Expected Results

  1. Provide a numbered list of intended measurable outcomes that should result from the program (standardized chart provided).

Outcome Objectives / Measurements
  1. If the Wine Auction provided current year funding for this project/program or your Agency, please specify how these funds are being used. Please describe the intended measurable outcomes that were achieved. If pending funding specified in your prior application was not awarded, please describe how you addressed this (e.g., has the outcome of the program/project been impacted? Did you obtain alternative funding sources?).

D.Qualifications

  1. Describe why your organization is uniquely qualified to serve the target population, and how your program complements or supplements other NapaCounty programs. Does anyone else in NapaCounty provide a similar service? If so, explain any duplication.
  1. What are the qualifications of staff involved in the proposed project/program? Please provide an overview of how the proposed services and activities will be supervised to insure quality control.
  1. If this is a collaborative request, please describe how the partnership will work.

E.Funding and Sustainability

  1. How will you sustain this program after funding ends? What components of the project will you implement if partially funded? Please be specific (e.g. what portion of the program will be reduced if partially funded?) General responses such as “we will seek additional funding elsewhere” are not acceptable.
  1. Have you applied for funding from other sources for this proposed project/ program or a similar project/ program? If so, what is the status of these other funding requests, the timing on funding decisions, and have you received funding from these other sources before? Should you receive funding from AuctionNapaValley as well as the other sources, how will you address this?

SECTION II

Please include the following documents with your application:

  1. Abstract of your request – using only one page, summarize the aspects of your request for funding that you most wish to highlight in order to help ANV evaluate your proposal.
  1. Agency Budget. [See attached sample Program Budget for items B, C, and D]
  1. Program/Project Budget. Please specify the percentage of funding being requested by the NVWA as it relates to the total Project Budget and Agency Budget.
  1. A description of any Budget line item greater than $10,000 for which funding is being requested.
  1. Agency and Program/Project organizational charts.
  1. A list of Board of Directors, their professional affiliations and identification of board officers.
  1. Copy of IRS letter certifying your organization’s 501(c) (3) status.
  1. Most recent audited financial statement and completed IRS Form 990.

Please do not submit any videotapes, CD ROMs or any other audio or video documentation.

You may either deliver 2 (two), unbound, 3-hole punched copies to:

NapaValley Vintners

Attn: Carry Thacher

899 Adams St., Suite H

St. Helena, CA 94574

Or mail to:

NapaValley Vintners

Attn: Carry Thacher

P.O. Box 141

St. Helena, CA 94574

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ANV Grant Program/2006 Application Guidelines