Common Grant Application

About the Common Grant Application

The Nonprofit Support Center (NSC) is pleased to provide the downloadable version of the Foundation Roundtable Common Grant Application. Each year, you must also contact individual foundations to confirm their deadlines and inquire about additional requirements. The entire application is available in a single Microsoft Word document or as a PDF, and the three financial pages of the proposal are also available in an Excel file.

Common Grant Application FAQs

Suggested Steps for Using the Common Grant Application:

Step 1: Identify Potential Funders
Contact individual foundations to confirm deadlines and additional requirements.

Step 2: Define Your Goals
Save a ‘boiler plate’ proposal to be used later as you customize your proposals for various funders.

Step 3: Download our Common Grant Application and Financial Sheets

	Common Grant Application and Financial Sheets (pdf/locked version)
	Common Grant Application and Financial Sheets (Spanish Version) Solicitud Universal de Fondos de la Mesa Redonda de Fundaciones The January 2006 revision of the Common Grant Application -Spanish language contains the full application, including financials. *2008 Spanish version now in process. Please contact each funder for advice.
	Common Grant Application and Financial Sheets (word/unlocked version)
	Financial Sheets (excel/unlocked version)

Step 4: Complete CGA Application
Type your request directly into form and save – complete all three financial sections.

Step 5: Customize Your Applications
Copy and paste relevant portions of your boiler-plate proposal into your new proposals as needed when applying to multiple foundations, be sure to address each funder's interests directly.

Notices:

• Effective January 2008:
  The Hutton Foundation's grant application procedures have changed.
  Please go to www.huttonfoundation.org for the latest information.
• Wharton Foundation will not be considering new applications until March of 2009.
• Andrew H. Burnett Foundation is no longer accepting applications. Their foundation contributes to pre-selected organizations only.

Specific questions about downloading these files should be directed to 681-1040 x14 or resource@supportcenter.org