Grant Application Guidelines
- The requesting organization must be tax-exempt.
- The Powell Foundation operates on a calendar year and its Board meets twice a year in the spring and in
the fall. Submission of proposals is required at least two months prior to a meeting for consideration at that
meeting. To allow for optimum consideration and due diligence, those seeking grants are encouraged to
apply to the foundation on an ongoing basis. Grants that do not make the deadline for one meeting will be
carried forward to the next meeting.
- Each request must be in writing and should be accompanied by the proposal summary and the required list of attachments.
- The Powell Foundation's Directors must be persuaded that the requesting organization engages in
sound financial planning and solid management practices. The Foundation reserves the right at any
time to request information on the destination of funds granted.
- Normally, the Foundation will not consider requests for building funds or grant commitments
extending into successive calendar years.
- The Foundation Directors are interested principally in grants to be spent in the Foundation's geographic areas of interest, i.e., Harris, Travis, or Walker Counties, Texas.
- Special consideration will be given to those requests addressing critical and/or basic needs and/or having timing of the essence.
The Foundation does not expect to support:
- Grants to religious organizations for religious purposes.
- Fund raising events or advertising.
- Grants to other private foundations.
- Grants to cover past operating deficits or debt retirement.
- Grants for support to individuals.
- Grants that impose the exercise of responsibility upon the Foundation. For example: private operating foundations or certain supporting organizations.
The Board of Directors has the responsibility for final approval of each grant. Since the Foundation receives funding requests far in excess of its funds available for grants, only a small portion of the requests received can be approved. A decision not to fund a proposal does not reflect on the merits of the applicant or the value of its proposal, but rather results from limited resources.
PLEASE SUBMIT GRANT REQUESTS TO:
Caroline J. Sabin, Executive Director
The Powell Foundation
2121 San Felipe, Suite 110
Houston, TX 77019