We recommend you carefully review our guidelines and the results we seek in our program areas before submitting an application.

Requests for grants should be submitted using the application forms below. The Foundation has no submission deadlines. Proposals are reviewed in the order they come to the Foundation, and grants are approved by our Trustees at regularly scheduled Board meetings throughout the year.

1. Investments in Direct Service
   In this area we support programs and projects that create human gain for people in our areas of focus. Historically, most of the grants in our portfolio have fallen into this category.

   Organizations seeking support for Direct Service should download the application below:

   Application Form:	DOWNLOAD
   Application Guide:	DOWNLOAD

2. Investments in Organizations (Capacity Building)
   At times we believe that making an investment in an organization so that it can achieve and sustain stronger gains for those served is the best investment we can make. In general, these investments are reserved for organizations with which we are already working.

   Organizations seeking support for Capacity Building should download the application below:

   Application Form:	DOWNLOAD
   Application Guide:	DOWNLOAD

3. Investments in Systems Change
   At times we believe that the most pressing need is to make an improvement in the larger context of factors and forces that affect programs and organizations. The Foundation will allocate limited grant dollars to strategic policy, advocacy, and applied research initiatives that advance the Foundation's grantmaking priorities.

   Organizations seeking support for Systems Change (i.e., applied research, policy, and/or advocacy work) should download the application below:

   Application Form:	DOWNLOAD
   Application Guide:	DOWNLOAD

• A cover letter signed by a senior executive or the board chair of your organization;
• A copy of the grantseeker’s 501(c)(3) Internal Revenue Service tax exemption letter;
• The organization’s most recent audited financial statement;
• If the last completed audit is more than a year old, please also send unaudited financial statements for the fiscal year most recently ended;
• For your current fiscal year, please provide a year-to-date profit & loss statement that compares budgeted and actual income and expenses, and a current balance sheet;
• A budget for the proposed project and for the organization as a whole for the year in which the requested funds would be used;
• Sources of income corresponding to the program budget and the organization budget: pending and secured public, corporate, and foundation supporters to date for the current fiscal year, with amounts; and a list of supporters, with amounts, for the most recently completed fiscal year;
• A list of the organization’s governors, trustees, or directors with their professional affiliations; and
• If applicable, a final narrative report on your previous Altman grant and a budget indicating how grants funds were expended.