Grants
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2024-2025 Grant Timeline
Nonprofit Workshop
REQUIRED for those wishing to apply for funding. The workshop will be held on Nov. 7th, 2024 at St. Luke's. Start time will be 9:00a.m.
To register for the workshop, email admin@impactok.org with the following information:
- Name of Organization
- Number of representatives attending
- Primary contact email for your organization
- December 3, 2024 – Letters of Intent/Financials Due (5:00 pm deadline)
- December 5, 2024 – Invitations to Apply Sent
- January 9, 2025 – Member Grant Training
- January 10, 2025 – Grant Applications Due (5:00 pm deadline)
- January 14 – February 14, 2025 – Focus Area Committee Grant Review
- February 14, 2025 – Semi-Finalists Notified
- February 21 – March 21, 2025 – Site Visits
- March 21, 2025 – Finalists Notified
- April 4, 2025 – 30 word and 250 Word Synopsis Due
- May 15, 2025 – Impact Awards Celebration and Vote
- May 2025 – Grants Awarded
Eligibility
Our guidelines continue to evolve, and Impact Oklahoma reserves the right to change its criteria without prior notice at any time.
In Order To Be Eligible For An Impact Oklahoma Grant, An Organization Must
- Be a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization
- Be in operation a minimum of three (3) years
- Have Gross Revenue (as of their Prior fiscal Year) of at least $300,000
- Have Total Assets of at least $250,000
- Have a representative attend a grant workshop
The Organization’s Proposal Must
- Outline a project or program that targets a specific population for a specific duration and with specific measurable goals to be achieved
- Must provide services in Canadian, Logan, Cleveland and/or Oklahoma counties
- Use the full amount of the Impact Oklahoma grant ($100,000) to provide services in the above counties
- Plan to expend all funds within twenty-four (24) months
Impact Oklahoma Will Not Award Its Grant For The Following
- Non-program operating expenses
- Debt reduction
- Endowments or memorials
- Bridge funding or interim financing
- Operational deficits
- Partisan, political lobbying or legislative activities
- General fund drive or annual appeals
- Fraternal, sectarian and religious organizations where the grant is intended for the principal benefit of the organization’s own members or adherents, or where the grant is intended for inherently religious activities
- Private foundations
- Legal expenses incurred in any action by or against the organization
- General construction or renovation (unrelated to a specific proposed project or program)
- Construction or renovation of property not owned by the nonprofit
- General capital campaign (unrelated to a specific proposed project or program)
- Fundraising activities or events
- Advertising
- Sports teams or any sports-related activity or competition
Impact OK Process
Members DONATE
YEAR-ROUND:
The grant pool grows as new women join and renew their memberships.
Members PARTICIPATE
JANUARY – FEBRUARY:
Members who joined or renewed by November 30 are invited to participate on one of five grant Focus Area Committees to review the grant requests and narrow the selection.
Members VOTE
MARCH: Focus Area
Committees attend site
visits for their top 3 selections.
Members IMPACT Oklahoma
MAY: Members attend the Impact Awards Celebration to meet the five finalists, hear their presentations, and vote for their favorite project. The $100,000 grant recipients are announced that evening.
Questions About Our Process?
Be sure to read this page thoroughly or email grants@impactok.org to be considered for an Impact Oklahoma grant. Eligible applicants must be self-sustaining in their daily operations, outline their vision and execution concepts, and meet other requirements approved by the Board of Directors as outlined below and on our required grant application.
Other Restrictions
An organization may submit only one application each year.
An organization that has received a $100,000 grant from Impact Oklahoma may not reapply in the following three (3) grant cycles.
Impact Oklahoma reserves the right to reject a Letter of Intent or a Grant Application for any reason, including if it is late or incomplete in any way. See each document for more detailed instructions.
Terms Of Grant
Prior to receiving the grant money, the grant recipient must execute a Terms of Grant document.
Evaluations
Impact Oklahoma requires that the grant recipient submit periodic progress reports. Impact Oklahoma emphasizes the use of evaluation to measure program progress and outcomes, promote learning from experience, improve program performance and encourage our grantees to build effective self-evaluation plans into their projects.
Apply only if you have attended required workshop.
