Request a Grant - Cloudsplitter

Submit Your Grant Request

If you have not done so, please review the Grants – Cloudsplitter page for all guidance and parameters. This may change without notice, so even if you have submitted a grant in the past please review before continuing with a submission. If you are intending to submit an application, and have not yet reached out to the proper Cloudsplitter employee given the grant type, please read the Grants – Cloudsplitter page and reach out first before filling in the below.

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For your convenience you can download this file to help you to prepare for your grant submission. This file is only for your drafting and will not be accepted as an application. Please use the below form to submit your actual Grant Request.

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Pre Grant Qualification

Do you have any outstanding Cloudsplitter reporting due for a past Cloudsplitter grant?(Required)

Yes

Is your nonprofit located in/or serving residents of the Adirondack Park?(Required)

Yes

Are you a “For-Profit” Business?(Required)

Yes

If this is a project/program is this slated for actual impact within the next 6 months? You can click "Yes" if this is an Unrestricted Application(Required)

Yes

Is this request for an Endowment expansion campaign?(Required)

Yes

Have you already made initial contact with someone at Cloudsplitter Foundation?(Required)

Yes

Thank you for your interest in submitting an application to Cloudsplitter Foundation. While we understand that there are many worthy organizations and projects out there, your answers to the survey indicate that you may not be qualified to request a grant at this time. For a more detailed look at our grantmaking, or for clarification as to why you may not have qualified, please visit: https://www.cloudsplitter.org/grants/. If you feel that you have been rejected in error, or think that it requires a second opinion, please email chenelle@cloudsplitter.org with your specific rationale as to why you may be an exception.

Applicant Information

Organization Name(Required)

Please enter your EIN number (or that of your financial sponsor)(Required)

Requestor Name(Required)

First Last

Brief Description of Organization and Mission(Required)

Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Website

Officer Title(Required)

Officer Phone(Required)

Officer Email(Required)

Contact if different (title, phone, email)

Is your organization a 501c3?(Required)

Yes

Number of Staff(Required)

Number of Board Members(Required)

Number of Volunteers(Required)

Non-grant funding sources

Non-grant funding as % of budget

Fiscal sponsor name and address, if any

Grant Request Information

Type of grant requested(Required)

Program/Project

Unrestricted Support

Rapid Support

Project or Program Budget(Required)

Organization Budget(Required)

Total Needed(Required)

Amount requested(Required)

Unrestricted Support Grants are for $10,000 and under

Amount requested(Required)

Rapid Support Grants are for $5,000 and under

Amount requested(Required)

Projects over $50K require a detailed review by a trustee or ED. While this review may happen after submission, an applicant will benefit from early discussion. Contact the Grants Director for direction.

The Mission of Cloudsplitter Foundation is to improve the environment, economies, and lives of the people of the Adirondacks through innovative and leveraged philanthropic programs.

Please help us understand how this project or program is aligned with the mission of Cloudsplitter:(Required)

Please help us to understand the transformative impact within your specific community (e.g., economically, socially, environmentally) and why this project or program is valued and by whom.(Required)

What Cloudsplitter board members, staff or advisors are involved with the project and how?(Required)

Cloudsplitter believes transformative projects should also have significant leverage.

Please help us to understand how our grant would also help this project or program increase dollars raised, partners committed, volunteers on-board or other forms of leverage.(Required)

Please list other funding sources and opportunities that you are currently seeking. Where are they in the process?(Required)

Please describe how you measure success for this project(Required)

What are the potential difficulties that you may encounter in implementing this project or program? Do you have a Plan B? Please describe(Required)

Does your project serve an underserved population? Are they underserved due to geographic, economic, or social barriers? Please describe your beneficiaries and the challenges they face.(Required)

What geography and population (as specifically and realistically as possible) does your program/project serve?(Required)

Please attach a copy of your organizational annual budget(Required)

Max. file size: 20 MB.

Please attach a copy of the Project/Program budget for which the grant funds would be used.(Required)

Max. file size: 20 MB.

Project or Program timeline

Grant Name(Required)

Grant Purpose(Required)

Your “one-liner”

Application Narrative(Required)

Please summarize your need, how grant dollars would be used, who would benefit (with as much demographic info as you can provide), and anything that would help a funder understand what you hope to accomplish and how.

Other relevant grants received or applied for(Required)

Grant requested from, Date, Amount, Type (Matching, State, Federal, Individual), Award (Y/N/Pending)

In kind or other matching funds

Explain please

May we share this application with other potential funders(Required)

Yes

Organization directors and officers with title(Required)

List below or provide a link to organizations website with directors and officers listed.

Help us better Assist

The Cloudsplitter Foundation wants to understand more about its partners and applicants. Your answers to this question will NOT impact your application, but will help us to be better funders. 1) What specific training and/or support needs does your organization currently identify as critical to enhancing its capacity and effectiveness in achieving its mission? 2) Are there things you want to do long-term but haven’t been able to start yet? (Some examples of ideas may include things like fundraising plans, business model evaluation, legal restructuring, strategic planning, legacy giving, public relations etc… ) 3) Do you need help with these areas to achieve success?

Financial statements-please upload current operating statements (sources and uses of funds)(Required)

ONE-PAGE ANNUAL BUDGET

Max. file size: 20 MB.

BALANCE SHEET

Max. file size: 20 MB.

PROJECT BUDGET

Max. file size: 20 MB.

Additional supplemental materials, if any

Max. file size: 20 MB.

Signature and date(Required)