How to Apply for a Grant Cycle

Community Grants
2010/2011 Grant Year

 

 

Application Guidelines

The Phoenix Affiliate Community Grants are one-year grants for community projects providing outreach and education, screening services, and treatment services to the medically underserved, uninsured or underinsured.

Deadline for Application
Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. Friday, November 20, 2009 or postmarked on or before November 20, 2009.  Faxed applications will not be accepted.  Please mail to:

               Susan G. Komen for the Cure
               2040 W. Bethany Home road, Suite 120
               Phonenix, AZ 85015      

Funding Areas
Education projects will be funded up to $50,000.  We are looking for education projects that are effective in promoting behavioral change or empowering individuals to make good breast health decisions. Organizations requesting funding for educational projects should include only interventions that are evidence based and can demonstrate a successful outcome/result. 

Screening projects will be funded up to $75,000.  Screening grants should use Komen funding as a “last resort” for those women who are medically underserved, uninsured and/or underinsured.

Treatment projects will be funded up to $300,000. All Komen funding for treatment service projects must be used to serve medically underserved, uninsured, and/or underinsured populations.

Statement of Need
We are seeking projects that focus on education and outreach, screening or treatment services among medically underserved, uninsured or underinsured communities. Please refer to our 2009 Community Profile for more indepth information.

Pre-application Workshop
We strongly encourage all applicants to attend a Pre-Application Workshop before applying for a grant from the Phoenix Affiliate.  The workshop will be held on Thursday, August 13, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Flinn Foundation 1802 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004. Map to Flinn Foundation.

If you are outside Maricopa County you may attend via the web. 
      Audio Conference Information: 
      Dial-in number: 866-740-1260
      Access Code:5442873
      You will be placed on music hold until the audio conference starts

      Conference: 
      http://www.readytalk.com 
      Access Code:  5442873
      VERY IMPROTANT – PRIOR TO THE DAY OF THE CONFERENCE
      Test your computer for compatibility prior to the conference: 
      http://test.readytalk.com
      Technical Support: For technical support in joining a ReadyTalk conference,800.843.9166
      http://support.readytalk.com

Please RSVP to Mary Dokes at mdokes@komenphoenix.org  and let us know if you will be attending in person or through the web conference.

Grant Application Packet

There are two pieces of the Community Grant application packet.  The first piece is the 2010-2011 Community  Grant Program Granting Guidelines and the other is the Community Grant Program Application for Funding Packet.