Funding Criteria

Funding Criteria

The Pilgrim Foundation does not accept and will not respond to unsolicited grant proposals.

Funding Criteria

   


THE PILGRIM FOUNDATION DOES NOT ACCEPT UNSOLICITED GRANT PROPOSALS.

Required materials for first-time grant application (submit only if requested):

  1. Promotional materials that describe your organization and its work (mission statement, methods, history, goals etc.)
  2. Purpose and amount of the grant being requested, with supporting materials and research where available (requests for general operating support are valid)
  3. Previous year’s budget - projected versus actual, aligned side by side on one page
  4. Current year’s budget, including amount raised to date
  5. A list of other sources you are soliciting for funding, and the status of your proposal with each
  6. Current major funders
  7. List of board members, with occupations and contact information
  8. Most recent audited financial statements
  9. Last five years of balance sheet items on one page and last five years of revenues and expenses on another page.
  10. Most recent IRS Form 990
  11. IRS tax exemption letter/proof of 501(c)(3) designation
  12. Statement of Christian faith, if not included in above materials

If you are applying for a grant renewal, you may omit #1, 11, and 12 from the above list.

You may submit all correspondence to the following address:

The Pilgrim Foundation
107 E. Chestnut Street
West Chester, PA 19380

or via email: info@thepilgrimfoundation.org