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The Capacity Building program provides support for organizations seeking to improve their capacity to provide service. Grant support is available only to organizations with charitable organization endowment funds at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. These organizations can apply for grants to fund programs, services or equipment designed to increase their management efficiency or their administrative capacity to provide service, or will provide a good plan for the organization's future. An advisory committee reviews the grant proposals and makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees. For a list of organizations with charitable organization endowments at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, please see Central Oklahoma Charities.
April 1, 2008
July 1, 2008
*Or first business day after the deadline.
A grant request must be directly related to an element included in the organization's long range plan. If the organization does not have a long range plan, the grant request may be for assistance in developing a plan.
Grants will be provided for equipment, consulting services, training, programs and other items meeting the following goals:
- The proposal should directly relate to implementing some aspect of the long-range plan of the organization
- The proposal should increase the management efficiency, program capacity or quality of service of the organization
- The benefit to the organization should be clearly identified and easily evaluated
- If the organization does not have a current long-range plan, the request may support efforts by the board and staff to develop one
- If an organization has never undergone a financial audit, the request may support efforts to provide 50 percent of the total cost up to $4,000.
See Recent Grant Approvals for examples.
Contact Gayle Farley at 405.606.2910 to discuss your proposal a minimum of three weeks prior to grant deadline.
Complete the Capacity Building Organizational Information form in the space provided and compile the required attachments.
Word Format
PDF Format Submit a written proposal, no more than five pages in the order indicated.
See Guidelines for Narrative. NOTE: Effective with the April 2, 2008 deadline, the evaluation and reporting requirements have been revised. Please see these sections in the Guidelines for Narrative for more information. Any questions, please contact Gayle Farley at 405.606-2910. Submit a budget for the project.
Example Proposal Budget - .doc Format
Example Proposal Budget - PDF Format Complete the two-page Proposal Abstract.
Word Format
PDF Format Complete and submit the Application Checklist and Summary Sheet with your application.
Word Format
PDF Format Submit fifteen (15) copies of the following:
Organizational Information form
Proposal Narrative
Proposal Abstract
Budget Submit one (1) copy only of the following: Application Checklist and Summary Sheet
Required documents
(items 1-6 on the Organizational Information form)
Technology plan, if applicable. Deliver or mail above documents to:
Oklahoma City Community Foundation
P.O. Box 1146/1000 N. Broadway Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1146 The completed application packet must be received by 5:00 p.m. of the deadline date. Clearly mark the packet Capacity Building Grant. Faxed or e-mailed applications forms will not be accepted.
Interim Report Form - Word Format
Interim Report Form - PDF Format Final Evaluation Report Form - Word Format
Final Evaluation Report Form - PDF Format
Grant approvals from the April 2, 2008 deadline:
Overholser Mansion -- $4,500 to support the hiring of an education intern to develop education programming.
Individual Artists Association -- $5,000 to assist in hiring a staff person to manage daily operations of the gallery and organize an expanded programming schedule.
Travelers Aid Society -- $2,550 to hire a professional to lead a board development session.
Oklahoma Children’s Theatre -- $3,000 to develop a three-year strategic plan.
Community Health Center/Mary Mahoney Memorial Health Center -- $3,000 for the development of a new web site.
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum -- $5,000 to support an in-depth member and visitor survey to determine visitor needs and interests.
Oklahoma Physical Therapy Foundation -- $1,800 to support improvements to the web site.
Oklahoma Museums Association -- $3,294 for development of a membership marketing plan and campaign.
Association of Fundraising Professionals -- $5,000 to support the association’s annual Day of Philanthropy Conference.
Grant approvals from the January 2, 2008 deadline:
Oklahoma League for the Blind -- $3,000 for the hiring of a consultant to develop and facilitate a board retreat.
Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence -- $3,500 for the purchase of new software.
Easter Seals of Oklahoma -- $3,000 to support programming for a therapeutic day school for those with Autism. Grant approvals from the July 1, 2007 deadline:
Children’s Medical Research Institute -- $3,000 to redesign the web site.
Variety Health Center -- $3,000 to expand the web site with new graphics and information in English and Spanish.
Paseo Artists Association -- $2,200 for office hardware and software.
Girls Scouts-Red Lands Council -- $4,000 to support services associated with the realignment project.
St. Mary’s Episcopal School of Edmond -- $3,240 to purchase software to complement the current private school management system.
City Arts Center -- $3,500 to purchase donor management software.
NAIC-Center for Alcohol and Drug Services -- $3,240 to hire a facilitator to develop a new long range strategic plan.
Heartline -- $3,000 to hire consultants to conduct an organizational audit and implement a strategic planning process.
TEEM-The Education & Employment Ministry -- $2,000 in support of a new marketing campaign.
Oklahoma Foundation for the Disabled -- $8,000 to hire staff to implement a life skills training program.
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. -- $8,000 to help support legal assistance in a new outreach program serving Oklahoma’s homeless population.
Association of Fundraising Professionals -- $5,000 to support a presentation at the annual fall philanthropy conference.
We want assist organizations develop proposals that meet the criteria for the Capacity Building program. Please contact Gayle Farley to discuss your organization's needs at 405.606.2910.
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Updated Jan. 2008
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