1 Create a ZoomGrants™ account (below) or log in to your existing account (above) 2 Select a Program to apply for, then click the Apply button to get started 3 Answer the questions and/or fill in the fields in each tab 4 If necessary, upload any requested documents 5 Submit your application and wait for a decision 6 If you are selected to receive funding, you might be required to submit invoices or reports through your application
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The primary focus of the grant is programs that provide direct services to the District's Asian American and Pacific Islander community that address at least one of the following areas: education, jobs & economic development, public safety, civic engagement, health & wellness, youth engagement, arts & creative economy. The programs should encompass culturally and linguistically competent direct services that increase low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander residents' and small businesses' capacity for independence into the general community. If at any time you are confused about the application process, please read the following PDF for a complete list of instructions and tips for using ZoomGrants: https://www.zoomgrants.com/welcome/applicantslideshow.pdf.
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be a Community-Based Organization with a Federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or evidence of fiscal agent relationship with a 501 (c)(3) organization; the organization or program serves the District’s Asian American and Pacific Islander residents; or business owners; the organization’s principal place of business is located in the District of Columbia; all services and programming to receive funds must be provided in the District of Columbia; the organization is currently registered in good standing with the DC Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs, Corporation Division, and the Office of Tax and Revenue; Current grantees must be current on any reporting obligations for the FY19 grant cycle.
Strong evidence of responding to one of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s policy priorities: focusing on our youngest residents, transforming workforce training, and creating economic opportunities.
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This section of the application should be an overview of your organization, contact information of those relevant to the program/organization, and the anticipated cost. If you are collaborating with another organization, please provide one point of contact.
Application Title/Project Name
Amount Requested
Applicant Information
First Name
Last Name
Telephone
Email
Address 1
Address 2
City
State/Province
ZIP+4/Postal Code
Country
Organization Information
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Pre-Application
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1. Is your organization a 501c3?
2. Are District of Columbia businesses and/or residents service recipients of your proposed program?
3. Is your organization located in the District of Columbia?
Describe your program in detail. If a question or section does not apply to your proposal, please enter 'N/A' in those fields. If you are collaborating with another organization, please be sure to complete all the required questions. Please be aware that if you are copying and pasting from a webpage or a PDF that you copy the correct character amount. In the case that you paste more than 3,000 characters into the spaces below, your answers will NOT be recorded.
1. Please provide an overview of your organization, the goal of the proposed program(s), its objectives, and outcomes.
2. What is the name/title of your program(s)?
3. What are the funding area(s) for which you are applying? Indicate how the project will address all the areas, in the space provided in question 7.
4. Who is the target population(s) this project will serve? You are limited to 500 characters, including spaces and punctuation marks. If you copy and paste from a different document and your answer exceeds 500 characters, it may not be saved. If it does exceed 500 characters, pare down your response to fit.
5. What are the cultural and/or linguistic competencies, sensitivities, and appropriateness of your proposed project? How will your proposed project address one or more of "Mayor Bowser's Policy Priorities"? Mayor Bowser's Policy Priorities are the following: Education, Jobs & Economic Development, Public Safety, Civic Engagement, Health & Wellness, Youth Engagement, and Arts & Creative Economy.
6. Would it be possible for the Mayor or one of her delegates to participate in an event(s) with your organization that has received support from this grant?
7. What is the service/program that you are proposing?
8. Why is there a need for your service/program?
9. What is the expected impact of your service/program?
10. What are the practices your organization proposes to implement to address the need? How will your organization's practices create the desired impact? What innovative practice(s) will your service/program implement?
11. Who will you be collaborating with and what will each collaborator's roles be in the service/program? If you are NOT collaborating with another organization, you may reply 'N/A' to this question.
12. How will your organization or collaboration plan to provide the service/program? What is your capacity to implement the service/program? Please be sure to note at minimum your capacity, including human and financial resources, to implement the services/program.
13. How will your organization or collaboration document, monitor, and evaluate the service/program, including outcomes or outputs to be achieved?
14. How/Why is your organization or collaboration uniquely positioned to implement this service/program?
Quarterly Reports
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This section contains four tables: Budget Summary, Staffing Plan, Work Plan, and Performance Plan. Please fill out the tables with the requested information. NOTE: Final calculations can be viewed upon clicking the grey "Refresh" button at the top of the application page.
**ENTER NUMBERS ONLY - No dollar signs, commas, or other characters** The budget for this proposal shall contain detailed itemized cost information that shows personnel and other direct and indirect costs. The budget request for this proposal shall not exceed the grant amount allotted for the areas under which the applicant is seeking funding. Up to 15% of funds can be used for indirect costs. (Indirect costs may include: general administrative costs such as legal, accounting, liability insurance, and audits and the like). Program funds cannot be used for: food expenditures, sales tax, lobbying, to cover expenses made prior to the grant award, to supplant (replace) funds from other grant sources. In the Personnel section, please enter the salary/hourly rate in the second column and the percent of time in the third column. In the Non-Personnel section, please enter the unit costs in the second column and the number of units in the third column. BUDGET NARRATIVE/JUSTIFICATION This section should describe the proposed expenditures, including purpose or reason for the expenditure (personnel or non personnel) and calculations of costs. If applying as collaboration, please include the appropriate division of budget between the two or more organizations who are applying and justification for the allocation.
This section should contain the staff assigned or to be hired for the program, staff positions and percent (%) of time on the program. If the position is not filled, a start date as to when the position will be filled should be supplied. If applying as collaboration, please note the affiliation organization to the appropriate corresponding staff.
List the program objectives and related activities, timeline for implementation and completion, and responsible staff. If you use another format for your work plan, you may also include it in the proposal.
The goals that are set in the Performance Plan should follow a format similar to S.M.A.R.T. measures. S.M.A.R.T. measures means they should be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound. List the expected measures of your program with targets by quarter. The measures must include a numerical value that can be assessed. Please include in narrative format how each measure will be evaluated. If the measures will be semi-annual or yearly, please note them in 2nd quarter or 4th quarter respectively.
**TOTALS ARE CALCULATED ON PAGE REFRESH** Please input your numbers then use the grey Refresh Page button, near the top right corner of the page, to reload the page and present the calculated totals. In the quarter columns, Enter numbers ONLY - no letters or symbols.