The TK Foundation Youth Sailing Program

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BACKGROUND & PURPOSE

The TK Foundation is interested in supporting NON-PROFIT youth sailing programs that are reaching motivated disadvantaged youth. Successful programs will offer young people an up-close and personal relationship with the ocean, provide them with opportunities to challenge themselves in an ocean environment, teach responsible seamanship and stewardship, and help them develop important life skills.

The TK Foundation is looking for youth sailing programs that do this through a combination of program criteria that aim to:

1) Offer an ongoing educational experience

Programmatic elements may include: Instruction, mentoring, and educational field trips

2) Promote responsibility

Programmatic elements may include: Internships, or other types of work-related, hands-on experience

3) Promote leadership skills

Programmatic elements may include: Volunteer opportunities, peer mentorship, or advocacy

4) Disadvantage

Support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds or communities.

Programs that provide support services such as case-management, counseling, and/or life skills courses are especially encouraged to apply. Ideal programs should incorporate all four criteria listed above, and should operate in-line with The TK Foundation’s core values: A Hand Up and Not a Hand Out, Enduring Impact, (i.e. lasting results), Innovation, Integrity, and Hands On (i.e. direct involvement between agencies and their clients).

The TK Foundation has set aside $500,000 USD to be awarded in grants to successful applicants. Grant requests may range from $4,000-$15,000 per annum. Multiyear grant requests of up to three years will be considered.

GRANT TIMELINE

The relevant dates are as follows:

▪ Proposals due (closing date for applications: January 31st 2025

▪ Grant decisions announced: Week commencing 1^st April 2024

▪ Grant funding period: May 1^st 2025 up to April 31^st 2027

ELIGIBILITY

· Eligible applicants must be nonprofit public benefit corporations exempt from federal income taxes under US, UK, Canadian, European, Bahamian, and Bermudian Internal Revenue Codes.

· Applicant organizations must not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, or sexual orientation in any of its activities or operations.

If your organization is a previous or current TK Foundation Fund grantee, all reporting requirements must be current or your agency will not be considered for funding.

GRANT FUNDS MAY BE USED FOR

▪ Implementation of a new program

▪ Continuation or expansion of a program, if able to document history of compelling, quantified impact

▪ Organizational capacity building, including social enterprise

▪ Personnel, facility, supplies, equipment, and other direct expenses essential to the project

▪ Community outreach/publicity to targeted clients

▪ Staff or volunteer training

▪ Justified Indirect costs

GRANT FUNDS MAY NOT BE USED FOR*

▪ Lobbying

▪ Annual fund drives

▪ Underwriting or sponsoring social or special events

▪ Fund-raising activities

▪ Debt retirement or budget deficits

▪ More than 25% of agency annual budget

▪ Endowment campaigns

*These are generalities and are true in most grant-making situations. However, The TK Foundation may make exceptions when appropriate and after discussion with the applicant agency.

EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR PROPOSALS

Proposals are evaluated by a review committee who will determine the extent to which they meet following criteria:

▪ Disadvantaged- The TK Foundation wishes to target those youth that 1) do not have equal opportunities because of circumstances that makes achievement unusually difficult and 2) are at risk of social exclusion.

▪Youth - Between the ages of 9 and 21. Applicants are requested to differentiate between “Children” (9-12) “Teens” (13-17) and “Young Adults” (18-21).

▪ Proposed program is compatible with your organization’s mission and the purpose of grant program stated above.

▪ Agency shows experience with targeted community(ies) and access to the populations served.

▪ The program for which you are seeking support effectively

▪ Offers an ongoing educational experience

▪ Promotes responsibility

▪ Promotes leadership and life skills

FINANCIAL UPLOADS

Please provide the following attachments as a .pdf file:

▪ Government letter of tax exemption

▪ Copy of the most recent available set of annual accounts (990 or equivalent) and independent auditors’ letter

Please download, complete, & upload the Program Budget attachments as a .pdf file.

Late or incomplete proposals will not be accepted. Information may be used or shared for reporting or promotional purposes.

IMPORTANT

In the case of non-U.S. grants, the exchange rate for the grant payment will be determined on the date and time the payment is entered into Orange County Community Foundation’s (OCCF) grant management system. The exchange rate may change between the time the payment is entered into the system and receipt of payment by the grantee. However, the exchange rate is fixed by OCCF at the time of entering the grant into OCCF’s grant management system and the grantee will not be invited to request an exchange adjustment.

Banks often charge both outgoing and incoming wire or transfer fees. OCCF and the TK Foundation pay applicable fees for outgoing international wire transfers. OCCF and the TK Foundation are not responsible for any bank, wire or transfer fees that may be incurred by the grantee in the process of receiving an international wire transfer.

Request for Proposals 2025

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Cover Sheet

Name of Organization

Name of Program

Contact Person Information

First Name

Last Name

Job Title

Phone Number

Ext.

Organization Address

Grant Amount Requested

Total Budget for Proposed Program

Organization's Total Budget Last Year

Number of Individuals Served by Proposed Program (Per Session or Per Year)

Organization's Website

Geographic Area Served (City/County/State/Province)

Mission of Organization

Proposal Summary (No More Than 100 Words)

By checking the box you attest that you are authorized on behalf of your agency to submit a proposal to The TK Foundation Fund, that your agency meets all eligibility requirements, and that all information provided in this proposal is true and accurate.

Proposed Project

The information must be presented in the text boxes below (which can be made smaller or larger as needed.) Please respond directly and succinctly to the questions.

1. Please provide a brief history of your organization. Include a description of current and past programs, legal status, main purpose of organization, and how it is currently funded. Describe staff and organizational qualifications that relate to the proposed program.

2. Describe the proposed program. Include implementation of program, intake, case management, program services, placement in jobs or continuing education, and follow-up.

3. Describe the youth that will benefit from the program and their needs and/or issues. Include any demographic information and the number of youth to be served per program period and indicate if the program targets specific disadvantaged youth groups (such as disadvantaged groups or communities; those with learning or physical challenges, young people involved in the criminal justice system, young people struggling with mental well-being etc.). If any of the young people identified above are part of a larger group this program will support, please include the percentage or number of those young people in your sailing program.

4. Based on your description of the disadvantaged youth population you intend to serve, please describe your outreach and engagement strategies to ensure these youth access your program.

5. Describe your agency’s experience with serving disadvantaged youth. Please be specific.

6. Describe the qualifications and/or training of key leadership, personnel/staff, and volunteers involved with the program.

7. Program Objectives. List the objective(s) of the program, the action that will be taken to reach this objective, and how this action will be evaluated and assessed. Be specific. The objective(s) needs to be measurable; describe the “who” and “how”, and be time bound. A minimum of one objective is required.

Objective 1

Action

Evaluation

Objective 2

Action

Evaluation

Objective 3

Action

Evaluation

8. Does the program include collaboration with other agencies? Please give details:

9. Explain give details of any special features of the program – what makes it effective?

10. Sustainability. If you plan to continue the program after TK funding ends, please describe how the program will be sustained. Please include a description of any social enterprise activity which the organization is currently engaged in or plans to become engaged in. How will the organization conduct programming if not all requested funding is received? If the request is greater than 10% of your total organizations budget, please explain how the program will be supported.

11. How TKF funding will be spent? Please describe how our grant will be applied. e.g. "to purchase 2 boats, purchase 10 life jackets, fund instructor training" etc:

Financial Analysis

The purpose of this part of the form is to present an overview of an applicant organization’s financial health and proposed project. This will be reviewed and taken into consideration along with the grant proposal. Please provide all the information requested on your entire organization, along with any notes that may explain any extraordinary circumstances. This information should be from your most recent audited (independently examined) accounts.

For how many years are you seeking funding? - One / Two / Three (specify)

If you are seeking funding for more than 1 year, please attach a budget showing the breakdown of the total project costs and the requested grant in each year. Amounts MUST be in $USD.

How much will the project cost in total? ($USD)

How much are you seeking from the TK Foundation? ($USD)

Who will fund any difference?

If some of the money for your project will come from other sources, tell us where it will come from. Tell us how much it is and if you have secured it yet

Source of Funding

Amount

Check if Secured

Source of Funding

Amount

Check if Secured

Source of Funding

Amount

Check if Secured

Your Organization's Finances

Financial Year Ending (Please give Month and Year)

Total Organizational Income

Total Organizational Expenditure

Previous TK Foundation Grants

Please give details of any previous grants awarded by the TK Foundation, including the purpose of the grant, the amount, and date awarded. Please enter the amounts in $USD.

Date Awarded

Amount ($USD)

Purpose

Date Awarded

Amount ($USD)

Purpose

Date Awarded

Amount ($USD)

Purpose

Please download, complete, and save the Project Budget (click here). Submit completed version below.

Please attach Project Budget here.

Government Letter of Tax Exemption

Copy of the most recent available set of annual accounts (990 or equivalent) and independent auditors' letter

If you are seeking funding for more than 1 year, please attach a budget showing the breakdown of the total project costs and the requested grant in each year. Amounts MUST be in $USD

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