How to Apply
The Foundation will normally make grants twice a year, in May and November. Only organizations invited by the trustees may apply. The trustees will begin this process by inviting a 2-page Preliminary Application. Nonprofit organizations whose Preliminary Applications have been approved by the trustees will be invited to submit a Full Proposal in accordance with the Foundation’s proposal format described below. Interviews or site visits will be scheduled at the trustees’ discretion.
Step 1: Preliminary Application
Instructions
Please submit one copy of the Foundation’s Preliminary Application form. Please do not submit any other materials at this time. This form should not in any case exceed two pages.
Please submit the Preliminary Application form unstapled, unbound, and fastened only with a removable paper clip to:
The Ludcke Foundation
c/o GMA Foundations
77 Summer Street, 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Deadlines
If invited, Preliminary Applications may be submitted at any time, but must be submitted by December 15 for consideration prior to the March 1 proposal deadline, or by June 15 for consideration to the September 1 proposal deadline. In the event that a deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, Preliminary Applications will be due on the first business day following the deadline date.
If the trustees approve your Preliminary Application, you will be invited to submit a Full Proposal following the guidelines below.
Step 2: Full Proposal
Instructions
Upon request, please send one copy of:
* Associated Grant Makers’ Common Proposal Form Cover Sheet
* Associated Grant Makers’ Common Proposal Narrative (This should not in any case exceed 5 pages in length)
* Program budget that includes income and expenses
* A budget narrative
* Organization budget
* List of current and potential foundation and corporate supporters
* List of Board Members
* Most recent audited financial statements (unstapled and unbound)
* Copy of IRS tax exemption letter
* Resumes of key staff
Please send one copy of this Full Proposal, unstapled, unbound, and fastened only with a removable paper clip(s) to:
The Ludcke Foundation
c/o GMA Foundations
77 Summer Street, 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Deadlines
All Full Proposals must be received by 5:00 p.m. on March 1 for consideration at the May meeting or September 1 for consideration at the November meeting. In the event that a deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, Full Proposals will be due on the first business day following the deadline date.
NOTE: Please be aware that the Ludcke Foundation trustees have recently decided to limit the number of organizations receiving grants for more than three consecutive years. Organizations that have received grants from the foundation may reapply for second- and third-year’s funding for the same program/purpose. Those organizations that have been supported by the Foundation for three or more years may be asked to observe a hiatus of at least two years before they may reapply, after which time the trustees will again initiate the application process by requesting a Preliminary Application.
Repeat applicants whose current grants were allocated at the May trustees’ meeting should submit applications by the March 1 deadline for consideration at the next May meeting, while those funded in November should submit applications by the following September 1. To apply for continued funding for the same project, grantees must submit a grant report using Associated Grant Makers’ Common Report Form along with an updated Full Proposal. To apply for a grant for a new project, past grantees must communicate with the Foundation to ask and be invited to submit a new Preliminary Application form.
If you have any questions about your organization’s eligibility to reapply, please contact the foundation for guidance prior to submitting any materials.
Contact
For further information, please contact:
Brianna Lloyd, Foundation Assistant
(617) 426-7080, x 246
blloyd@gmafoundations.com