Funding Inquiries

Pew Fund Grant Inquiry Form

Use this form to provide information about your organization and its program(s) so that Pew Fund staff can determine whether the organization is likely to be a strong candidate for a venture or growth grant. We value your time, so we’ve kept this form brief. If we think there is a potential fit, we’ll follow up to learn more. We review submitted forms on a rolling basis and will respond within three months of the submission date.

Organization Information

Organization's name

Executive director's/CEO's name

Board of directors Chairperson's name

Address

Organization's street address

Organization's city

Organization's state

Organization's zip code

Submitted by

First name

Last name

Title

Email address

Phone number

Most recent fiscal year end date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Revenue for most recently ended fiscal year

Expenses for most recently ended fiscal year

Note: If invited to complete an application, the organization will be required to provide three years of financial information.

Are you a local affiliate of a national organization?

Yes No

Eligibility

Please review the eligibility criteria for our two grant types before answering the following two questions.

For which type of grant do you believe your organization is a candidate?

Which county(ies) does your organization serve? (Please select all that apply.
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Details

For venture grant applicants

What is the emerging or unmet need that you are trying to address? How will your intervention address this need? Please describe the target population(s) you intend to serve, your proposed intervention, and how you will measure success.

Why are you uniquely positioned to meet the emerging or unmet need for the target population that you cited above?

In what ways will your work over the next two years help build the evidence base for or refine your intervention, leading to increased impact and/or sustainability? How will this work contribute to your organization’s knowledge, and what contribution will it make to the sector as a whole?

What would Pew’s support enable you to accomplish over the next two years that you could not otherwise do?

For growth grant applicants

What is/are the social problem(s) facing individuals and families living poverty that you are trying to solve, and how are you trying to solve the problem(s)? Please describe the target population(s) you serve, your major program offerings, and how you measure success.

Has your program engaged in a third-party evaluation?

What are your specific goals for growth in the Philadelphia region for the next five years? Please include the current and projected number of clients served.

How would Pew funding help you achieve your goals?

For all applicants

What evidence do you have that your approach is effective?

What has your organization learned because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how will you use that learning in the future?

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