2021 Year End Grant Catalog: Call for Requests

Kathleen Sayce, October 22, 2021

Fall Arrangement courtesy of Nansen Florals, https://www.nansenflorals.com/ 

What a long, strange couple of years it's been! We are looking forward to a reopened community and helping local organizations with fundraising, donors with gifts and nonprofit education programs in 2022. The first step is our 2021 year end grant catalog, which opens to requests from local nonprofits, Monday, October 25th. 

To start this process October 25th to November 15th, go to  https://spccf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/request  and put in your organization's name. *

This link will open a sequence of boxes asking for information about your request, a short and long word description, amount, your logo or image, and with other information. 

Contact info@spccf.org to get a handout that details the information needed to fill the online form. It is handy to have it ahead of time. 

The site will be open for requests until November 15th, then close for ten days while we review all applications. 

The list will be open for public donations November 25th to December 31st. Follow your grant request's donations by looking at the list during this period: 

Go to our website, https://spccf.org/.  

Click on the Donate button, which takes you to:  https://spccf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/grant, where you can view the whole list of proposals and see how every one is doing. 

The promotion process is simple:  Every organization that participates spreads the word to its members, and asks them to promote/share the catalog link out among  their contacts. This multiplies the contacts and spreads the word about your proposal along with the rest.  This way everyone reaches more potential donors. 

Grant checks go to participating organizations in early January 2022. PCF waives its admin fee and covers the credit card fees for catalogs:  Every dollar donated to this catalog goes to the recipient organizations. Our permanent funds are also open for donations.

Grant catalogs raise thousands of dollars every year for local nonprofits. We hope your organization will be part of the 2021 Year End Grant Catalog. 

*NOTE: If your organization is not on this list of nonprofit organizations, please contact us (info@spccf.org) to have yours added:  Organization name, mission, address, EIN and lead contacts. 

Last year, Board Member Jerry Macy added all Pacific County organizations to our nonprofit list, but this list changes all the time. 

Holiday Grant Catalog is open for requests

 November 5, 2020

Winter:  crabbing is about to begin, photo from our first website, 2015

Pacific Community Foundation has opened the holiday grant catalog to requests from local nonprofit organizations. To start this process, go to  https://spccf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/request  and put in your organization's name. 

Several fields will open up, including the amount you are asking for, a short and long word description and a box for your logo or image. There is also a box for your organization's web address. 

Contact info@spccf.org to get a copy of the handout that details the information needed and boxes to fill out. Or get started online, then contact us and we will help complete your request. 

Our host program does not allow multiple visits to one request, it's just a small annoyance. Options are to ask us for edits, or start a new request, while we delete the other. 

The site will be open for your requests until November 12, then close while we review all applications and decided which ones to post. The list will be open for donations November 25 to December 31, 2020. 

You will be able to see how well your request is doing in raising money during this period simply by looking at the main list, at https://spccf.org/  Click on the Donate button, which takes you to https://spccf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/grant 

The promotion process is simple:  Every organization that participates spreads the word to its members, and asks them to promote the catalog to their contacts. Reaching out through many different organizations helps your proposal reach new potential donors. 

Our grant catalogs raise thousands of dollars for local nonprofits. 

Spring 2020 Grants Catalog

Ceanothus, California Lilacs, flower in May

Each May, the foundation hosts a community grants catalog, where local organizations propose grant requests and the foundation hosts those requests for them. 

Daffodils, February

As in past years, the request proposal site is open for the month of March 2020. 

In April, the foundation reviews all the proposals and decides which ones to offer. [Most of the time we say yes to every proposal—don’t worry.] 

Flowering plums, March

To get started, contact the foundation (info@spccf.org) to see if your organization is on our list of nonprofit and grantee organizations. 

If it is, we will send you the link to the request proposal page, and you can get started. 

Crocus Dutch Purple Giant, Feb.

If not, we will create a profile for your organization, and then send you the link. For this, we will need the organization’s name, address, contact person, phone number, email, and the organization’s EIN (federal employer identification number). 

Once your organization is on the list, then you can start adding your proposal. 

The request period is open March 1-31, 2020. We review proposals in April, and the catalog is open for donations May 1-31, 2020.

The foundation waives its admin fee and pays the credit card fees for all donations to this catalog. This way, every dollar donated goes to participating organizations. 

Sitka mist maidens, April

Your part is to help promote the catalog to your members, their friends, and outward, to increase the reach for everyone. 

We will host a social media seminar, April 17, 2020, 10 a.m. to noon, Ilwaco Community Meeting Room, next to the library, to teach you how to do use social media effectively and efficiently to promote your organization. 

Please RSVP so we know how many handouts to print, info@spccf.org. 

For the month of May, the grant request list is open to the public for donations. The foundation helps promote this catalog to the community. You help too.

Camas, May

Last year, the grant catalog raised more than $15k through dozens of small donations. 

Our goal for 2020 is to raise more than $20k for nonprofit organizations in our community.