Satterberg Foundation

We hope that the following Capacity Building Award Guidelines will assist you if you are interested in exploring possibilities for funding.

"Great programs need great organizations behind them."(anonymous)

What do we mean by capacity? We mean the many kinds of resources that organizations build up and can draw upon to do the work necessary to achieve desired outcomes.

How are programs or activities and outcomes related? Activities produce outcomes and should answer the question – “how will the funds be used to build capacity?”

What are outputs? Outputs are tangible or measurable and describe what has been produced or who has been worked with.

What are outcomes? Outcomes are what will be accomplished or expected to change through the essential activities of the organization.

What capacities are necessary to produce quality activities or programs? Capacities of many kinds are needed to design, build, operate, and continually improve the programs/activities that ultimately produce the desired outcomes. It is the development and ongoing strengthening of specific capacities that this Capacity Building Award is intended to support.

Criteria for Capacity Building Awards:

• Requests for assistance will not be considered after the activity is completed.
• Only organizations in the communities of Satterberg Foundation Board Members will be considered.
• An organization may request a Capacity Building Award once a calendar year.
• Awards are for up to $3,000. Most often awards are made to organizations with budgets of less than $1M
• Requests are reviewed at quarterly Board meetings.

Process from start to finish:

• Please visit www.satterberg.org and review the mission, vision and values of the Satterberg Foundation.
• Review the criteria for eligibility. If your organization is eligible, please contact the office for an application and application deadlines by email (select contact us on the menu) or by phone at 206-441-3045.
• Organizations are requested to submit:

1. A signed and dated application using our Capacity Building Award Application.
2. Your Board-approved annual budget for the current fiscal year.
3. Your Board-approved financial statement.
4. Your project budget and timeline.
5. Your copy of the IRS letter authorizing tax-exempt status or its equivalent.

• We encourage, but do not require, electronic submission of applications and supporting documents. If submitting by USPS, UPS, Fed Ex or other please do not require a signature. The Satterberg Foundation office will email you confirmation of receipt of your application.
• Applications are reviewed at quarterly Board meetings; you will be notified subsequent to the Board meeting of your application’s disposition.
• A follow-up report form will be sent with the grant letter and award.
• A follow-up report is due at the completion of the activity or within nine months after the award has been made.
• A follow-up report reminder will be sent six (6) months after the grant award.

 

Use of Funds

• Capacity Building Awards may be used for training, consulting, collaboration, conferences, skill exchange, professional development or accessing other resources that help strengthen the organization. Areas for capacity building may includea:

1. Board development
2. Development of internal systems or structures
3. Financial management
4. Fundraising
5. Human resources
6. Leadership Development
7. Outcomes and quality improvement/Evaluation
8. Strategic planning
9. Succession planning

• Awards are not for program delivery, for evangelical purposes or for emergency or capital expenditures, including computer hardware or software or related items.
• Please inform the Satterberg Foundation office of changes in your direction, intent or timing.