Grants

Eligibility:
To be considered for funding, every applicant must:

• Be an organization designated as not-for-profit and tax-exempt as defined under IRS 501 (c)(3) codes.
• Submit requests on a RMHC Grant Application form, with all required information and documentation.

Eligible projects are those which:

• Directly benefit children (ages ranging newborn to 18 years). If your program benefits children and adults, you must identify which costs specifically support children. Only these costs are eligible for funding by RMHC.
• Serve children in at least one of our eleven counties in the Tampa Bay area:

• Expend RMHC grant awards within 12 months.

The RMHC Board of Directors is most interested in organizations that can demonstrate:
• Consistent and effective management
• Clear goals and objectives
• A broad base of funding support
• Ability to respond to the needs of specific groups of children in a manner that yields measurable results

RMHC does not fund:
• Grants to individuals
• Requests for programs which have already been completed
• Advertising or fundraising drives
• Partisan, political or denominational programs
• General and administrative costs, including salaries, stipends, transportation or travel expenses
• Requests that are not in writing
• Capital Campaigns
• Endowment Campaigns
• Intermediary funding services or "pass-through" grants (not-for-profit organizations that ask RMHC for funds to distribute to other not-for-profit organizations)