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Eligibility Guidelines and Limitations

Valleylab has created the following guidance criteria to assist individuals and organizations in determining their eligibility for funding under our charitable contributions program. Valleylab’s intent is to fund organizations that provide direct goods or services to those community residents in need of basic necessities such as medical care, food, and shelter.

ELIGIBILITY

  • Applicant must be classified as 501(c)(3), or equivalent, by the Internal Revenue Service.
  • Valleylab does not consider grants to organizations that practice discrimination of any kind.
  • Only one request is considered for an organization during any 12-month period.

RESTRICTIONS — Valleylab will not support the following:

  • Faith-Based Organizations
    Valleylab will not fund "inherently religious" activities. This means that Valleylab will not authorize an organization to use any part of a grant to fund religious worship, instruction, or proselytization. Qualified organizations may use grants to support the non-religious social services they provide. Therefore, faith-based organizations requesting funds from Valleylab must separate, in time or location, their inherently religious activities from the grant-funded services they offer. Such organizations should also carefully account for their use of all grant money. Some faith-based organizations set up separate charitable organizations ("501(c)(3) corporations") to keep programs that receive donations separate from those that engage in inherently religious activities. If, for example, your church receives federal money to help unemployed people improve their job skills, you may conduct this program in a room in the church hall.
  • Personal Programs or Funding
    Valleylab will not fund or make contributions on behalf of any one individual or family. Additionally, Valleylab regrets we cannot fund ‘in memoriam’ requests.
  • School Activities, Teams, Individual Programs or Scholarships
    Valleylab also regrets that we are unable to fund school programs, teams, camps, and any related travel costs associated with such requests. An example of an excluded request would be a local school that requests funding to send a team of students to a regional competition.
  • ‘athalons’ or Athletically-Based Fundraising Events
    In keeping with our desire to directly fund organizations which provide critical need services within the community, we are also unable to fund individuals who raise money for organizations through ‘athalons’ or other fundraisers which generate contributions through walk-athons, etc.
  • Service or Fraternal Organizations
    In keeping with our desire to directly fund organizations that provide critical need services within the community, we are unable to support Lion’s Clubs, Shriners, or any other similar organization whose primary function is not the delivery of goods or services.
  • Valleylab reserves the right to turn down any application or deny any grant for reasons that comply with company policy.

REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS

  • Proposed project / program is strongly aligned with the mission and program area(s) of Valleylab's annual focus
  • Valleylab support would serve as a catalyst for a proposed project’s success
  • Proposed project / program creatively addresses root problems with substantive solutions
  • Sufficient local and other support exists to ensure that the project / program will be implemented and will continue after the Valleylab grant has been exhausted
  • Organization has effective leadership, appropriate organizational capacity, and strong financial health
  • The project / program is innovative and efficient in its use of funds
  • Evaluation plan identifies expected measurable outcomes that can be reported on by the end of the grant period
  • Organization incurs minimal overhead cost

GRANT AMOUNTS

Grant amounts vary considerably and depend on many factors. Some important considerations include the applicant organization’s program budget, the consistency of the program goals with Valleylab's annual focus, and the amount of support the program is receiving from other sources. Organizations should submit proposals requesting a reasonable amount of financial support for efforts that most closely match Valleylab priorities. Valleylab is rarely the sole funder of a project and encourages applicants to develop a variety of individual, government and private funding sources for projects.

DEADLINES AND RESPONSE TIME

  • Grant applications must be postmarked by December 15, 2006 for the 2007 fiscal year grant period
  • Valleylab will try to acknowledge, by email, receipt of all proposals within 10 days

NOTIFICATION

  • Applicants will be notified by email of all grant decisions (no phone calls please).
  • If a grant is awarded, a notification letter of acceptance will be sent to the selected recipients.
  • Valleylab respectfully requests that all press releases be cleared with Valleylab prior to distribution.

• Application Checklist

Questions?

Valleylab Grants Administration
303-530-6584
www.valleylab.com
valleylab.cares@tycohealthcare.com

All proposals and requested attachments should be submitted to:
Valleylab
Mailstop GRANTS
5920 Longbow Drive
Boulder, CO 80301