Gould Charitable Foundation Grant

The Foundation is currently most interested in funding programs in the following areas (in alphabetic order):

• Elder services
• Environmental stewardship
• Health care
• Preservation of personal rights
• Training for the disadvantaged
• Welfare and education of children
• Women's Issues

The Foundation prefers to fund: 

• Innovative projects, new approaches, or promising ideas even if there is no track record of success, rather than ongoing maintenance or capital campaigns. The Foundation is less likely to fund general support of well established, large organizations with wide funding sources.
• Programs that have high leveraging potential in terms of expansion and/or replication.
• Projects where funding makes up a considerable portion of the overall project, or if the project is large, then a considerable portion of a specific area within the project as a whole.
• Projects where funding would make a significant difference in the potential for the project's success.
• Projects that will have long-term impact beyond the initial project year.
• Tangible resources or training, rather than salaries or ongoing expenses.
• Organizations that are making significant use of volunteers.
• Projects where resources make a measurable impact in the lives of the people served.
• Organizations that are led by an inclusive and diverse board of directors, all of whom contribute in terms of time and/or funding.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)