Name: GiveWell Community Foundation Inc.
Address: 1501 South Florida Avenue, Lakeland, FL, United States 33803
Foundation status: Community foundation
Phone: 863-683-3131
Fax: 863-683-5909
URL: www.givecf.org
Email: info@givecf.org
EIN: 593649871
Asset Amount: $192,493,129
Total Giving: $15,524,341
Gifts Received: $27,010,946
Expenditures: $17,120,038
Qualifying Distributions: N/A
Giving Activities Include: $15,524,341 for grants
ABOUT
Purpose and Activities: The foundation seeks to improve the quality of life in all areas of great Lakeland, Florida. It does this by serving donors, local nonprofit charities and the community at large.
Background: Established in 1997 in Florida.
FUNDING INTERESTS
SUBJECTS: Arts and culture, Christianity, Community and economic development, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Environment, Family services, Health, Higher education, Historic preservation, Housing development, Human services, In-patient medical care, Mental health care, Museums, Nonprofits, Performing arts, Senior services, Special population support, Youth development
GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS: Florida, Moldova, Germany, United Kingdom, Tanzania, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Honduras
POPULATION GROUPS: Academics, Adolescents, Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people, Low-income people, Students
SUPPORT STRATEGIES: Capital campaigns, Equipment, General support, Program support, Seed money
TRANSACTION TYPES: Matching grants
ORGANIZATION TYPES: Community foundation
APPLICATIONS/RFPs
Visit the foundation website for application form and guidelines. The foundation offers one grant orientation each fiscal year; attendance is mandatory
Application form required.
Initial Approach: Attend grant orientation
Copies of proposal: 1
Deadline(s): Changes annually – check website for most current information
Final notification: Oct. for initial qualification determination
GIVING LIMITATIONS
Giving primarily in the greater Lakeland, Florida, area.
No support for sectarian religious projects that are not open to all.
No grants to individuals (except for scholarships and emergency grants), or for tickets, annual or building campaigns, endowments, operating expense,
galas, membership dues, medical or scientific research, debt reduction or bridge funding, or fundraising events or celebrations.