DC TRUST NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY Fiscal Year 2015

DC TRUST
NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY
Fiscal Year 2015 Summer Programs
Notice: ATTENDANCE AT A GRANT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SESSION AND
SUBMISSION OF A NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BE
ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT.
Summary: The DC Trust empowers youth to use their talents in creating successful lives
through aligning resources, building systems and connecting partners. Since 1999, DC
Trust has invested over $100 million in high-outcome programs and youth development
worker capacity building with measurable impact to unlock the intrinsic potential of
every DC youth.
As a nonprofit partner to local government, DC Trust is the only organization that
brings together city agencies, public schools, employers and community groups to
expand services and opportunities for youth in the District. Our work combines thought
leadership, capacity building and effective grants management to help create and
support the most effective programs for the District’s youth.
The DC Trust announces the availability of a funding opportunity and invites qualified applicants
to submit proposals to provide high quality summer programs to children and youth 5 – 24
years old in the District of Columbia during Fiscal Year 2015. Specifically, the Trust seeks to
support the delivery of a variety of high quality programs that will provide purposeful and
developmentally appropriate opportunities aligned with the five citywide goals to help the
District’s children, youth and young adults meet developmental outcomes and to prevent
summer learning loss (see the National Summer Learning Association website
www.summerlearning.org for more information regarding this topic). Applicant organizations
must employ a positive youth development philosophy in its approach and program design.
Applicants are allowed to submit no more than one (1) proposal in response to this
RFP.
Criteria for eligible applicants:
Eligible applicants must have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, been incorporated to operate in the
District of Columbia, and providing direct services since no later than October 1, 2012; must be
organized under the District of Columbia Non-profit Corporation Act (DC Code, sec.29-501
et seq.) since no later than October 1, 2012; must be a community-based organization, defined
as a non-profit agency with a board of directors that is reflective of the community of
population served; organization’s primary vision and program focus must be on serving children,
youth, and/or families within the District of Columbia; organization must be in good standing
with the DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs; and, organization must be in
good financial standing with the DC Office of Tax and Revenue and the Internal Revenue
Service as well as follow all appropriate charitable financial reporting standards.
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An organization described in Section 501(c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.
501(c)(4), that engages in lobbying activities is not eligible to apply, serve as a host site for
members, or act in any type of supervisory role in the program. Individuals are not eligible
to apply.
All eligible applicants must meet all of the applicable requirements contained in the proposal
guidelines and instructions found in the upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP), which will be
released on Friday, March 27, 2015. The RFP will be available for download on the Trust’s
website at www.cyitc.org. All proposals must be submitted in-person to the Trust
(1400 16th Street, NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036) on Friday, April 17, 2015
at 4:00 p.m. No proposals will be accepted after 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2015.
The Trust will hold three (3) Grant Technical Assistance (GTA) Sessions. In order to be
eligible for this grant, attendance at one (1) of the GTA sessions is mandatory for
all applicants. Please use the links below to register to attend a session. The sessions will
convene on the following dates at these locations:
Thursday, April 2, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The View at Crawford Hall
635 Edgewood Street, NE, 9th Floor
Please register to attend this session using this link: http://fy15summergta1.eventbrite.com
To Be Determined-awaiting location confirmation
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Watha T. Daniel Shaw Library
1630 7th Street, NW
Please register to attend this session using this link: http://fy15summergta3.eventbrite.com
IMPORTANT! All prospective applicants must also submit a Notice of Intent to
Apply to the Trust. The Notice of Intent to Apply form should be completed and
submitted via email (not by regular mail) to the Trust by Wednesday, April 8th,
2015 at 4:00 p.m. Submittal of a Notice of Intent to Apply does not commit an organization
to apply. However, failure to submit a Notice of Intent to Apply by 4:00 p.m. on April 8, 2015
will disqualify an applicant. Any supplemental written information related to this RFP will be
provided only to those organizations that have filed a Notice of Intent to Apply. The Notice
of Intent to Apply form is located online at www.cyitc.org and should be submitted
via email to jspooner@dctrust.org.
Questions regarding the RFP or proposal process must be submitted in person at
the Grant Technical Assistance Session or via e-mail to Jordan Spooner at
jspooner@dctrust.org on or before Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. All
written questions and responses concerning this RFP will be posted on the Trust’s website at
www.cyitc.org. If you have any additional inquiries, please contact Jordan Spooner, Senior
Program Officer, via phone at (202) 478-3879 or via email at jspooner@dctrust.org.
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