Grant Guidelines

Grant Guidelines and Policies

I. Expressed by the Grantors in the Original Trust Indenture

To contribute to and assist by disbursement, donation, or loans, regularly organized religious institutions.
To establish, maintain or endow, in whole or in part, or contribute to chairs, professorships, lecture courses, fellowships or scholarships in institutions of learning.
To establish or contribute to loan funds in aid of students in institutions of learning.
To initiate, establish, maintain or contribute to projects or programs for the preservation, extension or dissemination of learning including research in any field of human knowledge and to make such use and disposition of the results thereof as the Trustee may determine.
To contribute, by disbursement, donation or loan to the establishment and maintenance of hospitals, orphanages, and homes for the aged or helpless.
To initiate, establish, maintain or contribute to programs for the relief of human misery, want, and suffering. While it is not intended that the Trustee shall distribute individual alms, the programs hereby referred to may be limited to any group or class which, in the discretion of the Trustee, falls within the purposes of the Foundation.

II. Subsequent Refinements and Additions by the Foundation's Directors

A. Geographic Restrictions

The geographic focus of the Green Foundation is limited to central and eastern Missouri. Any application that supports program delivery outside of the Green Foundation's geographical focus will not be considered.

B. Preferences

Human and social service programs providing direct services to people in need
Youth development programs
Innovative developmental and educational programs for children
Health and hospitals (funding for research projects is not included in this priority)
Religious institutions with an emphasis on projects that support community churches and the provision of social services

C. General Considerations

Is the participation of the Foundation going to make a significant difference in the project or program?
How are the people in the geographic or subject area to be served supporting the project?
“Seed money” to launch a new project or program is a desirable type of grant.
Grants will be made for one year only with no commitment for years ahead should the Board no longer consider the project a high priority matter.
Priority will be given to new projects and to those that have not been funded for at least one year.
Although providing money for “bricks and mortar” as such is not of interest, it may be desirable to provide facilities to get a worthwhile project started or expanded.
The promoters of the project should indicate by what standards they will measure the success or failure of the project.
It is required that within twelve months of receiving the grant, a report on the progress of the project be sent to the Foundation.
The Foundation Board awards grants twice each year at meetings in May and November.
Grant requests must be received between June 15 and September 15 to be considered for the November meeting, and between December 15 and March 15, for the May meeting.

Grant Requests Most Frequently Funded

Concepts

Making a real difference in people's lives
Helping those that are not in a position to help themselves
Enriching the lives of many
Worthy projects not likely to receive other funding

More specifically, but not exclusively

Facilitating health care
Helping the physically or mentally disabled
Children and youth
Strengthening families
Providing for the elderly
Food banks and pantries
Education at all levels
Libraries
Museums
Literacy
Religious organizations
Restoration and preservation

A few examples

Equipment for treatment and therapy
Start up funds for treatment and therapy programs
Special equipment for handicap programs
Vans to transport program clients
Computer systems for a variety of purposes
Equipment for innovative teaching in schools
Start up funds for family counseling programs
Assistance to special childcare programs

Grants Requests That Are Not Considered

To individuals
To projects and programs located outside of the United States
To a charity that is not publicly supported
For social causes or for social activism
For lobbying, propagandizing, or for political campaigns
To requests deemed inappropriate for a variety of other reasons

Grant Requests That Probably Will Not Be Approved

Projects and programs located outside of central and eastern Missouri
Commitment of funds for more than one year
Grants for operating funds and annual budgets
Unspecified general funds
Projects with a perceived small chance of success
Programs that would seem unlikely to continue without further funding from the Green Foundation
Large capital fund drives
Large building fund drives
Large endowments
To an organization whose primary mission it is to raise and distribute funds
To federated giving programs

Scholarships

For many years children of A. P. Green Fire Brick Company employees graduating from high school received scholarships from the company to help them further their education. Recognizing the contribution of the A. P. Green Fire Brick Company and its employees to the community, and the contributions of the community to the success of the company, the Green Foundation established the Allen P. and Josephine B. Green Foundation Scholarship to assist the most deserving and qualified students graduating from Mexico High School in obtaining their college educations.

Each year the Foundation offers a $5,000 scholarship, renewable for three years, to a graduating senior of Mexico High School. Application forms are available on September 15 at the High School, and the completed forms are due January 15. The award is announced about March 15.

Allen P. and Josephine B. Green Foundation, Inc.