There are two grant application cycles each year: Cycle One (deadline is March 15) and Cycle Two (deadline is September 15). We are excited to welcome Altrusa Clubs and Districts to apply for service project grants, newly chartered grants (for Clubs within 12-months of their charter date), and individual grants. Nonprofit organizations that provide international healthcare and camps for children with disabilities are also welcome to apply for Club 21 grants.

***BEFORE YOU APPLY*****

• The grant recipient must file two (2) status reports:

1) Progress Report (6-months after funds are received): a brief narrative detailing project progress, outcomes achieved, and any challenges/changes to project timeline, goals, or budget (1-page max)

2) Follow-up Report (within 12 months after funds are received): complete the Grant Follow-up Form. A Grant Follow-up form is included with the award letter when the grant money is forwarded to the grantee. Grant Follow-Up forms are also available on the website or from the Altrusa International Foundation Office in Des Plaines.

Please also submit pictures, testimonials and impact statements from project activities and events for both reports. Participants must sign the photo release found on our website.

• As a grant-making organization, the Altrusa International Foundation achieves its mission in part through partnerships and corporate sponsorships. Reporting the outcomes of Foundation-funded projects and communicating the role of the Foundation’s support increases public understanding of how we work with award recipients and other stakeholders to achieve our mission.

To this end, we require grant recipients to acknowledge the Altrusa International Foundation when describing projects funded in whole or in part with Foundation funds on social media, websites, interviews, and press releases with the following statement:

This [project/program/etc.] [is/was] awarded grant funding by the Altrusa International Foundation, Inc. For more information, please visit altrusa.org/foundation.

• The maximum amount of each grant awarded is set prior to the first cycle of each Fiscal Year by the Board of Trustees.
• Clubs may not apply for a club grant and an individual grant in the same fiscal year.
• Altrusa Clubs and Districts are eligible to receive only one (1) grant per fiscal year (June 1-May 31). If a Club or District is awarded a grant in Cycle One (September 15 deadline), the Club or district may not apply for a grant in Cycle Two (March 15 deadline). However, if a club or district applies for grant in Cycle One but does not receive funding,  the club or district may apply for funding in Cycle Two.
• Newly chartered Altrusa Clubs are eligible to receive a one-time grant up to the maximum amount for such grants. Newly chartered ASTRA Clubs are eligible to receive a one-time grant up to the maximum amount for such grants. Applications must be received within one year of the club’s charter date. The charter grant does not preclude such Club from applying for an additional grant in the same fiscal year but the maximum amount for Club grants for the fiscal year will apply to the combined charter grant and Club grant in that fiscal year.

• A grant applicant may be awarded less than the requested amount. Please consider this when planning service projects and consider alternate funding sources.

The Altrusa Foundation reserves the right to make final decisions on grant funding amounts which are based on the availability of funding and the quality and number of grant submissions.

The Foundation strongly advises Clubs and districts to take these new changes into consideration when planning the timeline and available alternate funding sources of service projects for the year.