Types of Grants

Ball Brothers Foundation is pleased to offer the following grant opportunities consistent with the Foundation focus and interest:

BBF General Grants –Ball Brothers Foundation will consider Program/Project requests, Operating Support requests or a combination of the two.

Request for consideration must begin with a Preliminary Letter of Inquiry (LOI) submitted by the stated deadline dates. A full proposal will only be considered if the Preliminary Letter of Inquiry has received the approval of the President/COO of the Foundation. The Foundation reserves the right to waive the Preliminary Letter of Inquiry requirement.

Grant requests will be considered at the spring and fall board meetings; organizations who submitted proposals will be notified of board decisions within one week of the board meeting (typically the third week of May and October).

BBF Rapid Grants – A limited number of Rapid Grants are designed to provide funding to organizations that require immediate funding for the following types of needs, but not limited to: continue a project, provide professional development, buy equipment or materials for a project, travel to meet representatives to advance ideas for a project, formulate a project idea, carry out a mandated law or event, or for seed money to begin a new project. Organizations can request up to $5,000 for a rapid grant.

Rapid Grant requests may be submitted at anytime between February 1 and November 30 of each year. The request will be reviewed immediately by the Foundation staff and organizations will be notified of the decision within four business days of the submission. Awards will be issued upon receipt of the signed Mutual Understanding Agreement.

BBF Organizational/Executive Mentoring Grants – Information concerning these grants can be obtained from the Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) at http://www.iyi.org/ or by calling 1-800-343-7060.