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Salvador Foundation Guidelines for Grant Applications

The underlying goal of the Salvador Foundation is to help people who truly need help. Funded programs may range from a large project to help impoverished people in Latin America to funding a single parent in the United States who can’t afford clothing for her children. In general, the key principles to be evaluated when selecting projects are:

Does the effort provide a vehicle for sharing encouragement and hope based upon Christian principles?
Does the project bring Glory to God
Does the project enable other people to use their unique gifts to serve God and help others?

Funding Guidelines for the Salvador Foundation

The following guidelines apply to any Grant being considered by the Salvador Foundation

1.1 No funding will go to any organization which promotes directly or indirectly or through affiliated organizations the practice of abortion or the taking of human life for any reason. This restriction includes providing funding to an organization for an effort which is unrelated to abortion (or other life taking procedure) if that same organization also supports abortion through other funding sources.

1.2 Funding of any religious (faith-based) organization or sponsored activity is allowed only if that organization officially recognizes that Jesus Christ is the one and only son of God, and the only person to have led a sinless life.

1.3 Funding of an organization which is in any way affiliated with a Foundation Board member must be approved unanimously by the remaining Board members with that Board member abstaining from the vote.

1.4 No sporting activity will be considered for funding unless the participants are mentally or physically handicapped.

1.5 No funding will be authorized for "general operating funds" of any K-12 school or college. Any funding to a school must be done for a specific project which meets the guidelines and overall charter of the Salvador Foundation.

1.6 Scholarship support to colleges or universities will only be considered for institutions who verify that recipients cannot reasonably afford tuition on their own. This must be demonstrated to the Board of the Salvador Foundation through review of tax returns and other reasonable due diligence of the potential recipient. The college or university must consider such things as how much the applicant (or his family) spends on sports or other discretionary items which could reasonably be given up to pay for schooling without Foundation support. Scholarships or partial support of expenses for individuals attending trade schools, rehabilitation schools and Christian oriented schools meeting the requirements of 1.2 above may be considered by the Board.

1.7 Churches and other organizations may request funding to assist individuals for a fairly broad range of needs. No relative of a Board member is eligible for general financial assistance under any circumstances.

1.8 Support may be given to organizations working with people suffering from sexually transmitted diseases and this support can include support related to birth control (except for abortion related procedures). However, if support of this type is given, an education program must supplement the effort and abstinence must be taught as the only reliable, God-accepted method of preventing the disease and unwanted pregnancy.

1.9 Preference will be given to organizations who can show evidence that they are a "public" 501(C)(3) organization. * Please see definition of private versus public charity below.

1.10 Funding to any single organization which amounts to more than $10,000 requires that at least one Board member visit the recipient during that funding year to verify proper use of funding and report back to the Board of directors.

1.11 Preference will be given to organizations who can demonstrate an overhead rate of less than 10%.

1.12 The Salvador Foundation does not fund “mission trips” since it is our belief that these efforts should be funded by the church or individual participating in the trip.

When submitting a grant application, please submit electronically to grants@salvadorfoundation.org


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	Salvador Foundation Guidelines for Grant Applications The underlying goal of the Salvador Foundation is to help people who truly need help. Funded programs may range from a large project to help impoverished people in Latin America to funding a single parent in the United States who can’t afford clothing for her children. In general, the key principles to be evaluated when selecting projects are: Does the effort provide a vehicle for sharing encouragement and hope based upon Christian principles? Does the project bring Glory to God Does the project enable other people to use their unique gifts to serve God and help others? Funding Guidelines for the Salvador Foundation The following guidelines apply to any Grant being considered by the Salvador Foundation 1.1 No funding will go to any organization which promotes directly or indirectly or through affiliated organizations the practice of abortion or the taking of human life for any reason. This restriction includes providing funding to an organization for an effort which is unrelated to abortion (or other life taking procedure) if that same organization also supports abortion through other funding sources. 1.2 Funding of any religious (faith-based) organization or sponsored activity is allowed only if that organization officially recognizes that Jesus Christ is the one and only son of God, and the only person to have led a sinless life. 1.3 Funding of an organization which is in any way affiliated with a Foundation Board member must be approved unanimously by the remaining Board members with that Board member abstaining from the vote. 1.4 No sporting activity will be considered for funding unless the participants are mentally or physically handicapped. 1.5 No funding will be authorized for "general operating funds" of any K-12 school or college. Any funding to a school must be done for a specific project which meets the guidelines and overall charter of the Salvador Foundation. 1.6 Scholarship support to colleges or universities will only be considered for institutions who verify that recipients cannot reasonably afford tuition on their own. This must be demonstrated to the Board of the Salvador Foundation through review of tax returns and other reasonable due diligence of the potential recipient. The college or university must consider such things as how much the applicant (or his family) spends on sports or other discretionary items which could reasonably be given up to pay for schooling without Foundation support. Scholarships or partial support of expenses for individuals attending trade schools, rehabilitation schools and Christian oriented schools meeting the requirements of 1.2 above may be considered by the Board. 1.7 Churches and other organizations may request funding to assist individuals for a fairly broad range of needs. No relative of a Board member is eligible for general financial assistance under any circumstances. 1.8 Support may be given to organizations working with people suffering from sexually transmitted diseases and this support can include support related to birth control (except for abortion related procedures). However, if support of this type is given, an education program must supplement the effort and abstinence must be taught as the only reliable, God-accepted method of preventing the disease and unwanted pregnancy. 1.9 Preference will be given to organizations who can show evidence that they are a "public" 501(C)(3) organization. * Please see definition of private versus public charity below. 1.10 Funding to any single organization which amounts to more than $10,000 requires that at least one Board member visit the recipient during that funding year to verify proper use of funding and report back to the Board of directors. 1.11 Preference will be given to organizations who can demonstrate an overhead rate of less than 10%. 1.12 The Salvador Foundation does not fund “mission trips” since it is our belief that these efforts should be funded by the church or individual participating in the trip. When submitting a grant application, please submit electronically to grants@salvadorfoundation.org
	download Grant Application (PDF 50kb)
	* Traditionally, the Internal Revenue Service classifies an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code as “private” unless the organization can demonstrate that it qualifies as a “public” charity. Unlike private organizations, which normally receive substantially all of their contributions from relatively few sources, such as a wealthy individual or corporation, and often rely on investment earnings as their source of ongoing support. A public charity, on the other hand, is either “publicly supported” (deriving a substantial portion of its financial support from the public) or functions to support one or more organizations that are classified as public charities. Because there are different rules that apply to public versus private 501(C)(3)’s, it is important to be able to identify whether an organization is a public charity or a private foundation. The Salvador Foundation requires written confirmation of an organization’s status from the IRS (regardless of whether the organization is a church or other 501(C)(3) organization.)
*"…Fan into flame the gift of God that is in you…"* 2 Timothy 1:6