The Funding Process

Contact Northamptonshire Community Foundation to discuss your project ideas on 01604 230033. All application forms can also be downloaded from this website on:

ncf.idqa.co.uk/Grants/Application_Forms 

On receipt of Application we strongly recommend that you contact us so that we can support you in writing your application. We have a dedicated Community Development Manager to guide you through this process. 

Please note that if you want to receive feedback on a draft application that you must submit this to Matt Keen by 12 Noon on Friday before the application deadline.

• Send application to Northamptonshire Community Foundation via email and a signed hard copy in the post. The application will be assessed by the Grants officer who may contact you to ask for further information and request any missing information. A reference request will also be sent out to the independent referee you have put forward.

   

• Application is submitted to the Grants panel for a decision.

   

• Letter is sent to you to inform you of the panel’s decision.

   

• If successful, applicant will be sent a funding contract to sign and send back.

   

• BACS Payment will be made to the group’s bank account and an end of project report form sent for the group to complete at the end of the project timescales.

   

• The group may receive a visit from a representative of Northamptonshire Community Foundation to see how the project is getting on and to support actively implementing their Child Protection Policy and other relevant good practice. .

   

   
• All End of Grant Project reports must be completed and returned to us  no later than 4 weeks after the project finishes.