How to Apply
Applications:
Eligibility Criteria
Guidelines
Applying for a Grant
Deadlines
Eligibility Criteria
All grant proposals should display and emphasize respect for the dignity of all persons. Programs submitted should be consistent with the principles espoused by the mission and core values of the Baptist Healing Trust. The Trust advocates:
- Caring with a servant’s heart
- Healing for the mind, body and spirit
- Loving with respect and without reservation
- Creating cultures of mindfulness, wisdom, justice and peace
- Supporting sacred work
- Inclusiveness
Our Statement of Inclusiveness: The mission of the Baptist Healing Trust is to be a caring ministry devoted to healing with love in the Christian tradition. Through our grant making programs, the Trust aims to increase access to quality, loving healthcare for vulnerable populations across Middle Tennessee. The Trust’s grant making policies reflect the belief that organizational performance is greatly enhanced when people with different backgrounds and perspectives are engaged in an organization’s activities and decision-making process. Thus, the Trust actively seeks to promote access, equity and inclusiveness, and to discourage discrimination based on race, creed, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and other factors that deny the essential humanity of all people. This principle is a lens through which all of the work of the Trust is viewed.
Grant Guidelines
In 2010, preference will be given to currently operating programs that demonstrate strong community need and ongoing sustainability as well as new programs or expansions where high community need has been documented.
Awards are generally granted on a year-to-year basis.
A limited number of programs may receive multi-year (two to three year) funding. Annual evaluation will occur, which may result in redirecting of funds. Multi-year requests should decrease in amount requested each subsequent year.
Grants typically range from $25,000 - $75,000 per year in order to maximize impact to the community.
A given organization typically will not receive more than one grant of a specific type per year. However, an organization can have two different types of grants simultaneously.
Awards are paid yearly 50% at the beginning of the term and 50% after the completion of a mid-term progress assessment.
The trust is unlikely to support proposals for:
- Grants for the construction or renovation of building facilities
- Grants to individuals and fraternal organizations
- Grants to other grant-making organizations
- Grants to support partisan politics, political lobbying, or electoral campaigns
- Grants to single disease, research-oriented organizations
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Applying For a Grant
Organizations interested in applying for a grant should follow these steps:
Stage One: Preliminary Application
Complete the Trust’s preliminary application to formally request funding. This form introduces both the applicant organization and the proposed project or program to the Trust. Please complete the Trust’s online form.
Shortly after its receipt, the program staff will respond to the applicant regarding the status of the preliminary application and next steps.
The Stage 1 Preliminary Applications have three parts:
- Organization Information
- Contact Information
- Brief Project Description
Stage Two: Full Proposal
The Trust will notify applicants about how to proceed once a preliminary application has been received. Depending on the previous history with the Trust, applicants whose programs meet the criteria of the Trust will be asked to conduct a face to face meeting with the Trust or a phone conference. After this meeting, the staff will notify applicants when there is an interest in exploring the grant request further, and a full proposal will be requested. Full proposals should be completed via our secure online application process. Please only include materials requested by the Trust. Applicants must have a completed profile on GivingMatters™ by the full proposal deadline.
The Stage 2 Grant Applications have seven parts:
- Organization Information
- Contact Information
- Executive Summary
- Needs Assessment
- Complete Project Description
- Project Financial Information
Attachments Required for all Applications (except Critical Needs)*
*Please see the Critical Needs Grant page for more information.
- Transom, Education or Partnership Grant Budget Form
- Board of Directors Contact Info Form
- Current Financials Statements (Profit and Loss & Balance Sheet)
- Organization Chart
- Optional: Letters of Support
Please click here to download the Transom Excel Budget Form 
Please click here to download the Education Excel Budget Form
Please click here to download the Partnership Excel Budget Form
Please click here to download the Board of Directors Contact Form
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Deadlines
Grant proposals are currently accepted and reviewed in the spring and fall with the spring full proposal deadline falling in February and the fall full proposal deadline being in September. Awards are typically extended on an annual basis.
Stage 1: Preliminary Application Due no later than February 4, 2010 at 5 PM
Stage 2: Full Proposal Due by March 10, 2010 at 5 PM
Notification Occurs: July 2010
The grant policies, guidelines, programs, application requirements, and funding decisions are the responsibility of the Board of Trust. These items may be modified by the Board of Trust at any time in its sole discretion.
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Requests that are Denied
The Trust receives a multitude of grant requests for worthwhile projects. Unfortunately, many of the requests are not funded simply because the demand exceeds the Trust's resources. A denial is not necessarily a reflection of the quality of the grant request or applicant organization.
Applicants are welcome to resubmit a grant request. However, before reapplying, it is advantageous to discuss with the reason for the initial denial with the appropriate member of the program staff.
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