Grant Guidelines
Funding Allocation Policy
Revised December 2006
Purpose. The purpose of this document is to provide the Board of
Directors of Clinton County Community Development Association
(“CCCDA”) an objective and consistent framework within
which to award grants to deserving qualified organizations in such a
manner as to optimize the present and future benefits of such grants to
the citizens of Clinton County.
Scope. The allocation formula described herein shall be applied
to the total amount available for distribution as of each determination
date. The “total amount available for distribution”
shall be determined annually by the CCCDA Board of Directors.
Determination Date. “Determination date” as used in this
document shall mean the first Wednesday in March of each year.
Fund A Grant applications from eligible organizations shall be
due in the CCCDA office on the second Tuesday in April of each year,
and Fund B applications shall be due by the second Tuesday of July each
year. The Board of Directors shall make awards from the funds described
below as soon as practicable after such date.
Formula. The
total amount available for distribution shall be allocated to two
separate funding pools as follows:
• 50% of the total amount shall be allocated
to Fund A, any funds not distributed shall be carried over to Fund B.
• 50% of the total amount shall be allocated
to Fund B.
Fund A. Funds
allocated to Fund A shall be awarded with the goal of accomplishing
economic, civic or community development within Clinton County, Iowa,
to improve the area economy, and to create and retain employment
opportunities. Any organizations, which are awarded funds from Fund A,
shall be required to obtain, from sources other than CCCDA, funds for
the organization's specific project equal to 50% of the total project
cost. In determining whether an organization meets this matching
funds requirement, in-kind contributions of labor or land toward the
specific grant shall not qualify toward the 50%. In-kind material
contributions will qualify.
Fund B. Funds
allocated to Fund B may be awarded, subject to a matching funds
requirement, to qualified organizations up to $75,000. Any
organizations, which are awarded funds from Fund B, shall be required
to obtain, from sources other than CCCDA, funds for the organization's
specific project equal to 25% of the total project cost. In
determining whether an organization meets this matching funds
requirement, in-kind contributions of labor or land toward the specific
grant shall not qualify toward the 25%. In-kind material
contributions will qualify.
Residual Amounts.
Any funds that are awarded as grants from Fund A and which are not
distributed by June 30th of the following year or Fund B and which are
not distributed by September 30 of the following year shall revert to
the general fund for re-allocation.
Governmental Support.
Projects requiring commitment from a
governmental body must receive that commitment prior to applying for
funding from the CCCDA.
Consecutive Funding Limit. No organization shall be considered if it previously
received funds in the three consecutive funding allocation periods
(regardless of the fund). No organization will receive funding
for marketing costs (i.e. advertising, promotion) more than once in a
three-year period.
Qualified Organizations. Qualified organizations are those
organizations which meet the definition of an “eligible
organization” (as defined below) and which submit a grant
application that is not an “ineligible application” (also
defined below).
Number of Applications. Number of Applications. Qualified organizations
may submit up to three applications in each pool per funding period.
This limit includes applications the qualified organization
submits on its own behalf as well as ones it submits on behalf of
non-qualified organizations.
Eligible Organizations
To be eligible for a grant from the Clinton County
Community Development Association, an organization must meet all of the
following tests as of the date specified by the Clinton County
Community Development Association as the deadline for submission of
grant applications:
A. The organization must be described in at
least one of the following code sections:
- Internal Revenue Code Section
501(c)(3)(charitable, religious, or educational organizations);
- Internal Revenue Code Section
170(c)(2)(governmental units); or
- Iowa Code Section 99B.7(3)(b) (educational,
civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious organizations).
B. The organization and project must be
physically located within Clinton County, Iowa.
C. The organization must not illegally
discriminate on the basis of age, gender, or race.
D. The organization must be in compliance
with the terms and purposes of any prior grant from the Clinton County
Community Development Association. If the organization has
violated the terms of any prior grant, the organization will be
considered ineligible until such time as the violation has been cured.
Ineligible Applications
To be eligible for a grant from the Clinton County
Community Development Association, an organization must submit an
application that is not described by any of the following:
A. Applications which benefit specific
individuals, including education scholarships.
B. Applications which benefit the individual
members of an eligible organization.
C. Applications which request funds to cover
operational costs.
D. Applications which request funds to make
up for deficit spending.
E. Applications which request funds to
salvage any program or organization.
F. Applications which request funds to
retire an organization's debt.
G. Applications which request funds to
support any private for-profit enterprise.
H. Applications which request funds to be
used directly or indirectly in political campaigns to support or oppose
any candidate.
I. Applications which request multiple-year
grants.
J. Applications receiving funding in one
respective “Fund” will not be accepted as duplicate
applications in another respective “Fund.”
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