The Carpenter Foundation Grants

How to apply

Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact

The Carpenter Foundation

Address

824 East Main St No 102 Medford, OR, 97504

Phone

(541) 772-5732

Deadlines

Grant application deadlines are set quarterly. Please call (541)772-5732 for deadline dates.

Application materials

Applications should include: 1) cover letter summarizing project scope, amount of request, & contact information. 2) proposal (4 pages or less): a) description of proposal/project, community needs or strengths it addresses b) applicant organization's purpose, services to community, staffing & use of volunteers, c) project budget, specifically how grant funds will be used, & other possible funding sources, d) description of future project funding (if applicable), e) project planning process, staffing, & timeline, f) result expected & proposed evaluation method, g) any recent independent board fundraising efforts. 3) required attachments (do not staple or clip): a) detailed budget for current year & year for which the project is proposed (if different), b) income statement & balance sheet from most recently completed fiscal year (or audit, if available), c) list of board of directors, occupations, & addresses, d) board approval of application, e) copy of IRS 501(c)(3) exemption letter.

Restrictions

Grant applications will be accepted only from 501(c)(3) organizations. No grants to individuals will be made. Only one grant per year to any agency is usually considered. The foundation makes grants only within jackson and josephine counties with the exception of a few statewide public interest issues directly affecting persons living in these counties. The foundation rarely makes multi-year grants, grants for historical applications, hospital construction or equipment, group or individual trips, or activities for religious purposes.

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Where The Carpenter Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (217 reported in all).

About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Carpenter Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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Free templates for applying to a foundation like this

• Full grant proposal template with an annotated sample
• Letter of intent template and example
• Statement of need template and examples
• Executive summary template and examples
• Grant budget template (XLSX) and budget narrative
• Evaluation plan template and metrics

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