Common use of Grant Guidelines Clause in Contracts

Grant Guidelines. (a) The Board will be responsible for ensuring that grant proposals from each neighborhood council are reviewed and a determination made that: (i) the council requesting the funds is eligible to receive them; (ii) the purposes for which the council wishes to spend the funds are consistent with the Purposes (Section 2) and do not come within any of the Prohibitions (Section 3) of the Fund; (iii) the amount requested by the council is in fact available from the Fund. After the Board’s determination that (i), (ii) and (iii) above are satisfied, the Board shall recommend that GCF provide grant distributions to the qualifying neighborhood council. (b) In fulfilling its responsibilities set forth in Section 5(a), the Board will receive assistance from its neighborhood advisory committee. The members of this committee shall be predominantly neighborhood representatives chosen annually, although it may include several representatives of other donors to the Fund. (c) The Board may from time to time establish additional criteria and guidelines for recommending grants from the Fund. (d) Decisions of GCF with respect to grants shall be final as to neighborhood councils applying for grants. The Board shall communicate annually to GCF the list of neighborhoods it recommends to receive grant awards. (e) The Board shall establish its own internal rules and operating procedures, which shall not be subject to review by the Governing Board of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation.

Grant Guidelines. (a) The Board will be responsible for ensuring that grant proposals from each neighborhood council are reviewed and a determination made that: (i) the council requesting the funds is eligible to receive them; (ii) the purposes for which the council wishes to spend the funds are consistent with the Purposes (Section 2) and do not come within any of the Prohibitions (Section 3) of the Fund; (iii) the amount requested by the council is in fact available from the Fund. After the Board’s determination that (i), (ii) and (iii) above are satisfied, the Board shall recommend that GCF provide grant distributions to the qualifying neighborhood council. (b) In fulfilling its responsibilities set forth in Section 5(a), the Board will receive assistance from its neighborhood advisory committee. The members of this committee shall be predominantly neighborhood representatives chosen annually, although it may include several representatives of other donors to the Fund. (c) The Board may from time to time establish additional criteria and guidelines for recommending grants from the Fund... (d) Decisions of GCF with respect to grants shall be final as to neighborhood councils applying for grants. The Board shall communicate annually to GCF the list of neighborhoods it recommends to receive grant awards. (e) The Board shall establish its own internal rules and operating procedures, which shall not be subject to review by the Governing Board of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation.