Grants

Spring Cycle Deadlines

• Letter of Intent submission entries between January 1st – March 4th @ 10:00 PM CST
• Charitable organizations are invited to submit grant applications entries between April 1st – May 13th @ 10:00 PM CST
• Organizations who received grant funding, progress report due April 30th the following year

Fall Cycle Deadlines

• Letter of Intent submission entries between July 1st – September 2nd @ 10:00pm CST
• Charitable organizations invited to submit grant applications entries between October 1st – November 18th @ 10:00 PM CST  
• Organizations who received grant funding, progress report due October 30th the following year

In the event the Grantmaking Committee is interested in pursuing your funding request, you will receive an invitation to apply for the upcoming grant cycle. The invitation will include detailed instructions about how and where to apply.

As a point of reference, once invited, completed full-grant applications are to be submitted via our website using a private link provided by the Grantmaking Committee by May 13th (Spring) or November 18th (Fall) depending on the grant cycle you are invited to apply for.

If you receive a grant from The Dana Brown Charitable Trust you will be required to complete an end-of-year progress report within 10 months of the initial notice you’ve been awarded a grant. This progress report is now a form that will be requested, and you must log in to your organization’s site to complete the full or interim report for the grant awarded. Deadlines for progress reports are as follows:

• If you received a grant during our Spring grant cycle (June), your progress report is due on April 30th.
• If you received a grant during our Fall grant cycle (December), your progress report is due by October 30th.

The Dana Brown Charitable Trust is not an operating charitable foundation. Its purpose is to disburse funds to public charities that are presently recognized as qualified 501(c)(3) organizations for accomplishment of the Trust’s charitable purposes.

Accordingly, grants will not be made directly to individuals. In addition, the Grantmaking Committee may wish to make grants directly to the charitable organizations that will utilize the funds and, therefore, generally will not consider requests of Supporting Organizations. Grants will not be awarded for feasibility studies. Multi-year grants will be considered, but the fulfillment of immediate needs will generally be preferred over long-term possibilities.

Regardless of whether or not your organization receives a grant from the Dana Brown Charitable Trust, you can only submit one Letter of Intent per year. That means, if you submit a Letter of Intent for the Spring 2017 grant cycle, you cannot submit another Letter of Intent until Spring 2018.

Additionally, if you are invited to submit a full grant application, regardless of whether or not you receive funding, you can still not submit a new Letter of Intent until the following year.

Finally, if you do receive funding from The Dana Brown Charitable Trust, you may not submit a new Letter of Intent until a full year after you’ve received your final grant-payment from The Dana Brown Charitable Trust. (Example: You receive your last award from The Dana Brown Charitable Trust on 10/01/17, you may not submit another Letter of Intent until after 10/01/18.)

In order to be invited to apply for funding from The Dana Brown Charitable Trust, you must first submit a Letter of Intent and be invited by the Grantmaking Committee to apply. This form must be completed on The Dana Brown Charitable Trust website and Letters of Intent will only be considered after receipt by the Trust of a fully completed Letter of Intent application and all additional information requested on the application or by the Grantmaking Committee.

The Dana Brown Charitable Trust views our journey as a philanthropic adventure where the outcome is opportunity. We provide organizations the chance to have a strong positive impact on the St. Louis region specifically for those who are least capable of helping themselves: children and animals.