Community Grant Application

We have corrected our form to reflect the correct line is 32 and not 33 (an older 990 form was used, causing the discrepancy).  If your Financial Questionnaire form reflects the 990 reference line as 33, please disregard the 33 and reference line 32 from your most recent 990 as a guide for completing this information.  

Additionally, some non-profits may have other additional financial factors, such as endowments, that may be reported differently and cause the financial information to not align specifically with the 990 information represented on the Financial Questionnaire.  Please complete the questionnaire to the best of your ability and feel free to add explanations statements to the form or attach explanations as a separate sheet. Please be sure to upload as one PDF document.  If you need to merge two PDF documents, a free application website at IlovePDF.com allows you to do that. iLovePDF | Online PDF tools for PDF lovers

The grant criteria do not exclude an agency from requesting operating expenses.

Yes, this is done through the “Collaborator” feature on the application.  Please use this link to learn how to use this feature with your application process:  

Applicant Tutorial - Collaboration – Foundant Technologies

Qualifying charitable organizations (i.e. nonprofit organizations) must be legally chartered in Tennessee and in possession of a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service declaring the organization a public charity. A copy of the IRS Letter of Determination is required to be submitted with the application as proof of your “nonprofit” status.

As long as your organization meets the eligibility criteria and the activities you are proposing to use the Community Investment Funds on are specifically being used to benefit the community and/or residents of Murfreesboro.  Trust funds cannot be used to support activities outside Murfreesboro City limits.

Yes, as long as activities using Trust funds are being held within and for the benefit of the Murfreesboro Community.

Applicants must be prepared to attach the organization’s IRS charitable determination letter, Board of Directors list, Organization Chart, most recent 990 forms, Project budget (template provided), and Financial Questionnaire (form provided).  Optional attachments will be letters of support or MOU’s.

Project period for funding is for one year.

If funded, awardees will be required to submit a mid-year and a final report.

It is anticipated that awards will be announced in March.