Grant Declination: The Boston Foundation

We learned today that our $5,000 funding request to The Boston Foundation on behalf of BDPA Boston chapter has been denied.

The Boston Foundation wrote, "The staff reviewed and discussed all of the Pre-Applications submitted and we regret to inform you that the Boston Foundation will not be inviting a full proposal from your organization at this time.

The Foundation's limited discretionary grant budget necessitates some difficult decisions. Please be aware that this is not intended in any way as a comment on the quality and importance of your organization and its programs, but simply reflects the dilemma of a community foundation wit limited resources available to address the myriad of needs and opportunities that exist in the Greater Boston area.

Your organization is eligible to submit a new Pre-Application Form for the July 1, 2009 deadline."

BDPA Boston chapter is working on their business plans for CY-2009. Our hope is that they will decide to participate in the IT Showcase or HSCC at the 31st annual BDPA Technology Conference in Raleigh NC.

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Grant Proposal: The Boston Foundation

As Greater Boston’s community foundation, the Boston Foundation devotes its resources to building and sustaining a vital, prosperous city and region, where justice and opportunity are extended to everyone. One way that they fulfill this mission is by making grants to nonprofit organizations and designing special funding initiatives to address this community’s critical challenges.

BDPA Boston Chapter and the BDPA Foundation combined to submit a pre-application grant request of $5,000 to partially fund the 2009 Student Information Technology Education & Scholarship (SITES) program in Boston. The online pre-application application was completed on April 12, 2008. We await approval at this first stage of the process before we move on to the second stage of the process.