DC TRUST NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY Fiscal Year 2015 Summer Programs Notice: ATTENDANCE AT A GRANT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SESSION AND SUBMISSION OF A NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT. Summary: The DC Trust empowers youth to use their talents in creating successful lives through aligning resources, building systems and connecting partners. Since 1999, DC Trust has invested over $100 million in high-outcome programs and youth development worker capacity building with measurable impact to unlock the intrinsic potential of every DC youth. As a nonprofit partner to local government, DC Trust is the only organization that brings together city agencies, public schools, employers and community groups to expand services and opportunities for youth in the District. Our work combines thought leadership, capacity building and effective grants management to help create and support the most effective programs for the District’s youth. The DC Trust announces the availability of a funding opportunity and invites qualified applicants to submit proposals to provide high quality summer programs to children and youth 5 – 24 years old in the District of Columbia during Fiscal Year 2015. Specifically, the Trust seeks to support the delivery of a variety of high quality programs that will provide purposeful and developmentally appropriate opportunities aligned with the five citywide goals to help the District’s children, youth and young adults meet developmental outcomes and to prevent summer learning loss (see the National Summer Learning Association website www.summerlearning.org for more information regarding this topic). Applicant organizations must employ a positive youth development philosophy in its approach and program design. Applicants are allowed to submit no more than one (1) proposal in response to this RFP. Criteria for eligible applicants: Eligible applicants must have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, been incorporated to operate in the District of Columbia, and providing direct services since no later than October 1, 2012; must be organized under the District of Columbia Non-profit Corporation Act (DC Code, sec.29-501 et seq.) since no later than October 1, 2012; must be a community-based organization, defined as a non-profit agency with a board of directors that is reflective of the community of population served; organization’s primary vision and program focus must be on serving children, youth, and/or families within the District of Columbia; organization must be in good standing with the DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs; and, organization must be in good financial standing with the DC Office of Tax and Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service as well as follow all appropriate charitable financial reporting standards. 1 An organization described in Section 501(c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(4), that engages in lobbying activities is not eligible to apply, serve as a host site for members, or act in any type of supervisory role in the program. Individuals are not eligible to apply. All eligible applicants must meet all of the applicable requirements contained in the proposal guidelines and instructions found in the upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP), which will be released on Friday, March 27, 2015. The RFP will be available for download on the Trust’s website at www.cyitc.org. All proposals must be submitted in-person to the Trust (1400 16th Street, NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036) on Friday, April 17, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. No proposals will be accepted after 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2015. The Trust will hold three (3) Grant Technical Assistance (GTA) Sessions. In order to be eligible for this grant, attendance at one (1) of the GTA sessions is mandatory for all applicants. Please use the links below to register to attend a session. The sessions will convene on the following dates at these locations: Thursday, April 2, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. The View at Crawford Hall 635 Edgewood Street, NE, 9th Floor Please register to attend this session using this link: http://fy15summergta1.eventbrite.com To Be Determined-awaiting location confirmation Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Watha T. Daniel Shaw Library 1630 7th Street, NW Please register to attend this session using this link: http://fy15summergta3.eventbrite.com IMPORTANT! All prospective applicants must also submit a Notice of Intent to Apply to the Trust. The Notice of Intent to Apply form should be completed and submitted via email (not by regular mail) to the Trust by Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Submittal of a Notice of Intent to Apply does not commit an organization to apply. However, failure to submit a Notice of Intent to Apply by 4:00 p.m. on April 8, 2015 will disqualify an applicant. Any supplemental written information related to this RFP will be provided only to those organizations that have filed a Notice of Intent to Apply. The Notice of Intent to Apply form is located online at www.cyitc.org and should be submitted via email to jspooner@dctrust.org. Questions regarding the RFP or proposal process must be submitted in person at the Grant Technical Assistance Session or via e-mail to Jordan Spooner at jspooner@dctrust.org on or before Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. All written questions and responses concerning this RFP will be posted on the Trust’s website at www.cyitc.org. If you have any additional inquiries, please contact Jordan Spooner, Senior Program Officer, via phone at (202) 478-3879 or via email at jspooner@dctrust.org. 2