Application Procedure

 
 

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We are NOT taking new applications at this time.

We are winding down our early childhood grantmaking over the next couple years. There is currently no new grant application deadline. Check back here after May 1, 2022.

For the past 30 years, the foundation has awarded approximately twenty grants of $1,000 to $15,000 in two funding cycles a year.

Past applicants sent a letter or an email, no longer than one page, outlining the purpose for which they requested funding. They were asked to include a one sentence summary of their proposed project.

The letter addressed these basic questions:

  1. What is the significance of the issue you seek to address and how does it affect young children and their families?

  2. What are the changes you seek to bring about?

  3. What project are you proposing to Trio and approximately how much funding are you requesting for it?

  4. How will this project bring about the changes you seek?

Applicants whose projects best matched Trio funding priorities were invited to submit a full funding proposal.