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What We Fund Direct program costs can include expenditures on activities related to the functions of the program, including: • Salaries/benefits for existing or new staff for program-specific activities. If you are proposing to hire new staff, you must include how you plan to sustain the position after the Foundation’s grant ends. Additionally, if you are creating a new position, attach a copy of the job description(s) • Program-related equipment (e.g. laptop/desktop computers, iPads and printers) (maximum of 10% of total grant request) • Other direct expenses (staff training, meetings/convenings, printing, etc.) • Consulting fees • Evaluation (minimum of at least 10% of the total grant request) • Grant-related travel (if the applicant organization is located outside the metropolitan Atlanta region, please allocate resources to attend the Foundation’s Connections 2020 conference in Atlanta on March 30-31, 2020) • Indirect expenses (maximum of 10% of total direct costs) What We Do NOT Fund • • • • • • • • • • • • 14 Colleges/universities, for profit organizations and governmental agencies (excluding public health districts) are ineligible to apply as the lead applicant. This includes College/University Foundations, Institutes, academic centers, and other entities affiliated with a college/ university and/or governmental agency. More than one application per organization or department. Active grantees with the Foundation, including EmpowerHealth capacity building grantees and the lead organization participating in The Two Georgias Initiative. If you are a current grantee and have a question about eligibility, please contact your program officer. Funding that primarily supports client treatment/therapeutic regimens, pharmaceutical expenses, rehabilitation services, food distribution, transportation, housing or occupational services. Feasibility studies or needs assessments Capital campaigns or renovations Purchases of large equipment (see equipment restrictions) Basic biomedical research Grants or scholarships to individuals Event sponsorships Existing deficits or retroactive funding Activities that exclusively benefit the members of sectarian or religious organizations Healthcare Georgia Foundation ◼ 2019 Direct Services Grant Program NOFA ◼ Issued June 25, 2019 10