Evaluation
Evaluation of projects or programs can take place in midstream, as well as at the end of a grant period. But evaluation procedures ought to be formulated as initial planning is being done. These are useful questions to be asked in making evaluation procedures an integral part of program design:
1. What are the general, long-term goals of the proposed project, program, or organization? 2.Within these goals, what are the short-term, measurable objectives against which results will be compared at the end of the grant period? 3. To achieve these goals and objectives, what specific activities are planned? 4. What data collection procedures are there? 5. How will results/learnings be disseminated? 6. What mechanism is there to reevaluate project objectives if circumstances change?
Application Deadlines
The proposal review process is a continuous activity. Approximately eight weeks before a scheduled Grants Board meeting, the staff decides which funding requests will be recommended for approval. Because it may take six months or more to review a proposal, applicants are urged to submit requests well ahead of the time the money will be needed.
The Grants Board meets in February, May, and November.
Applicants whose proposals cannot be funded are notified soon after that decision is made.
The Vestry of Trinity Parish ratifies all Board decisions. Notices of awards are sent by the middle of the month following a Board meeting.
All materials are promptly acknowledged upon receipt.
Requests for Annual Reports and application guidelines should be sent to:
Trinity Grants Program
74 Trinity Place
New York, NY 10006-2088
Telephone: (212) 602-0710
FAX: (212) 602-0717
For general information:
sgrapentine@trinitywallstreet.org