Application Instructions
The Parkinson Family Foundation's on-line grant application
form has been divided into three sections: Organization
Information; Contact
Information; and Proposal Information.
Each applicant is requested to fill in all three sections prior to the
submission of their grant request. Within each section there are both
required and optional fields. Please note that all required fields are
marked with an asterisk (*).
If you previously started and/or submitted an application, you can find those in your Account with the same email and password used to access the application.
After reviewing the Guidelines and FAQs, you can access the Application Form here
Note: If, after repeated attempts, you cannot overcome problems accessing the online application form, you may send an email to Foundation
Services with your responses to the questions listed in this document.
Foundation Services will enter the information into the application form
for you.
Screening Process
Letters of Inquiry are not used. This application is the appropriate first step in submitting a grant request. The foundation's administrative staff is happy to help with technical questions about the application process but is unable to provide guidance on the fit of the grantee or the structure of the request.
Applications are accepted throughout the year. Grant applications are recieved by the foundation's administrative staff and presented to the directors for their next board meeting. After evaluating an application, the Board will choose to: decline, approve, defer to request additional information, schedule a site visit, or invite the applicant in for an interview.
Applicants, if declined, may not reapply any sooner than the following calendar year from the date of the decision unless the nature or circumstances surrounding the request changes profoundly. The subsequent application should describe these changes in full.
Areas of Exclusion
The Foundation generally will not provide grants to the following: camps, playgrounds, health & medical research/treatment, school security and food insecurity (short-term). In addition, the foundation generally excludes organizations not determined to be tax-exempt [under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code], individuals, government agencies, foreign NGO's and organizations that subsist mainly on third party funding and have demonstrated no ability or effort to attract private (i.e. non-governmental) funding. See Guidelines & FAQs for more information.
Helpful Tips
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Whenever possible, grant requests should
be made using the Grant Application
Form. If you are repeatedly unable to access the application, please
review the note in the Instructions section above.
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Prior to proceeding to the Online Grant
Application, please make sure you have reviewed the Foundation's
Guidelines to ensure that the application will receive the consideration
that it deserves.
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When you create a new account, you will receive an email from "Foundation Services" [info @ fsllc.net] which will ask you to confirm your email and password within 1 hour.
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Applicants should be as concise as possible when responding to all questions on the Grant Application
Form. Some find it helpful to type out responses in a separate word processing program and then using cut & paste to transfer that information directly into the appropriate places on the application.
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Please preview the formatting of your budgets before uploading! If you would like tips on formatting, please see our short Budget Prep Guide.
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If you start an application and need to come back to it, a "Save" feature is provided. Partially-completed applications are accessed through your Account [not through the Application link (which is only used to start new applications)]. Both Application and Account links are accessed with the same email address and password.
