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About the GIFT Center and Accessing Services

GIFT Center Fact Sheet. To learn more about the GIFT Center, download our fact sheet.

Project Concept Form. Download the Project Concept Form as a program planning tool for organizing your ideas and as a requirement for GIFT Center services. Also see Getting Started with GIFT Center Grantseeking for more information.

GIFT Center News Group/GIFT Alert. The GIFT Center compiles a list of upcoming grant opportunities appropriate for the university setting and publishes it to the GIFT Center News Group. A sample GIFT Center Alert can be found here. To receive the Alert and other GIFT Center notices visit the GIFT Center News listserv to subscribe.

Submitting a Charitable Grant Proposal

Submitting a Grant Proposal via the UA Foundation. For information on how to submit a charitable grant proposal via the UA Foundation, download this guide.

Internal Deadline for Submitting Charitable Grant Proposals. To better serve the campus, the GIFT Center requires either three (standard) or seven (online or otherwise complex) days lead time, depending on proposal requirements. To initiate clearance of charitable grant requests, provide information on the grant opportunity, deadline, and your proposal to by the specified internal deadline. Please click on this policy change memo for details on this internal deadline.

Resources for Download

GIFT Center Reference Library List. The GIFT Center maintains a reference library of print resources on grantseeking, proposal and other forms of development writing, and many other aspects of fund raising. Click on the GIFT Center reference library list to download a list of our collection and a partial list of capsule reviews. As time permits, we will post new reviews.

If you know of a resource not on the list that you think we should add to our collection, please e-mail with your suggestion.

Sample Letter of Inquiry. The letter of inquiry (often referred to as an LOI) is sometimes the first step toward determining a foundation's interest in a project. This Anatomy of an LOI sample provides a strong outline for composing this important document. Comments to the right of the text give tips and hints to help you along the way

Site Visit Tip Sheet. Sometimes foundation representatives will make a visit in order ro tour the project's facilities, meet personnel, and ask questions. This site visit tip sheet gives simple advice towards creating a positive experience.

Research Summary Makeover. You may get an opportunity to speak with prospective donors to try to interest them in your research activities. This Research Summary Makeover will show you how to describe your scientific work in ways that donors can understand and make connections to beneficial real world applications.

Post-Award Coordination and Stewardship

FAQ about Charitable Grant Accounting will answer basic questions related to accounting and provides contacts for further information

After you receive a charitable grant and provide us with a copy of your award agreement, we will prepare a Post-Award Coordination Form to assist you with staying organized during the grant period. Please note that award agreements to the UA Foundation (and/or those identified as needing a 501(c)3 recipient) need to be handled and signed by UA Foundation personnel. Please contact with any questions.

Additionally, we will provide you with a copy of a handout, Foundation Stewardship Best Practices, with guidelines and tips for building strong relationships with grantmakers. For more information on this topic, please see the Relationship Building and Foundation Stewardship pages of our web site.

Top Ten Ways to Appreciate Foundations outlines the many creative ways of showing foundation donors just how much you appreciate their partnership with your grant-funded projects or programs. Included suggestions are beyond standard institutional and unit acknowledgement procedures.