Thank you for applying for a Wyoming Youth for Natural Resources (WYNR)grant.
Your application will be submitted using the Wyoming Community Foundation’s online application.
Grants may be made to public schools, youth organizations, or other nonprofit organizations exempt from federal taxation, and, on occasion, to public/governmental agencies. Grants are not made to individuals.
Your grant application will be completed using the Wyoming Community Foundation’s (WYCF) online application form.
Once we receive your completed online application, an automated response from WYCF will be sent to you. The staff of the Wyoming Wildlife Foundation is responsible for completing the initial review of the submitted application and will prepare all materials for the MBF. The MBF will meet in mid‐October to make funding recommendations. Your grant may be declined or it may be selected for funding, either as submitted or with specific conditions attached.
Grant applications are due Nov 1, 2016
• Create an account with WYCF to begin your application, or you can click on the button to continue your application.
Do not attempt to format your application.
Examples: Do not use bullet points, tabs, double spacing. Use only numbers (no commas or $).
Enter Your Tax ID
This field is specific to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. Your organization’s tax identification number is the same as your Employee Identification Number (EIN). Please do not use dash marks or spaces when you enter in this information.
If you are with a government agency, simply enter any number into the field and click OK. You cannot leave the field blank. Your faux number will illicit the following message: “The Tax ID that you entered was not found in the IRS database. Please check your entry. If it is correct, click OK to begin filling out your application form.” This message will not prevent you from accessing the application. Follow the instructions and click OK.
Because many of the proposals submitted for the Memorial Bear Fund are the product of multiple collaborators, it may be difficult to select the “lead organization.” Before you make this decision, please consider that there are different guidelines for different types of applicant organizations. Below are guidelines which must be followed if your organization is:
If you are not a nonprofit organization, but are using the the 501(c)(3) of another organization, please complete the application as follows:
Organization Information – complete this section with the Fiscal Sponsor information. The Fiscal sponsor is the organization that holds the 501(c)(3). Project Information – complete this section with information from the sponsored organization (the non 501(c)(3)).
Attachments
i. Project Budget – submit the project budget for the sponsored organization
ii. FYE Income Statement – submit for the fiscal sponsor
iii. FYE Balance Sheet – submit for the fiscal sponsor
If your organization is a locally‐based chapter or affiliate operating under the 501(c)(3) of a national organization, submit the Employee Identification Number (EIN) for the national organization. Aside from the EIN, the remainder of the application should be completed with information for the local chapter.
Government agencies may apply for grants; however, grant funds will be paid out on a reimbursement basis. In all other situations, the grant funds are released immediately to help support project costs. Please include in your application:
A budget narrative is sometimes referred to as the budget justification. The narrative serves two purposes: it should explain how the costs were estimated and it justifies the needs for the cost. Ideally you will concentrate on the line items that you used for the project budget attachment submitted in the electronic application. Focus on the line items for which you are requesting funding and any unusual line items. For example, if all of the funds you are requesting will go toward a consultant, why is the consultant critical to the success of your project? You may want to include some timeline information in the narrative if it is relevant to funding. Also, be careful to differentiate between committed and pending revenue sources. If your budget includes in-kind donations, then you should disclose calculations on the dollar value of the in-kind donations. Get the project budget form here.
If you have requested funds for general operating, then use this section to justify why you have requested general operating support and/or to discuss your organization’s financial strategy in the coming years.
To complete your application you are required to submit several attachments. The combined size of all the attachments submitted with your application cannot exceed 5MB.
Create these documents in advance and save them using the headers listed below i.e. Project Budget, FYE Income Statement, Balance sheet and so forth. Do not include your organization name or initials in the file name. The attachments are linked to your application and cannot be confused with attachments from another organization.
1. Project Budget
Submit your project budget. Your project budget may be submitted in any format but you must include both projected expenses and revenues.
2. FYE Income statement
This document may also be referred to as a profit and loss statement (P&L), earnings statement, operating statement or statement of operations. It is the financial statement that indicates all revenue, expenses charged against revenue, and your net income. We would like your most recently completed fiscal year end (FYE) Income Statement. You may submit this piece as an Excel spreadsheet, PDF, or Word document.
Not required for government agencies.
3. FYE Balance Sheet
This is a summary of the financial balances of your organization. Assets, liabilities, and ownership equity are listed as of a specific date, such as the end of the financial year. A balance sheet provides us a snapshot of an organization’s financial condition. We would like your most recently completed fiscal year end (FYE) Balance Sheet. You may submit this piece as an Excel spreadsheet, PDF, or Word document. Not required for government agencies.
4. Project Location
Please download and complete the Project Location Form posted on this website. This short form contains information specific to the geographic location of the proposed project area.
5. Map
This attachment may include area maps and/or photos if applicable to your project.
Please note that if your image files exceed the maximum of 5MB for the entire application, they will not be uploaded. However, you can email or mail them separately and we will include them with your application.
Email: crystal@wycf.org
Mail: Wyoming Wildlife Foundation, 1472 N. 5th St., Ste. 201, Laramie, WY 82072
6. Graphics
This attachment is optional and should only be used if you have tables, charts, or other graphically represented information critical to describing your project. Because the online system will NOT accurately transfer graphical representations in any of the data fields, you may submit the information as an attachment. Please make sure to use clear labels and indicate which narrative text fields the graphic supports.
Mission: Creating an enduring natural legacy for future generations through stewardship of Wyoming’s wildlife.
