Guidelines

Funding Limits

• Hillsborough County, Florida
• Organization must be a 501 © 3 tax exempt, non-profit
• Organizations which provide support to at-risk children and their families may submit a one page letter of intent for consideration. Applications are issued only upon invitation by the Grant Committee based on review of the letters of intent.

types of organizations supported

The Foundation supports nonprofit social service and educational programs that serve at-risk children and their families in Hillsborough County. The Foundation does not support Individuals, Political Campaigns / Lobbying, or Health/Medical-related organizations.

At Risk

The Conn Foundation defines “at-risk” as children and families that are economically and environmentally disadvantaged.  The majority of our funded population is at risk.

Although the majority of our investments are targeting younger children and families we have some partnerships that are serving youth in transition and young adults.

• Children 0-12
• Youth 13-17 
• Young Adult 18-25
• Adult 18+

Economically Disadvantaged

In Hillsborough County, many of our agencies use the criteria of free & reduced lunch at school to segment their population economically.  The Foundation has chosen to use these criteria as well in an effort to simplify segmentation of our target population for our agencies.