Grant Applications
Please read this page for helpful information, then download the official Grant Application Guidelines below. Review the Guidelines thoroughly and provide all the information requested in your application. The Irving S. Gilmore Foundation requires Grant Applications to be submitted on paper and does not accept applications online, or via email. These Guidelines were updated in February 2025.
Please note: Organizations that are first-time Foundation applicants or have not received Foundation funding in the past five years must contact the Foundation’s VP-Program Carol Snapp at least four weeks prior to submitting an application.
The following items are most frequently omitted or missing components:
- Cover Letter
- Financial Documents
- Board Roster
- Most recent audit or IRS Form 990
Incomplete proposals are subject to declination or scheduled for a later meeting. A checkbox format has been provided for your use in assembling your grant packet.
Grant Application Deadlines
Proposal Deadline
- January 6, 2025
- March 3, 2025
- May 1, 2025
- July 1, 2025
- September 1, 2025
- November 3, 2025
Trustee Review
- March 18, 2025
- May 20, 2025
- July 22, 2025
- September 16, 2025
- November 18, 2025
- January 27, 2026
Please submit one single-sided paper copy of your application. You may either mail in your application or drop it off in our lobby on the 9th floor of the Hinman/Fifth Third Bank Building located at 136 East Michigan Avenue, where there is a drop box for your convenience. Please note, the building hours are 9am-5pm, Monday through Friday. As noted above, the Foundation does not accept applications online or via email.
Additional questions regarding your application may be directed to:
Kristy Brady
Program Associate
kristy@isgilmore.org
269-342-6411
Irving S. Gilmore Foundation
136 E. Michigan Ave., Suite 900
Kalamazoo, MI 49007-3915
(269) 342-6411