GUIDELINES
The Thomas and Jeanne Elmezzi Foundation only funds charitable organizations qualified under section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code located in New York City and the Tri-State Area.

The Foundation's policy is not to accept unsolicited grant proposals. However, exceptions are made when such a proposal is exceptionally compelling and falls within our current grantmaking objectives.

What this means is that organizations are discouraged from applying to the foundation directly. They can contact the foundation at first to ascertain interest. Depending on whether the organization meets the Foundation's funding criteria and current priorities, they are invited to submit a full proposal.

In order to ascertain interest, we request that you carefully read our program area descriptions as well as the information mentioned below and only then fill out our brief online Letter of Inquiry Form by clicking here.

Most grants range in size from $15,000 to $50,000 and are made on an annual basis. The Foundation does entertain requests for renewal funding, and will consider multi-year grants and grants in larger amounts for projects the Foundation considers to be of unusual merit.

The Foundation only makes grants for specific projects. The assets of the Foundation currently stand at approximately $5 million. On an average the foundation makes grants of $400,000 annually.

As a general policy, meetings between Foundation staff and applicants are arranged only if serious consideration of a grant proposal is anticipated. With limited resources compared to the number of grant solicitations, the Foundation is able to fund only a small portion of the worthwhile requests it receives.

The Board of Directors meets once a year to review proposals. There is no set schedule for meetings, however, the proposal review meetings are usually held in the fall. If you are invited to apply for a full proposal by us, you will be given a deadline by which to apply.

The Foundation's policy has been not to make contributions to/for:

• Nonprofit organizations outside of New York City and the tri-state area
  
• Annual appeals, dinner functions, and fundraising events
  
• Endowments and capital campaigns
  
• Loans and deficit financing
  
• Housing
  
• International organizations
  
• Directly to individuals or to organizations not qualified as charitable organizations
  
• For foreign travel or foreign study
  

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS
If you are a new organization trying to send us a letter of inquiry click HERE.

If you are an existing grantee and already have your Foundation provided username and password and would like to submit a renewal application or a final evaluation report, click HERE.

If you are having trouble logging in contact us at 516-498-2860 or info@jetfoundation.org

NOTE: The Foundation expects to receive a narrative and financial report from its grantees on the use of the Foundation's grant and on the grantees' operations generally.