Oklahoma City Community Foundation Seeks Great Ideas

As its 50th anniversary approaches, the Oklahoma City Community Foundation is launching a campaign to spark innovative, new ideas to further improve quality of life as it looks ahead to the next half-century.
 
The Great Idea Challenge is encouraging nonprofits, community organizations and even individuals collaborating with nonprofits to propose programs that will connect resources, plant seeds, leverage assets or launch ventures that are new to Oklahoma City and central Oklahoma. Applicants with the most viable and impactful ideas will receive grants ranging from $150,000 to $200,000.

Grants will be awarded in, but not limited to areas such as the arts, culture, health, wellness, education and social services. In addition, proposed projects should demonstrate collaboration among organizations of varying capacities.
 
To Apply for The Great Idea Challenge

Step 1:  Request an invitation to submit letter of inquiry by May 1, 2018. Email greatidea@occf.org with the following information: 1) brief description of your project, 2) list of partner organizations and 3) target population.
 
Step 2: Complete the online letter of inquiry by June 8, 2018. After completing step one, you will receive a link and access code to complete the online letter of inquiry. The online form will ask for a project outline, capacity of the partner organizations, details about the target population and project budget.
 
Step 3: Invited applicants must complete full grant application by Sept. 21, 2018. The most promising applicants and viable projects will be invited to submit a full grant application.
 
Grants will be awarded for one- and two-year projects and they will be implemented at the beginning of 2019. Review guidelines and eligibility at www.occf.org/greatidea.