General contact information for The Harvest Foundation can be found on the Contact Us page of this website. The email addresses for each staff member can be found on his or her Staff Profile. Our main telephone number is (276) 632-3329 and emails can be sent to info@theharvestfoundation.org.

Board members are not to be lobbied by grant seekers.  Inquiries will be forwarded to individual staff and board member as appropriate. Please send all inquiries to The Harvest Foundation at P.O. Box 5183, Martinsville, VA 24115.

Grant proposals should fit one, or a combination, of The Harvest Foundation’s focus areas: health, education, and welfare. See Grant Guidelines for more details. Projects must be in Martinsville or Henry County, Virginia.

To be eligible for consideration of support from The Harvest Foundation, an organization must: be classified as a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization; be located within, or have its program focused within, Martinsville or Henry County, Virginia; and be proposing a program with one of The Harvest Foundation’s three focus areas-health, education, and welfare.

The Harvest Foundation will consider funding through a fiscal agent as long as the fiscal agent’s information and signatures are included within the grant proposal and Letter of Inquiry forms.

The Harvest Foundation accepts Letters of Inquiry at any time by email or mail. Full proposals will be evaluated by the Board of Directors three times a year. For additional information about deadlines for submitting letters of inquiry and the grant process go to Grant Process  and Timelines.

The Harvest Foundation will only fund grant proposals within its focus areas that meet all eligibility requirements. In the past grants have been considered for: new programs or expansion of ongoing successful programs where there is evidence that the applicant organization will be able to continue the program beyond the period of Foundation funding; replication of practices proven successful elsewhere; research to inform program or local public policy decisions; project evaluation; strategic planning; organization capacity building; programmatic capital expenditures; publications and public information projects; and collaborative efforts with other nonprofits. For more information about prior grants and grant guidelines go to the Search for Prior Grants and Grant Eligibility pages.

The Harvest Foundation does not fund: institutions that discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, or sexual orientation; direct grants to individuals including scholarships and fellowships; programs outside the geographic boundaries of Henry County; debt reduction; sectarian religious activities or direct political lobbying; for profit organizations; medical research; direct replacement of discontinued government support; emergency funding or extremely time sensitive requests; grants that, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, are the responsibility of the government; endowment funds; and grants to the Memorial Hospital.

Yes.

Before submitting a full proposal, prospective grantees are asked to submit a Letter of Inquiry. See the Grant Eligibility and Grant Forms for additional details. Feel free to contact The Harvest Foundation with questions regarding applying for grants.

Completed Letters of Inquiry should be emailed at info@theharvestfoundation.org. Additionally a printed copy should be delivered or mailed to 1 Ellsworth Street, PO Box 5183, Martinsville, VA 24115. If a full proposal is requested, please refer to the letter inviting a full proposal for additional details.

Every Letter of Inquiry is reviewed by The Harvest Foundation staff. If your organization is invited to submit a full proposal, you will receive a packet of information to assist you in submitting a full grant proposal. For more information go to the Grant Guidelines , Grant Process, and Timelines pages.

The Harvest Foundation staff will review the proposal and presents the proposal to the Board of Directors for consideration. The Board of Directors makes the final decision to approve or decline the request. If approved, the applicant organization will receive, sign, and return a copy of the Letter of Agreement to The Harvest Foundation. For more information go to the Grant Guidelines and Grant Process and Timelines  pages.

No.  All proposals are considered based on the same criteria.

The Harvest Foundation receives many requests and not all of the requests will be selected for funding.

All grant recipients are required to provide The Harvest Foundation with progress reports according to the schedule set in the Letter of Agreement. These reports include documenting the program progress and program expenditures, as well as providing images or comments about the project or program. Program staff monitor all grants and grant reports, and will perform site visits as appropriate prior to each report date. If these requirements are not met by the grantee then funding will be discontinued and the Foundation may require a refund of any or all previous payments.