Dear Grant Applicant,
Please find in this packet the application needed to apply for a grant from Ronald McDonald
House Charities of Central Illinois (RMHCCI). This application also includes the policies and
guidelines that should be followed and the specific information that our Grants Committee will
need to review your proposal. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the policies and
guidelines as there have been changes from previous applications.
Please note: If your organization has received grant funding from RMHCCI in the past calendar
year (January – December), you are not eligible to apply for funding again until at least one
calendar year has passed. For example, if you received funding in 2015, you are not eligible to
apply for a grant again until 2017. In addition, if your organization has received funding in the
past and not submitted a timely grant status report, you are not eligible to apply for a grant again
until your prior status report has been submitted and approved by RMHCCI.
RMHCCI provides grants to not-for-profit organizations whose programs help children
ages 0-21. Our focus is in three distinct areas:
Civic and social services
Education and the arts
Health care and medical research
Our interests are in organizations that have:
A program that directly benefits children
A demonstrated ability to respond to the needs of specific groups of children in a manner
that yields measurable results
Requests for specific and tangible program support
Consistent and effective management
Clear/focused goals and objectives
A broad base of funding support
We do not fund:
Requests exceeding $5,000
Day-to-day operational expenses
General and administrative costs
Salaries, fees, travel, food or training expenses
Building expenses
Scholarship programs
Debt retirement
Non scholastic programs within educations institutions (athletics, bands, booster clubs)