ENGAGE RESOURCES

The Foundation only considers statewide projects if they have the potential to impact everyone across the state – policy reform, for example. Otherwise, programs must be serving residents of the 10-parish Capital Area.

It depends. Applicants should look closely at the desired outcomes and Results Trails to determine whether their programming will achieve the long-term behavioral and condition changes sought.

While there are gains to be made at these one-time events, the changes in behavior and condition we seek to influence are unlikely to be made through one-time events. These types of events held in conjunction with long-term programming will be considered.

Applicants should look closely at the desired outcomes and Results Trail associated with Partnerships and Collaborations. Ultimately, projects selected for Partnerships and Collaborations will enhance the services of all organizations involved, by intentionally building the sector, not simply working together on a direct service project.

Think critically about your target audience and target results are for each. For systems change, you’re ultimately trying to move system actors to make policy or practice change; for partnerships and collaboration, you’re ultimately trying to move organizations in the same direction.

Think critically about the populations you serve and your intended outcomes for them. Is your work with the formerly incarcerated an effort to reduce their risk of recidivism, or are they simply a subset of your client population that you are supporting in building assets?

ALICE stands for Asset-Limited Income-Constrained Employed and is a project of United Way. These are the members of our community who are earning more than poverty wages but still not enough to survive – let alone thrive – in our community. Learn more at UnitedforALICE.org.

Following these four steps will help you devise a project Results Statement:
1. Identify the changes in behavior or condition you seek;
2. Specify the degree of change you consider a success;
3. Estimate how many participants will change in what ways and by when; and
4. Use a Result Statement structure to express your result by a specific date.

After you identify the components needed to express the results you seek for participants or stakeholders, write your statement in a clear, brief and concise manner:

By December 31, 2023(specific date), of the ___(# of participants) we serve, ____(# to achieve) will _____(change in behavior or condition).

It depends. Some projects serve many people during a year, while others serve fewer participants in a much deeper fashion.

• You may have experience with past participants that gives you a good idea of how many typically get to the results you seek for them. We realize not everyone will get there within the grant period – some people need more time than others – so use what you have seen in the past to give you an idea of what to expect in the future.
• We understand that participants that have more barriers to succeed may take longer and cost more to achieve success. Be sure to consider the level of difficulty of your participant group in considering how many will achieve success within the grant period.
• Programs that run over a longer period of time may also have participants already moving down the results trail to success. Be sure to include both new and existing participants already being served in your projection. – You include all participants served during the calendar year, regardless of whether they entered the program during that year or in a previous year.

Remember that it is likely that not all participants will achieve results, and that’s OK!

*Organizations should only include participants who reside in the 10-parish Capital Area.

The Results Statement is your opportunity to tell us what unique, specific results you will help your participants/stakeholders achieve and should indicate the furthest point of success you can help your participants achieve, even if it is only a small number of the number of individuals you serve. Your Results Statement could be one of the points on the Results Trail, but it doesn’t have to be.

The Results Trails will be completed by all grantees and show us how we are collectively moving participants/stakeholders along the path to achieving success. 

It depends. Some projects serve many people during a year, while others serve fewer participants in a much deeper fashion.

• You may have experience with past participants that gives you a good idea of how many typically get to the results you seek for them. We realize not everyone will get there within the grant period – some people need more time than others – so use what you have seen in the past to give you an idea of what to expect in the future.
• We understand that participants that have more barriers to succeed may take longer and cost more to achieve success. Be sure to consider the level of difficulty of your participant group in considering how many will achieve success within the grant period.
• Programs that run over a longer period of time may also have participants already moving down the results trail to success. Be sure to include both new and existing participants already being served in your projection. – You include all participants served during the calendar year, regardless of whether they entered the program during that year or in a previous year.

No. Organizations should only complete the Results Trail items they can reasonably help participants and stakeholders to achieve. For example, if your program has been in operation for less than a year, there is no way to achieve three years of stability in the community by December 31, 2023.

You know your programs better than anyone, and only you can determine how many participants are 1) currently in your program and will achieve the results, or 2) will join your program and will achieve the results. All numbers should be do-able with a stretch prior to December 31, 2023.

Key Activities are things you do with your clients. Milestones are the changes in behavior and/or condition your participants achieve.

We don’t need to know every little thing a client does. We are interested in critical milestones participants must achieve if they are going to achieve the end result. For example, a client cannot follow a budget if they never created one. Strive for 5-7 milestones per quarter.

You know your programs better than anyone, and only you can determine how many participants are 1) currently in your program and will achieve the results, or 2) will join your program and will achieve the results. Order your milestones in a funnel-type sequence (larger numbers at the top of the quarter and decreasing). Does it take you 100 coming in to achieve the result, or only 50? Be sure you are including all of your participants: continuing, new ones joining your program 1/1/22 and throughout the year, and graduates. When your Milestones align with the Results Trail outcomes, the numbers should be consistent across both sections.

There are a couple of items:

1. Question #3 – What are your project’s Start and End dates? All projects will start 1/1/23. The End Date defaults to 12/31/23; please change the End Date if you are requesting multi-year funding.
2. Question #4 – What is the total grant amount requested? Indicate the total amount requested, including all years.
3. Attachment #2 – Project Budget Please include each year separately – to the best of your knowledge – and indicate the level of funding you are requesting from the Foundation each year. 

While we all wish we had crystal balls and knew exactly what could be achieved over three years, we know things change. Organizations awarded grants that have requested multi-year funding will have meetings with the Foundation after the Q3 reports to discuss how the projects are progressing and any adjustments to be made for the following year. Renewal applications will be similar for organizations to indicate their projected results for subsequent years.