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request for proposal from the Aya Initiative. This funding opportunity is targeted at Black-led and Black-serving organizations in Chicago that are providing programming related to nature and the environment. More details about the rfp and its funding objectives
are outlined below. Please feel free to share it with organizations that you believe would find it of interest. Applications will need to be submitted by</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b> 5p
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 19.425px;"><b>BACKGROUND/FOCUS AREAS</b> </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 6.2px 17px 0px 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 17.266667px;">Guided by
the collective wisdom of an advisory group, the Prince Charitable Trusts’ Aya Initiative seeks to support Black-led and Black-serving organizations that are actively engaging Chicago neighborhoods/communities and the people who thrive in them around nature
and the environment. The advisory group is composed of eight community members who personally and professionally embody and make real the goals of this Initiative. In the spirit of West African wisdom, Aya (the fern) symbolizes endurance and resourcefulness.
We want to contribute to organizations and their staff that are committed to and nourished by nature and the environment; and whose work is aligned with at least one of the following strategic focus areas: </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px;"><b>Healing the Village</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px; font-weight: 400;">:
We seek to encourage Black people to engage in self-care/soul-care practices and acquire lifelong skills while moving their bodies in and around nature.
<i>Potential activities include but are not limited to: archery, biking, bird watching, camping, fishing, floral arrangement, hiking, ice skating, kayaking, ceremony, running clubs, outside sports</i>,
<i>sailing, and skiing.</i> </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px;"><b>Strengthening the Village:
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px; font-weight: 400;">We seek to support activities that help Black-led and
Black-serving</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.933333px; font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px; font-weight: 400;">environ</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.933333px; font-weight: 400;">mental
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px; font-weight: 400;">organizations and their staff to connect with opportunities,
learn new things that can be shared, remain resilient, and realize their short- and long-term goals.
<i>Potential activities include but are not limited to: seeking training or other capacity-building opportunities, hosting workshops, technology upgrades, mentorship, fundraising, intentional collaborations and learning cohorts.</i> </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px;"><b>Amplifying Village Voices:
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px; font-weight: 400;">We seek to foster dialogue, build bridges between Black
and Brown communities, shape, uplift, and advance our narratives/porch stories, and advance or advocate for policy changes that bring communities together to advocate for resources and advance projects related to nature and the environment.
<i>Potential activities include but are not limited to: neighborhood beautification projects, community gardens, joint gatherings, informal conversations, signing and translations for the hearing impaired or non-native speakers, advocacy and activism, social
media efforts and strategies, print and broadcast journalism, partnerships between individuals and organizations, intergenerational dialogues, and policy or community organizing campaigns.</i> </span></p>
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Creativity/Imagination</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px; font-weight: 400;">: We seek to celebrate endeavors
that envision a future in which water, land, and air nourish instead of harm Black neighborhoods and people, transforms, and transmutes past environmental trauma, and encourages the practice of environmental stewardship across the diaspora.
<i>Potential activities include but are not limited to: research innovative ways to increase urban agriculture, performance, art installations, comic books, graphic novels with a special intersectional focus on Afrofuturism</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px; font-weight: 400;"><i><sup>1</sup></i></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px; font-weight: 400;"><i>,
photography exhibits, </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 15.875px; font-weight: 400;"><i>curriculum development.</i> </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 6.2px 0px 0px 45px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); line-height: 17.266667px;"><b>Black
People/Blackness </b></span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 1.133333px 66px 0px 45px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px;">Black
people are not monolithic and represent a broad and diverse spectrum of physiological, geographical, cultural, and political traits and histories. We define Black and Blackness (the state of being Black) in overlapping ways: (1) the mix of physiological, geographical
and cultural traits that defines Black people as people of African descent, many of whom were moved to specific regions in the world through the Trans-Atlantic slave trade (including continental Africans, African Americans, Afro- Caribbeans, Afro-Latinos and
people of mixed ancestry who identify as being Black); (2) Black or Blackness is a political and historical reality of shared colonization and oppression at the hands of Europeans and Anglo-Americans and the resistance to this subjugation. Blackness is a political
construct of survival and resistance against racialized oppression.</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px;"><sup>2</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px;"> </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 1.133333px 77px 0px 45px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px;">Organizations
with a Black Executive Director and a predominantly Black board, staff leadership and constituents — if relevant. “Black-led” is about the demographic makeup and racial identity of the leadership.</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16.933333px;"><sup>3</sup> </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 1.133333px 66px 0px 45px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 17.066667px;">Those
that serve individuals from predominantly Black communities or whose total number of program participants are predominately Black. </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 45px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(46, 83, 149); line-height: 17.266667px;"><b>Built/Natural
Environment </b></span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 1.133333px 66px 0px 45px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 17.066667px;">Everything
that surrounds us, but also includes the built environment. This includes natural resources and healthy safe spaces that are accessible both indoors and outdoors. </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 45px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(236, 124, 48); line-height: 17.266667px;"><b>Nature </b></span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 2.133333px 91px 0px 45px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 17.266667px;">All
three-dimensional things that encompass the very essence of our beings. It existed before us and will hopefully exist in perpetuity. It is urban, gardens, trees, rivers, lakes, beaches, bees, butterflies, birds, parks, forest preserves, trails, air, water,
mountains, prairies, marshes, wetlands, </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">soil</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 17.266667px;">,
abiotic, biotic, and historical. </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); line-height: 17.266667px;"><b> Environmental Organization </b></span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 41px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Organizations
that seek to protect, monitor, advocate for, or provide access to the built/natural environment or nature. These organizations might also work to ensure that people and communities of color are not disproportionately impacted by exposure to pollution and
toxins, lack of access to clean water and air, or inadequate waste management. </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18.4px;"><b>Types of support</b>: Funding can support the main mission of your organization if you
are in the nature or environment </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 18.4px;">sector</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18.4px;">,
or new or existing programs that align with one of the</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 18.4px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18.4px;">four
focus areas listed above. </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18.4px;"><b>Grant term and grant amounts</b>: Grants are for one year. An organization may only
submit one request for</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 18.4px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 18.4px;">funding
per year. Grants can range in amounts of $2,500 to $7,500. </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 19.425px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 18.4px;"><b>Eligible
applicants</b>: Organizations that are Black-led and Black-serving, responsive to and rooted in a Chicago community, and whose work aligns with at least one of the four focus areas are eligible to apply. Previous and current fiscal year organizational budgets
must be less than $850,000. If your organization does not have its own 501(c)3, please provide information for your fiscal sponsor. </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;"><b>Please note:
</b>Current Aya Initiative grantees are eligible to apply for another grant; however, please know that this is a competitive process and renewed funding cannot be guaranteed. Grant recipients in Prince Charitable Trusts' other grants programs are not eligible
to apply. </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);"><img alt="Text Box" style="width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 725px; margin: 0px; border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor;" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:7188c498-f10f-4a9c-ac0d-9ed472d263b8"></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 5pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 7.554167px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 22.6625px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Step
1: Go to </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); line-height: 17.266667px;"><a href="http://goapply2.akoyago.com/prince" id="OWAd06fe06b-80dc-63ff-7002-712bbb23e55e" class="Hyperlink SCXW105511794 BCX4 OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">goapply2.akoyago.com/prince</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Roboto, Roboto_EmbeddedFont, Roboto_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 19.425px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">to create
a GOapply Account. You will need an EIN (TAX ID) number to register. If you have a fiscal sponsor, the account will need to be created using their EIN number and organization information. If you have an existing GOapply account from a previous application
with Aya or another organization, you can login using the same link listed above. You will have an opportunity to review and update organizational information from your previous applications.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Step 2: Gather the following documents as you will need them to either answer
a question or to upload them with your application in GOapply: </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px; font-weight: 400;">Current organizational
budget (revenue and expenses) </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px; font-weight: 400;">Previous year
organizational budget (revenue and expenses) </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px; font-weight: 400;">Program budget
(revenue and expenses) if applicable </span></p>
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photo that captures the essence of your organization or its programs (jpeg) </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.066667px;"><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Step 3: If you are applying with the assistance of a fiscal sponsor
<b>(Fiscal Sponsorship*), </b>please know that the organization acting as fiscal sponsor must submit the application and we will need documentation confirming the fiscal sponsorship arrangement between them and your organization as the sponsored project/organization.
For more details, see the application itself or email </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); line-height: 17.266667px;"><a href="mailto:aya@princetrusts.org" target="_blank" id="OWAd9b899e3-c974-3a33-af3c-ae22930b7aea" class="Hyperlink SCXW34291688 BCX4 OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">aya@princetrusts.org</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">. </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;"><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">*A fiscal sponsorship relationship confers the sponsor’s 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
status and certain administrative benefits onto a charitable project so that it can receive grants and tax-deductible contributions that it would otherwise be unable to receive. </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.133333px 155px 0px 69px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;"> </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.133333px 155px 0px 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 34.066667px;">Step
4: In GOapply, please be prepared to offer the following details: </span></p>
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Information</u> </b></span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 1.466667px 185px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.066667px;">Organization’s
address and phone number, if applicable </span></p>
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optional </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 1.466667px 185px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.066667px;">Facebook,
optional </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.133333px;">LinkedIn, optional </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 129px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.133333px;">Name
and contact information for the organization’s Executive Director/CEO What is the organization’s anticipated revenue for the current fiscal year? </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.4px;">What are
the organization’s anticipated expenses for the current fiscal year? </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 50px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.133333px;">If
this grant will be used solely for a program, what are the anticipated revenue and expenses for the program? </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.133333px;">Name, title, phone number, and email address for the person who is the primary
contact for this grant proposal. </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 19.425px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.733333px;"><b><u>Request
for support</u> </b></span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.733333px;"> </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.733333px;">Tell
us how this request relates to nature and/or the environment (see definition section for more details, if necessary). </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.733333px;"> </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.733333px;">Are
you seeking general operating support or program support? </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.133333px 50px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;"> </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.133333px 50px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Select
the focus area that best aligns with your organization or the project you are applying for: Healing the Village, Strengthening the Village, Amplifying Village Voices, Fostering Village Creativity/Imagination --see Background/Focus Areas Section of the RFP
for more details about each focus area. How does the focus area you selected align with your mission/programs? </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.466667px 0px 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 19.425px;"> </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">What
is the grant amount you are seeking? </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.066667px 66px 0px 93px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.133333px;">In
the online portal, in a separate pdf (3 pages or less), or in a video (no longer than 5 minutes), please provide your answers to the following questions: </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.6px 0px 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 19.425px;"> </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.133333px; font-weight: 400;">Tell us about
your organization (your mission, history, and programs). If you are applying for support of a specific program/project, please describe </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.4px; font-weight: 400;">Based on what is outlined
in the definitions section of this RFP how is your organization Black-led and Black-serving? (Please refer to the definition section for more clarity if needed) </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px; font-weight: 400;">How will this
grant benefit the audience/constituencies your organization serves? </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px; font-weight: 400;">What are you hoping
this grant will help your organization accomplish? </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;"> RFP released </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.266667px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">January
19, 2024 </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.2px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Application
submissions accepted </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.2px 0px 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.733333px;"> January
23, 2024 through March 1, 2024 </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.2px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Information
session </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.2px 0px 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.733333px;"><i> </i>January
31, 2024<i>, Noon</i> </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); line-height: 15.333333px;"><i><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUud-uqqTkoH9faxGFpuK1YADsEB4UWHlST" id="OWAe4370c0e-0ee8-df2a-370b-0eab0279e4c9" class="Hyperlink SCXW105511794 BCX4 OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Information
Session Registration Link</a></i></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); line-height: 15.333333px;"><i><u> </u></i> </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.2px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Office
hours </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.2px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 16.133333px;">February
22, 2024: 9am-10am and 2pm-3:30pm and February 27, 2024: 11am -12pm and 2pm-3pm </span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); line-height: 15px;"><i><a href="https://calendly.com/mstewart-princetrusts/aya-office-hours-2024" id="OWAe1f0c2de-47ad-e67d-b611-4e3dc87f8833" class="Hyperlink SCXW105511794 BCX4 OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Link
to Schedule Office Hours</a></i></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 15px;"> </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.266667px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Application
submission deadline </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.266667px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">March
1, 2024, at 5pm </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.2px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Funding
decision notification </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.2px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">April
2024 </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.2px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Grants
distributed </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.2px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">May
2024 </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.2px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Grant
reports due </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0.2px 0px 0px 7px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">January
31, 2025 </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;">Please feel free
to email </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); line-height: 17.266667px;"><a href="mailto:aya@princetrusts.org" id="OWAc44bbe5f-308a-0713-a9c4-c8af127b1539" class="Hyperlink SCXW105511794 BCX4 OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">aya@princetrusts.org</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;"> if
you have questions or require assistance. </span></p>
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Aya Initiative FAQ section at: </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); line-height: 17.266667px;"><a href="https://princetrusts.org/aya-initiative/" id="OWA88b56fbe-9e81-7aba-a3db-081702ccdd0c" class="Hyperlink SCXW105511794 BCX4 OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">https://princetrusts.org/aya-initiative/</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); line-height: 17.266667px;"> </span></p>
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