Guidelines for Grants

1. Geographical Focus: The geographic focus of grants is Union County, New Jersey. While non-profit organizations outside of Union County may receive grants, those organizations must include with their grant proposal information and statistics showing how the work of their organization serves Union County residents or impacts them directly.

2. Grant Restrictions: Grants will be focused on capital items, ranging from items of equipment to building funds, and for endowment. Grants will not be given for operating expenses, programs, current scholarships, conferences, meetings or dinners, advertisements in journals or annual funds. No grants will be made outside the United States.

3. Preference will be given to organizations with low administration expenses, that show efforts to encourage individuals to help themselves, and which make efforts to achieve a broad base of funding sources. The Trustees will give primary consideration to types of organizations that the founder of our foundation might have supported. Examples of these would include:

   • local hospitals and health organizations;

   • organizations engaged in ecological endeavors, particularly land preservation and stewardship, which may be outside Union County;

   • educational institutions (preference will particularly be given to pre-collegiate and privately-supported institutions);

   • organizations that help the needy, particularly children;

   • historic preservation organizations;

   • animal welfare organizations.

4. Grantee Restrictions: No grants will be made to individuals; all grantees must be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and qualified under Sections 509(a)(1) or 509(a)(2) of the Code. With every application, a copy of the organization's most recent Internal Revenue Service exemption letter showing the applicant's status under Section 501 and sub-section status under Sections 509(a)(1) and 509(a)(2) must be submitted. If an applicant's exemption is under a group ruling (for example, a national church group ruling), a copy of the group ruling, and proof of the applicant's inclusion thereunder must be submitted with the application.

5. Grants will be made once a year, in November. All grant applications must be submitted no later than October 1.

6. All proposals must be submitted via the Foundation’s online application portal.

7. Applicants will be notified by November 30th.

Revised September 2025

UNION FOUNDATION
P.O. Box 4470, Warren, New Jersey 07059-0470

Tel: 908-753-2440

William V. Engel, President