Guidelines & Eligibility

Guidelines

The Gibney Family focuses 51% or more of their philanthropic efforts on organizations that support the blind and visually impaired. The Foundation’s focus is on empowering individuals with life challenges within each grant sponsor’s community.

The Gibney Family Foundation strives to find sustainable solutions with every partnership that is made. Sustainable solutions could be independence for the individuals who receive services from organizations, or it could be long-term solutions for the organization itself.

TGFF will only entertain one grant request per year

Traditionally, organizations are within the communities of our family members who live in various locations across the country.

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A young woman who is blind sits to read a book written in braille while holding a white cane

Eligibility

To be eligible to submit a grant request from The Gibney Family Foundation, you must:

Be a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status with the IRS
Be operating within the US
Have a family grant sponsor. A grant sponsor is someone who has contacted an organization and collaborated on a potential project
(if applicable) Have completed your previous TGFF grant project and submitted a Grant Report

Areas that are NOT eligible:

Unsolicited grant proposals
Funding for research projects
Organizations with direct contact with a political or government group
Funding to specific religious denominations

Our Focus

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Support for People with Visual Impairments

TGFF strives to empower individuals with visual impairments with independence, employment, and quality of life, which we strongly feel that all should be able to enjoy.

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Support for Families, Adults & Children

TGFF recognizes the importance of mental health, safe living conditions, food security, and other factors needed to support and strengthen families, adults, and children in our communities.

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Support for People with Disabilities

TGFF helps organizations put smiles on faces and build confidence through adaptive recreation, leadership and specialized programs that further independence.

Grantseekers

TGFF seeks partnerships with organizations that enable all people to live confident, independent lives. Collaborations take time and effort, however, the result is improved grantmaking and greater impact.

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Grant Application

TGFF grant applications are designed to fit the project and its purpose. The type of grant application submitted will be determined by the grant sponsor after an eligible project is identified.

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Grant Reporting

Grant reporting is an important part of TGFF’s grant process. Grant reports help TGFF become more informed funders, and more importantly, excite and engage the grant sponsor.