Apply now for a Dekko Foundation Grant

Be sure that your proposal aligns with our focus on the following:

Geographic areas:

We consider grant proposals that benefit people in communities where our founder, Mr. Chet Dekko, had an interest during his lifetime. Those communities are:

• Alabama: Limestone County.
• Florida: Collier County. Applications by invitation only.
• Indiana: DeKalb, LaGrange, Kosciusko, Noble, Steuben, and Whitley Counties.
• Iowa: Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, and Union Counties.
• Minnesota: The Community of Ada.

Concentration on young people:

Our grantmaking is focused on projects that support the development of children ages birth through 18 years.

Grantmaking Focus:

We consider grant proposals in the following four categories because they advance our mission of fostering economic freedom through education:

• Early childhood development (birth through age five).
• Middle childhood development (ages six through twelve).
• Adolescent development (ages thirteen through eighteen).
• Community development (related to the advancement of children and young people).

Remember that timing is everything.

Please give us about 90 days for our board to consider your grant request. Keep in mind that the Foundation will choose not to make reimbursements for monies expended before grants are approved.

Have your plan in place.

We feel strongly that a current strategic plan, prepared by the staff and board of your organization, is a first step toward readiness for participation in a grant program.

 

Fill out our grant application. Click here to view a copy of our application format. Use the Helpful Hints along the way to assist with grant objectives and project budget information. Please feel free to call us if you have questions about filling out the application format. Expect a call or visit. If your proposal falls within our guidelines, one of our staff members will call you to set up a meeting to discuss your project in more detail. It is our goal to acknowledge all grant applications, grant reports and other communications sent to the Dekko Foundation in a timely manner. If you do not hear from us within two weeks from the time that you sent your communication, please contact our Grants Manager at 260-347-1278. Thank you.