Eligibility and Grant Process

Grant Process

The Bob Barker Company Foundation uses an online system for all stages of our grant making. Our grant system comprises four steps:

1. Eligibility and Guideline Review

2. Site Visit from the Bob Barker Company Foundation

3. Letter of Inquiry (online form)

4. Grant Application

These steps must be followed regardless of whether or not your organization has been previously funded. If your program meets our guidelines, the next step will be to submit a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) through our online process. Upon receiving the LOI, our staff will review it and email an approval, denial, or further questions to the contact person designated for the organization. If your LOI is approved, you will then be allowed to proceed to the next step of submitting a complete Grant Application. We do not have submission deadlines.

Eligibility Guidelines

We seek to fund organizations that are well-managed, have financial and fundraising plans, engage in strategic planning, and have strong leadership and governance. Your organization must meet the following requirements to be considered for funding. If you do not meet these requirements at this time, we encourage you to submit your application once you have satisfied the baseline requirements.

• Your organization’s work must result in reducing recidivism.

• Your organization must work with a minimum of 100 incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals annually.

• Your organization must have a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or be a governmental, educational or research institution with tax-exempt status.

• Your methods must be evidence-based or use best practices.

Funding Amounts

Grants will generally be in the range of $5,000 to $25,000 and will be dependent upon proven recidivism reduction and cost-effective methods. We will not consider proposals for funding of the following:

• Individuals, scholarships, or endowments

• Political causes, candidates, or campaigns

• Sporting or fundraising events, auctions, or other benefits

• Litigation or debt reduction

• Institutions that discriminate, in policy or in practice, on the basis of age, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, race, religion, marital status, disability, veteran or other legally protected status.

• Non-U.S. organizations, programs, or entities

• Work that does not fit our Vision and Mission

Procedure

Click on the LOI button below after reading these procedures. If you have never used our system before, begin by creating a new account. Please note that this login will be your organization login and will be used for future applications and follow-up documents. You will need to notify us to create a new login if your primary contact person changes.

The LOI and Application contain required questions that must be answered before submitting your application. All required questions are marked with an asterisk (*). Please be sure to save your online application draft frequently, especially if you plan to work in stages.