Hamilton Family Charitable Trust

Grantee Resources

Managing Your Grant

Below you will find materials to help manage the expectations of your grant. Please call our office at (610) 293-2225 or email oe@hfctrust.org with additional questions about any phase of the grant process.

Announcements

We are no longer accepting Letters of Intent for our 2024 Board Meetings. Please check our 2025 deadlines here.

We are excited to share that the 2025 calendar was approved at our June 2024 Board meeting. In 2025, the Trust will begin the process to shift its grantmaking from four times per year to three times per year. This transition will take place over the the 2025 calendar year when we will have only two grant cycles. By 2026, we will have completed our process and will fully implement the plan to approve grants three times per year.

Webinars & Tutorials

Links to grantee orientations are below.

HFCT New Grant Cycle Information Session, January 2023

Financial Resources

The following resources are used to represent the expenses of the program. This form can be downloaded for completion and uploaded with your Follow-Up end of grant report.

Final Evaluation Report – Budget vs. Actual Template

Grant Management Resources

The following resources are designed to help you manage your grant throughout its duration.

Grant Cycle One

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Grant Cycle Two

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Grant Cycle Three

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Grant Cycle Four

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Our Online Grant System

Log in to our Grant System to access your account.

GRANTEE login

Grantee Spotlight

 

 

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center (MLKCC) Summer Adventure Camp kicked off a season of fun and learning last week with a special field trip to Ninigret Park! The campers thought they were going on a nature hike and were surprised by something more magical… a giant troll! The Troll is one of the many pieces created by Danish artist Thomas Dambo that are hidden around the globe and made of recycled wood. The children were amazed at the size and magic of the art piece and spared no time running to examine it!

The MLKCC Summer Adventure Camp is located in Newport, RI, and offers a unique blend of fun and learning. Between these amazing adventures, students are enriching their minds with activities like STEM learning! The children are learning addition, subtraction, and more in their Math Class. From online math games to Addition/Subtraction Bingo, the campers are having fun while working on their math skills. Activities that explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math are an integral part of the Summer Adventure Camp, and thanks to generous grants from additional funders like Northrop Grumman Corporation, MLKCC can continue cultivating these young mathematicians’ minds!

Publications & Best Practices

The Trust is committed to continuous learning and improvement. Below are a few articles and reports that inform our approach.

“Family Learning and Literacy in Urban Settings: Lessons from a Network of Informal Learning and Community-Based Organizations” by UPCLOSE: University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out of School Environments

“Navigating SEL From the Inside Out” by The Easel Lab @ The Harvard Graduate School of Education

“Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Student Benefits: Implications for the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Core Elements” by Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

“College and Career Preparation Activities and Their Influence on Post-High School Education and Work Attainment” by Xue Xing, Margarita Huerta, Tiberio Garza, University of Nevada, Las Vegas