1. What is the deadline for submitting proposals?
2. Do you have an application form?
3. When are payments made?
4. Could you explain the reporting requirements?

1. What is the deadline for submitting proposals? The Foundation does not have deadlines. Each proposal receives an initial screening and then is given a preliminary review by the Trustees. Proposals that make it past preliminary review are then submitted every other month for a final decision. The time from the receipt of a request to a final decision averages eleven weeks. (Click here for a more complete summary of the process.)

2. Do you have an application form? The Foundation does not have an application form. The Foundation guidelines contain a Grant Proposal Checklist that should be included in each proposal.

The Otto Bremer Foundation also accepts the Minnesota Common Grant Application Form.

3. When are payments made? Typically, payments are scheduled for the 15th of each month.

4. Could you explain the reporting requirements? A two-part report is required after one year from the month the grant payment was received:

1. The first part is a narrative report explaining the impact of the program. The eight questions asked in the "Report Narrative" section of the Minnesota Common Report Form are very useful for preparing this report.

2. The second part is the financial expenditure report of grant dollars. In the case of multi-year grants, scheduled payments will be released after the receipt of the previous year's report.

The Otto Bremer Foundation accepts the Minnesota Common Report Form.