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(pronounced "bo-THEEN")
The Bothin Foundation (pronounced "bo-THEEN") was established by Henry E. Bothin, his wife, Ellen Chabot Bothin, and daughter, Genevieve Bothin de Limur, and incorporated as a private foundation in the State of California in 1917.
Guidelines
The Bothin Foundation supports organizations providing direct services to disadvantaged children, youth and families, the elderly and disabled, in San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, and San Mateo Counties. The Foundation makes capital grants for building, vehicle, and equipment needs. The Foundation supports environmental and arts organizations to the extent to which they serve youth.
Grants are not made to individuals, endowment drives, events, general operating expenses, annual appeals, videos, medical research, scholarships, religious organizations, or educational institutions other than those which serve the learning disabled.
To ensure a broad spectrum of organizations, the Board will not consider additional grants until three full years have elapsed.
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Board of Directors
Genevieve di San Faustino, President
A. Michael Casey, Vice President & Treasurer
Lyman H. Casey, Secretary
Lyman R. Casey
Jay Jacobs
Devon Laycox
Laura King Pfaff
Paul Sussman
Herb Tully
Application Procedure
updated August 17, 2010
The Board meets three times each year (spring, summer, fall) to make grants. The submission dates for the Spring 2011 meeting will be finalized in early fall 2010. Please check back after September 1, 2010 for specific submission dates.
Email Submissions
The Foundation strongly encourages the submission of proposals and attachments
by email. For those submitting by email, the proposal and required attachments
should be emailed in PDF format only, with the exception
of the Funder
Worksheet (see proposal requirements below). The foundation prefers
to receive one pdf file that includes all proposal requirements. However,
if you plan to include audited financial statements, please do so as
a separate pdf attachment.
Please send your proposal to Jessi Misslin at jmisslin@pfs-llc.net.
If you do not receive an email response within 2-3 business days confirming that your proposal has been received, please contact Jessi at (415) 561-6540 x215.
Please do not submit a paper copy of your proposal
if you have submitted by email.
Submissions by Mail
The Foundation will also accept a proposal submitted by mail as long
as it is postmarked between July 19 and July 29, 2010.
The Bothin Foundation is committed to minimizing its impact on the environment. Please clasp the proposal materials with a single binder clip; do not use staples. Do not send audio-visual materials, binders, folders, or pamphlets unless requested. Please do not provide a copy of your proposal via email if you choose to mail a hard copy.
Proposal Requirements
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Cover letter, on organization letterhead with address and phone number, including a brief summary of the request and a list of attachments (not more than one page)
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Proposal narrative (not to exceed five pages)
- Concise description of the organization
(not more than two pages)
- Relevant history
- Mission
- Geography and populations served
- Overview of programs
- Description of the project (not more than
three pages)
- Need
- Purpose, goals
- Timeline
- Project budget, including secured and projected sources of funding
- Concise description of the organization
(not more than two pages)
- Financial statement, including actual revenue and expenses for the organization’s most recently completed fiscal year
- Organizational budget for the present year, detailing proposed expenditures and projected sources of funding (not more than two pages)
- Funder Worksheet for the project. Please send this document as a Word document, not a PDF
- List of major public and private funders, identifying both secured and planned for funds
- Vehicle requests must include the Vehicle Grant Application Questionnaire
- Technology requests must include the Technology Grant Application Questionnaire
- List of the Board of Directors, with affiliations
- Copy of the agency's IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt determination letter
Contact Information
Please direct all questions to:
Eric L. Sloan
Senior Program Officer
The Bothin Foundation
esloan@pfs-llc.net
1660 Bush Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, California 94109
(415) 561-6540 ext. 205
(415) 561-6477 (FAX)