Rose & Daffodil Grants
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR
UNIVERSITY & HOSPITAL
FOUNDATIONS
Thank you for your interest in a Rose or Daffodil Grant! Most of our grant programs are designed to issue general operating dollars to moderately sized nonprofit organizations. As such, the process may not always be designed to the benefit of hospital or university foundations — or other large institutions. Please use the guidance below as you complete the application in our grant portal.
While the grant portal questions are not formally labeled this way, it may be helpful to think of most prompts as fitting into one of three “buckets.” As you draft your responses, use the corresponding guidance below to decide which entity or scope you should be describing.
Foundation
Use this lens when a question is asking about who is applying. In those responses, describe your foundation (the hospital or university foundation or affiliated fundraising foundation).
Specific program or initiative
Use this lens when a question is really asking, “What work will these dollars support?” In those responses, focus on the particular program or initiative you want funding to advance.
Note: The portal does not include a dedicated field to designate “restricted” funding. Use your narrative or short-answer responses to clearly explain the specific program purpose and what grant dollars would support (for example, staffing, supplies, direct services, equipment, or evaluation).
Public charity supported by your foundation
Use this lens when a question is asking about the larger organization your foundation supports (such as the hospital, university, or operating 501(c)(3) entity where the program is housed).
Important note about general operating support
Most Rose and Daffodil grants are structured as general operating support for moderately sized nonprofits. As a result, we typically do not provide general operating support to organizations applying through (or supported by) their own hospital, university, or similar institutional foundations. Applicants in this category should be prepared to describe a specific program or initiative and clearly articulate how grant dollars would be used within that work.
Please note that this webpage may not be regularly updated and some application prompts, questions, or instructions may have changed. Visit the primary application page to stay up-to-date on the current materials.
You can learn more about the Rose/Daffodil grants here.
To our hospital and university partners,
PRELIMINARY APPLICATION (or LOI)
Instructions for Hospital & University Foundations
Geographic Focus & Community: Complete on behalf of Specific Program or Initiative
These are fixed-choice prompts that help us to understand your organization type, structure, and key operations. You will not need to craft your own custom response, but rather you will select the answer(s) that most accurately represent your organization..
Oregon Focus: How much of your work occurs in Oregon?
Service Area: How would you describe the primary communities or regions your organization serves?
Individuals Served: How many unique (unduplicated) individuals did your organization directly serve in the last fiscal year?
Organizational Health & Governance: Complete on behalf of Public Charity Supported by your Foundation
These fixed-choice prompts help us to understand operational management, board engagement, and applicable oversight. You will not need to craft your own narrative response.
Financial Oversight: How would you describe your board’s current level of engagement in ensuring the organization’s financial accountability and overall operational health?
Operational Stability: In general, how has the present day funding landscape affected your organization’s ability to sustain operations and programming within the last year?
Unplanned Deficits: In the last five (5) years, how many years has your organization ended with an unplanned budget deficit?
Media & Public Perception: In the last three (3) years, has your organization navigated any harmful litigation, media coverage, or significant public turmoil that has affected your operations or brand in the community?
Financial Overview: Complete on behalf of Foundation
The following multi-type prompts help us to gain some insight into your organization’s financial position.
Revenues: Enter your total operating revenues from your last completed fiscal year.
Expenses: Enter your total operating expenses from your last completed fiscal year.
Balance Sheet: Attach a copy of your organization’s Balance Sheet, date within the last three (3) months.
Total Assets: List your total assets as reported on your balance sheet.
Total Liabilities: List your total liabilities as reported on your balance sheet.
Operations & Impact: Complete on behalf of Specific Program or Initiative
These narrative prompts help us to understand your organization’s impact, program delivery models, and commitment to equity and inclusion. Both prompts have a 2,000 character count allowance.
Programs & Impact: Please provide a summary of your core programs and the community you serve. In your response, highlight your organization's key achievements and measurable outcomes that best demonstrate both your current and long-term impact in the community.
Equity & Opportunity: How does your organization put equity and inclusion into practice — both in how you serve your community and how you support and empower your staff? In your response, share how your approach advances opportunity for belonging for people from historically excluded communities (such as BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, immigrants, and people from low-income backgrounds).
Grant Program & Design: Complete on behalf of Specific Program or Initiative
The following fixed-choice prompts help us to understand the type of funding you hope to pursue and will inform our discussions and evaluations if your Preliminary Application (LOI) is approved.
Ideal Funding Level: If awarded, what level of funding would you hope to receive per year?
Preferred Distribution of Funds: If awarded, would you prefer one, two, or three installments at the amount listed above?
Application Sharing: If other funders request a copy of your application for their own funding consideration (within 12 months of submission) do we have your permission to share it?