NEW! Our 2012 application deadline is March 1.
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Each proposal should help our Trustees understand your organization, your audience, your project and your budget.  We ask that you:

1. Include in a cover letter: 

• The purpose of the request (five lines maximum)
• Amount requested
• Name and phone number of the contact person for this grant
• How you heard about the Trust
• Signature of the organization’s chief officer or board chair

2. Briefly describe the mission and programs of your organization

3. Summarize the project:

Please tell us:

• How you plan to use the funds and what you hope to accomplish, including:
• What type of meditation is involved
• Who will teach it or speak about it 
  (their names, training, other qualifications)
• How the project will improve your teaching, expand your audience, or otherwise make your organization more effective at encouraging meditation practice
• When the project will be completed

For meditation courses or special lectures also include:

• What audience(s) you hope to reach and how you will reach them
• How you will determine fees or why fees are inappropriate

For translation, publishing or general promotion also include:

• What gap in the current meditation literature this project helps to fill
• How and to whom you will distribute/market the final product
• How you will determine the price or why fees are inappropriate

For the purchase of book/tapes/videos please include:

• How the materials will be used
• How you will determine the price or why fees are inappropriate

Books, tapes, or videos purchased with Trust funds may only be used to 1) restock a lending library, 2) sell to raise funds for the nonprofit organization, 3) distribute at cost to introduce meditation 4) educate staff

 4.  Give financial and legal information:

• An IRS letter classifying the organization as a tax-exempt nonprofit
• The names and affiliations of the organization’s Directors or Trustees
• A project budget with estimated expenses and revenues
• The organization’s total budget for the current year with both expenses and revenues
• The organization’s most recent financial statement, if one is prepared

 5. Limit the description of your organization and project  (#2 and #3)

to five pages or less.  Include brochures, annual reports or other background material as attachments.  We’ll contact you if we need more information.

6. Send an electronic copy of your proposal

(as an MS Word document or PDF file) via email to: apply@trustformeditation.org

7. Send a paper copy of your proposal

and any supplementary materials via land mail to:

Trust for the Meditation Process
2751 Hennepin Ave. S.  #259
Minneapolis, MN 55408

Email with proposal must be sent by March 1.
Land mail with proposal and supplementary materials must be postmarked by March 1.