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Overview of the process

What do you need to know before you apply?

We encourage you to review our eligibility requirements and funding priorities before you proceed. If your organization is eligible and your program fits our priorities, please verify your access to our grants portal. You may then submit a letter of inquiry (LOI) for our program officers to review. If your LOI is approved, you may then submit a full proposal. The steps included in our process are outlined below.

  • Visit the Eligibility for Funding page to see whether your organization should consider applying. We encourage you to take the eligibility quiz to help determine your eligibility.

  • If your organization is eligible, visit our Funding Priorities page to see whether your program is consistent with our funding goals.

  • If you have an account from a previous application, log in to the grant portal with the previously used email address and password.

    If you’ve never logged in before, you can register to create an account. Please note that the first step in registering is verifying that your organization is listed as 501(c)3 in the IRS database.

    If you’ve submitted an application in the past but are unsure whether you have an account with us, click "Forgot Password?" and enter the email address used for the prior application. You can then reset the password if necessary. Please make sure noreply@smartsimple.com is added to your safe sender list so that the email does not get caught in your spam filter.

    If you do not receive the password reset email within 10 minutes, click "Register" to create an account.

    For more details, download the Fry Foundation Grants Portal Reference Guide.

  • If you are seeking support for the first time, or if you are a returning grantee seeking support for a new project, please submit an LOI via the grants portal before you submit a full proposal. Allow our program officers 30 days to respond to your request.

  • If your LOI is approved, gather the information and documents required to submit a full proposal on the grants portal. A list of what is required can be found on our How to Apply page or by downloading our application procedures.

  • If your grant is approved, you’ll be notified by a program officer and you will receive an email from our grants portal with the subject line “Signature Needed for Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Grant Agreement.”

    After review, an authorized signer from your organization should countersign the document, then upload the executed grant agreement into the grants portal.

    Upon completion of the signed grant agreement, payment will be processed within a few business days. If we already have your bank information on file, no action is needed.

    If you have not provided your organization’s ACH information—or the information needs to be updated since your last payment—you can submit it using our secured form.

  • 30 days before the deadline, you will receive an email with the subject line "Lloyd A. Fry Foundation: Report Submission Reminder."

    Log in to the grants portal to upload the narrative and financial reports.

    For more details on our reporting requirements, visit our Reporting Requirements page.