How to Apply for Funding

Community Grants Program

The Ozark Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is looking for partners who can impact breast health in their community.

The Ozark Affiliate offers grants for innovative projects in the areas of breast health and breast cancer education, outreach, screening and treatment support targeting services not otherwise available to uninsured or underinsured women and men in our 10 county service area.  The service area includes; Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Newton, Sebastian and Washington counties in Arkansas and Stone and Taney counties in Missouri. 

Please check back soon for the 2013-2014 Request for Application

Applications for the 2013-2014 grant cycle are due by 5pm on November 15, 2012 and must be submitted using the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Grants eManagement System (GeMS).  Please note that organizations will not be granted access to GeMS until the successful completion of an Ozark Affiliate Grant Writing Application.

Grant Writing Workshops

It is mandatory for an organization to attend a Grant Writing Workshop to be eligible to submit a grant.  The Ozark Affiliate is offering three workshops in September.

Monday, September 10th, 2012---Click here to RSVP
11:30am-1pm
North Arkansas College Center Campus
303 N. Main St., Suite 304
Harrison, AR

Wednesday, September 12th, 2012--- Click here to RSVP
11:30am-1pm
Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield Building
3501 Greenwood Road, Suite 5
Fort Smith, AR

Friday, September 14th, 2012--- Click here to RSVP
11:30am-1pm
Rogers-Lowell Chamber of Commerce-Lowell Office
506 Enterprise Drive, Suite 102
Lowell, AR

2013-2014 Grant Cycle Timeline

September 7th, 2012                                                Request for Applications will be released

September 10th, 2012 from 11:30-1pm                     Grant Writing Workshop in Harrison, AR

September 12th, 2012 from 11:30-1pm                     Grant Writing Workshop in Fort Smith, AR

September 14th, 2012 from 11:30-1pm                     Grant Writing Workshop in Lowell, AR

October 2012                                                           Grant Writing Technical Assistance

November 15th, 2012 at 5pm                                    Deadline for submitting a grant application into GeMS  

November 2012                                                        Initial Compliance Review

November 2012-January 2013                                   Review Period

February 2013                                                         Grant funding slate submitted to Board for approval

March 2013                                                              Award Notification

March 2013                                                              Promise Circle Luncheon

If you have any additional questions or would like more information on the grant process, please contact:

Lauren Marquette, LMSW
Director of Mission Services
lauren@komenozark.org
Office Phone (479) 750-7465