Apply

Step One

Determine Eligibility

Determine your eligibility to apply. Review the Recipient Gallery, FAQs, & Grants page to identify if your grant request would be a good fit for The Dana Brown Charitable (DBCT) Trust.

Step Two

Complete Letter of Intent

NEW DEADLINES  AND PROCESS IN PLACE FOR THE DANA BROWN CHARITABLE TRUST GRANT CYCLES

Please use the link below to register your charitable organization through the U.S. Bank – Dana Brown Charitable Trust Online Portal.  Please be sure to CREATE NEW ACCOUNT to create your login credentials.  Once registered, you can access the Online Document for Letter of Intent.

To meet our new guidelines to apply for a DBCT grant award, your organization must be FOUR (4) years old or older and must pass the Charity Verification Check on our grant portal

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Letters of Intent for the Spring grant cycle are accepted between January 1 – February 19 @10:00 PM CST.

Letters of Intent for our Fall grant cycle are accepted between July 1 – August 27 at 10:00 PM CST.

The LOI process will close at 10 pm (CST) on February 19 and August 27.

Step Three

Letter of Intent Review

The DBCT Grant Review Committee will review your Letter of Intent form within four weeks of the grant cycle’s LOI deadline. If the Committee is interested in pursuing your request, you will receive an invitation to apply for the upcoming grant cycle. The invitation will include detailed instructions on using the DBCT grant portal to complete and submit, and timelines and required materials are outlined on the application form.

Step Four

Complete Grant Application

If invited, you will be provided an email communication to complete the Grant Application on the grant platform. If you are to be considered for the Spring Grant Review Meeting, your application must be completed no later than May 5 at 10:00 pm CST to be reviewed at our meeting. If invited to apply for the Fall Grant Cycle, your submission must be completed no later than October 29 at 10:00 pm CST to be reviewed at our meeting.

Step Five

Award Notification

Decisions on grants are made by the Grant Review Committee of The Dana Brown Charitable Trust, approved by the Trust Chair, and then sent to the fiduciary trust group for final review. You will be notified whether or not you were awarded a grant from The Dana Brown Charitable Trust and in what amount.

Awards and denials for applications will be notified by the Executive Director and/or Grant Review Committee Members after the U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management Trust Discretionary Committee has completed its review and approved the awards. A grant agreement form will be assigned to each awarded organization, which must be completed by the deadline for the award to be processed.

Award letters and checks will be posted by:

• Spring Grant cycle – June 30
• Fall Grant cycle – December 31

Step Six

Submit Progress Report

NEW PROCESS for required Dana Brown Charitable Trust progress reports. Please access your organization’s account if you were notified to complete a full or interim progress report to meet the deadlines. Only awarded agencies will receive an assignment from the Grant Interface/Foundant website for this form.

Submission Deadlines

to meet above dates

Spring Cycle Deadlines

• Letter of Intent submission entries between January 1 – February 19 @ 10:00 PM CST
• Charitable organizations are invited to submit grant application entries between March 24 – May 5 @ 10:00 PM CST.
• The progress report for organizations that received grant funding is due May 13, the following year.

Fall Cycle Deadlines

• Letter of Intent submission entries between July 1 – August 27 @ 10:00 PM CST
• Charitable organizations are invited to submit grant application entries between September 20 – October 29 @ 10:00 PM CST.  
• The progress report for organizations that received grant funding is due November 12, the following year.