PLEASE NOTE: The Foundation requires that all applicants submit their proposal materials electronically via the Foundation's secure web application portal. Please see below for instructions on how to apply, and please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions about navigating the application process.

The Foundation welcomes proposals that are accurately aimed. An applicant can best serve itself and aid the Foundation by (a) reviewing the Foundation's policies and guidelines in detail; and if a proposal seems warranted by (b) following the instructions below regarding the Foundation's online application procedures.

The deadline for all applications from Kentucky, Idaho, or Montana is March 1, 2012. Please note that all online grant applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Central Time on March 1 in order to be successfully saved in our system.

Applicants from Kentucky: The online application is now available (click here to enter the application page). If you have previously registered your organization on our online system, you will be asked to log in with your account and password. If you have not yet registered, or if you are a new applicant, you will be asked to create a new account before being led to the application page.

Applicants from Idaho and Montana: The online application is now available (click here to enter the application page). If you registered your organization on our online application system last year, you will be asked to log in with your account and password. If you have not yet registered, or if you are a new applicant, you will be asked to create a new account before being led to the application page.

A sample application worksheet is available here so that applicants may review the questions that will be asked on the online form prior to filling it out. You may use this worksheet as a tool to prepare your answers for the online application, but you must log in and complete the online form itself in order for your proposal to be formally submitted. We recommend that you save your work frequently while completing an application on our online system, particularly after uploading a document.

We encourage you to reach out to the Foundation's two regional directors with any questions about your organization's request for support or about the online application process. The directors may be reached as follows:

Judy Owens
Appalachian Director
The Steele-Reese Foundation
2613 Clubside Court
Lexington, KY 40513
E-mail: jkowensjd@aol.com
Phone & Fax: (859) 313-5225

In the case of Idaho and Montana organizations, please contact:

Linda Tracy
Western Director
The Steele-Reese Foundation
PO Box 8311
Missoula, MT 59807-8311
E-mail: linda@steele-reese.org
Phone: (406) 207-7984
Fax: (207) 470-3872

In the case of general matters, or questions about the Foundation's policies, organizations may contact:

Charles Buice
242 Bergen Street, #2
Brooklyn, NY 11217
E-Mail: charles@steele-reese.org

Because of the heavy demand for its limited funds, the Foundation has no choice but to reject scores of proposals each year, most of them extremely meritorious. The Foundation's inability to fund a project is not a judgment of an applicant's mission or an organization's effectiveness. Applicants are assured that every proposal received by the Foundation will be considered thoroughly.