The
Sara Lee Foundation utilizes an online Letter-Of-Intent (LOI) and invitational
Request-For-Proposal (RFP) system.
Step 1: Determine if your organization meets the eligibility requirements (Eligibility requirements = Legal nonprofit with a mission that clearly addresses one of the Foundation’s focus areas (defined as:
Step 1: Determine if your organization meets the eligibility requirements (Eligibility requirements = Legal nonprofit with a mission that clearly addresses one of the Foundation’s focus areas (defined as:
- domestic hunger
- healthy weight through energy balance
- diverse and highly visible cultural programs
Priority is given to nonprofit organizations located
in and serving communities where Sara Lee has a facility.
Step
2: Submit an online
Letter of Intent (LOI). There are no deadlines, submission are
reviewed as they are received. Preference is given to highly effective projects
and programs that have clear goals and which document expected outcomes.
Requests for general operating support are not considered competitive.
Step 3: Await an email notification, sent approximately two to three weeks after the LOI is received and reviewed.
Step 4: (if the proposed LOI is of interest):An Request-For-Proposal (RFP) will be extended. Decisions regarding RFP’s may take 45 to 60 days once the RFP has been completed and submitted.