Section I: Organization Information
Social media
To allow us to tag and promote your organization on our social media posts, please share your social media handles. If none, leave blank.Briefly describe your organization’s mission and key programs.
Section II: Contact person
Please give us ideas and suggestions that would make for a good news story that would elevate your clients and/or organization's need and mission. We are looking for meaningful stories about residents in East Bay. Stories about specific individuals — real people as topics — are strongly preferred! Enter one or more story topics about your organization. (Limit 2,400 characters)
If selected, our photographers will be shooting pictures to tell the story. They will look for significant locations, time of day, scenery that will showcase the care and joy received with your services. We would like you to provide details on when and where be the best places for a the most ideal photograph. For example, a food bank should write down when and where their handouts will occur. A family counseling center should write down when and where all individuals that use their services would be present. Please note that shooting will take place between late September and mid October. (Maxiumum characters: 500)
Consent for individuals
Readers and donors respond better to stories centered on individuals who are helped by your organization and are willing to share their story. However, we do require written consent from the individual to share their story to our reporters and photographers. Share the Spirit does understand that some organizations have to protect clients for safety reasons. In those cases, we can discuss with you ways to maintain privacy while fulfilling our goal to write compelling stories.To avoid any conflict of interest, please disclose any employees or key volunteers at your organization with connections to the East Bay Times or Bay Area News Group. Please list their name, title or role, and nature of connection. For example: John Doe, volunteer board secretary, former music writer for East Bay Times; or Jane Doe, organization Executive Director, spouse employed as Features Editor at The Mercury News (a subsidiary of the Bay Area News Group.)
Section IV: Grant requested
Briefly outline how the grant will be used. For example: "Grant will help provide 300 days of adult social day care and caregiver respite services for economically vulnerable clients who suffer from dementia." (Maxiumum characters: 1,000)
Enter a number and details behind the number. For example: "Share the Spirit funding will support 50 Phone-a-Friend calls, which reaches 225 seniors every quarter." (Maxiumum characters: 500)
Race and ethnicity
If you have race and ethnicity data on your clientele, please enter the number or percentage of people or both.
Gender
If you have gender data on your clientele, please enter the number or percentage of people or both.
Sexual orientation
If you have sexual orientation data on your clientele, please enter the number or percentage of people or both.
Disabilities
If you have disabilities data on your clientele, please enter the number or percentage of people or both. Section VII: Program conditions
