To be considered for funding, organizations must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• The applicant organization must be a nonprofit with a 501(c)3 tax-exempt status or have a fiscal sponsor that has a 501(c)3 tax-exempt status.
• The applicant organization must be in operation for at least two years.

Please note that The Sephardic Foundation on Aging does not support:

• Individuals
• Endowments
• Political Action Groups
• Colleges and Universities
• Debt Reduction
• Multi-year grant proposals

Before you begin the LOI process, please be aware that:

• You will need to create a free Submittable account, or sign in with Google or Facebook credentials in order to submit to these forms.
• Please be sure to use an email address for the account to which the applicant organization will maintain access. The Sephardic Foundation on Aging will use Submittable to communicate with applicants and grantees. If you use a consultant to assist with applications please ensure that you have access to the account along with the consultant.
• You can save a draft of your work if you would like to finish filling out the form at a later date.
• If anything changes with the information you submitted, please request to edit the submission
• Our platform works best on Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Internet Explorer is not supported. Please make sure you are using a supported browser, and that the files are valid file types. You can find the acceptable file types under the "Choose File" button on the application.
• We will follow-up with you about your submission by email through the Submittable platform. Please be sure to safelist notification emails from Submittable and check the email you used to sign up for your Submittable Account regularly. When responding to a Submittable notification, please be sure to sign into the platform.
• Check out the Submitter Resource Center or reach out to Submittable's Customer Support team with any technical questions at support@submittable.com

If you aren't doing so already, please use a laptop or desktop computer, as file uploads may not work on some mobile devices. If you continue to be unable to upload the files, please try a different browser. We find our platform works well with the Firefox or Chrome browsers.

• You can download Firefox by following the instructions linked here.
• You can download Chrome by following the instructions linked here.

Please note that we do not support the Explorer browser, or older versions of Edge. If you have other questions or do not have the required documents, please email info@sfoa.org.