GRANT GUIDELINES.
The Marcled Foundation, founded in 2004, is a family foundation headquartered in San Francisco, California. The Foundation awards approximately 40 to 50 grants each year.

The average grant amount awarded in 2007 was approximately $20,000. Through its Donor Advised Fund, the Marcled Foundation awards additional grants. Approximately one-third of the Foundation’s grants go to new recipients each year.

GRANTMAKING PROCESS.
THE MARCLED FOUNDATION DOES NOT CONSIDER UNINVITED PROPOSALS.
The process usually begins when Foundation staff and/or board members contact nonprofit organizations of interest for a preliminary conversation about their work and how a grantmaking partnership might further their efforts. If the board then expresses a strong interest in the work, Foundation staff will contact the organization to invite a grant proposal. The Board of Trustees reviews these proposals and has the final decision regarding which organizations the Foundation will fund.

The Marcled Foundation greatly appreciates the important work in which nonprofit organizations are engaged, and the board does not want the staff of these organizations to spend considerable time and resources preparing materials for the Foundation unless there is a clear possibility of working together.