United Jewish Federation of Greater Stamford, New Canaan and Darien
Eligibility Requirements for Recipients
Local Agencies
To be eligible for a grant from UJF, the requesting organization must:
- Be located in Greater Stamford, New Canaan or Darien or in Fairfield County serving our constituents.
- Be a Jewish agency with a mission that reflects the values of the UJF mission.
- Be a 501(c) (3) not for profit entity.
- Have a fully functional independent board structure with at least one meeting per year documented by proper minutes.
- Have an independent annual audit. If too small to afford this, it must have transparent books kept in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
- Accept UJF’s method of giving.
- Cooperate with the UJF campaign by encouraging its board and members to participate in the UJF annual campaign.
- Acknowledge in its publicity, brochures website and physical site that it receives support from UJF for the duration of any existing grant or allocation, all in accordance with UJF’s guidelines.
- Not be currently subject to legal (criminal or civil) or regulatory actions related to mismanagement.
International, National and State-wide Agencies
To be eligible for a grant from UJF, the requesting organization must:
- Have a mission reflective of UJF’s values and mission
- Serve the needs of our global Jewish constituency
- Adhere to 2-5, and 8-9 above.