Thank you for your interest in Cardinals Care, the team's community foundation. In order to qualify for consideration for a grant, the following criteria must be met by your organization:

• Serve or support youths under 20 years old
• Operate in "Cardinals Country"
• Be a 501 (c) (3) with a Federal tax exempt letter
• Must be up and running as a 501 (c) (3) for a least 1 year
• Budget for entire organization not to exceed $2,000,000
• Administration/fundraising expenses not to exceed 30% of total budget
• If you organization received a Cardinals Care grant in 2008, you must attach both a) April 21st or August 12th acknowledgement letter informing you of your grant and b) a copy of the receipt for the purchase the grant funded.

TIMELINE

Each year Cardinals Care has two grant cycles (spring and summer), as follows:

• Spring - The spring grant cycle deadline has passed for 2009.
• Summer - The deadline for the summer grant cycle will be announced at a later date for funding in the late summer of 2009.
• After a completed application is received, reviewed, and approved for further evaluation, a Cardinals Care representative will call to schedule a visit.
• If an application is incomplete or missing pertinent information, the application will be returned to sender for resubmission in a timely manner or for consideration in the next cycle.
• Organizations can only apply and receive funding once a year.

WHAT WE FUND

• As part of our focus from this year forward, consideration for regular grant cycle grants will only be given to funding requests for:
    - tangible items
    - one-time, capital expenses
    - special supplies or purchases
• Average amount for a cash grant from Cardinals Care is $3,000

WHAT WE DO NOT FUND

• Annual program costs or salaries
• Operating expenses
• Individuals
• Fundraising event sponsorships (golf, walks/runs, dinner galas, etc.)
• Scholarships/Endowment funds
• Multiple-year pledges

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call Mary Ellen at (314) 345-9600. We appreciate your interest and look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,

Michael Hall
Vice President,
Cardinals Care and Community Relations