If Cowell's grant staff wants to learn more about your community and/or proposal, they may work with you to schedule a site visit. Such a visit often includes a community tour and forum.

Scheduling a site visit means that we are interested in learning more about your organization and community. It is not a guarantee that your community will qualify for Cowell's place-based grantmaking or that your proposal will be funded. A site visit is simply another tool we use to evaluate where and when to make grants .

Sample Agendas

Sample #1
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Community Tour
12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m	Lunch for everyone at the community forum and an opportunity for informal conversation.
12:45 p.m. - 12:55 p.m.	Welcome and Purpose of Community Forum (provided by you).
12:55 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.	Introductions: each person in the room very briefly introduces themselves stating name, affiliation, and connection to the community and /or proposed grant project.
1:10 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.	Cowell grant staff briefly describes the Foundation and the purpose of our visit.
1:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m	Overview of the organization(s) submitting the grant proposal to Cowell and/or the neighborhood improvement effort including brief history, goals, and accomplishments.
1:35 p.m. - 1:55 p.m	Review of the proposed grant project/and or neighborhood improvement effort and the outcomes you hope to achieve.
1:55 p.m.-2:20 p.m	Conversation with key public and private partners and residents about their commitments to the proposed grant project and/or community improvement effort. We are also interested in learning about complementary efforts to support low-income children and families in your community.
2:20 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Conclusion. Feedback from Cowell staff about our visit
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	If a proposal has been submitted to Cowell, key leaders involved in the proposal may meet with their Cowell program officer.
Sample #2
Day One:
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Community Tour
Day Two:	Community Forum
9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.	Welcome and Purpose of Community Forum (provided by you)
9:40 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.	Introductions: each person in the room very briefly introduces themselves name, affiliation, and connection to the proposed grant project.
9:55 a.m. - 10:05 a.m.	Cowell grant staff briefly describes the Foundation and the purpose of our visit.
10:05 a.m. - 10::20 a.m.	Overview of the organization(s) submitting the grant proposal to Cowell and/or the neighborhood improvement effort including brief history, goals, and accomplishments.
10:20 a.m. - 10:45: a.m.	Overview of the proposed grant project/or neighborhood improvement effort and the outcomes you hope to achieve.
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Conversation with key public and private partners and residents about their commitments to the proposed grant project and/or community. We are also interested in learning about complementary efforts to support low-income children and families in your community.
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Lunch for everyone at the Community Forum and an opportunity for informal conversation.
12: 15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.	"Break out" discussions for deeper conversation about what is happening in your community regarding Affordable Housing, Youth Development, and Family Resource Centers. As for K-12 Public Education, it has been our experience that the Town Hall Meeting format does not provide sufficient time or focus to appreciate the situation in a community's K-12 public schools. Therefore, the K-12 Public Education Program Officer may make arrangements to meet with education leaders separately either before or after the site visit.
12:45 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Conclusion. Feedback from Cowell staff about our visit.
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m	If a proposal has been submitted to Cowell, key leaders involved in the proposal may meet with their Cowell program officer.