Grants Program

Any qualified organization can apply for an ISTAT Foundation Grant. Each grants program has its own application, one for educational and one for humanitarian aid. The following organizational documents are to be uploaded to the application:

• Governing documents
• Specified financial statements
• Annual reports
• Promotional materials (brochures, photos, etc.)

Application materials must be submitted in English.

Yes. Returning applicants and past grant recipients may reapply; however, each organization may submit only one application per year.

To remain eligible, former grant recipients must have submitted their required report by the designated deadline. Organizations that failed to submit this report are no longer eligible to apply in future years.

If the organization previously received a grant, the new application should include a brief explanation of how the prior funds were used.

No. Grant funds are solely granted to qualified organizations with aviation-focused programs or projects. The ISTAT Foundation has a separate Scholarship Program dedicated to supporting aviation-focused university students with scholarship funding.

Applicants must provide:

• The organization’s operating budget for the current fiscal year must include both sources of revenue and expense categories.
• Most recent version of the organization’s statement of financial position (balance sheet) and statement of activities (income and expense statement)
• Most recent version of the organization’s audit
• Current I.R.S. determination letter indicating tax-exempt status (for US-only) or NGO registration (non-US)
• Requested program or project budget

The grant funds are to be applied to direct costs only and are defined as the activities or items associated entirely with the program or project. This may include program materials, program staff salaries and other fees that pertain only to the program or project. Indirect costs are defined as items associated with running the organization as a whole, like administrative staff salaries, rent, utilities, office supplies, etc. Your entire organization uses these items both for administrative purposes and for other programs or projects. You can calculate a percentage of these costs for your requested program or project, but you shouldn’t include more than 25% of the costs of these items in your program or project budget.

• Capital infrastructure, for-profit projects
• Projects that promote
  • Policy advocacy, military, political activity
  • Religious views specific to one or a few religions
• Projects that are typically the funding responsibility of national, state or local government
• Capital campaigns and endowment funds
• Requests in which funds will be re-granted to other organizations
• Events from which the proceeds will benefit other organizations
• Debt retirement/deficit funding
• Activities occurring prior to grant decision