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Rapid Response Funding

The Ohio Transformation Fund provides a limited number of Rapid Response grants outside the traditional grantmaking timeline. The purpose of the Rapid Response program is to provide flexible and responsive support when windows of opportunity emerge to take immediate action. 

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Rapid Response Eligibility and Guidelines


Eligibility

Requests for OTF Rapid Response grants must meet the following criteria:

1.     Strategic – The action promotes the advancement of justice system reform in Ohio and is aligned with the theory of change of the OTF.

2.     Unanticipated and/or time urgent – The specific event or situation your organization is responding to was unanticipated and/or the action must happen quickly to be effective.

Timeline

The OTF accepts Rapid Response grant requests at any time. Once a grant has been approved, funds can usually be delivered within four weeks. Rapid Response recipients do not need to be current grantees of the OTF.

Guidelines

Rapid Response grant requests may be up to $25,000. Prospective Rapid Response grant recipients are required to provide a two-page request and a simple project budget.

Click here for detailed guidelines.


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