Ineligible Expenses
Funds may not be used for:
- Endowments, capital campaigns, or annual appeals
- Major capital expenses such as purchasing building, land, or vehicles
- Camperships, including admission, tuition, or other costs related to short-term programs that are primarily recreational or social
- Project or capacity-building requests that include rent, utility bills, staff salaries, or other expenses related to the daily operations
The Peaks Island Fund will not fund, without exception:
- Expenses already incurred
- Political campaigns
- Lobbying in the form of calls to action on a specific vote
- Religious activities: including, but not limited to, religious services, promotion of religious beliefs, or activities that are restricted to church or religious group membership
- Regranting to a secondary grantee through a competitive process
- Endowments, capital campaigns, or annual appeals
- Major capital expenses such as purchasing building, land, or vehicles
- Camperships, including admission, tuition, or other costs related to short-term programs that are primarily recreational or social
- Activities or expenses that will occur before the grant is awarded (usually July 15)
- Project or capacity-building requests that include rent, utility bills, staff salaries, or other expenses related to the daily operations
