All applications to be submitted online with downloads, applicant will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours. Please check your spam folder if you do not receive it within 10 minutes of submitting your application.

All applications are due by 5pm, CST, Wednesday, June 17, 2026 – No exceptions!

Our Grant Committee will inform you via email of your acceptance or denial as a 2025 beneficiary on or before August 1, 2026.

Each recipient is required to provide a follow up grant report by Friday, May 28, 2027, detailing how the funds from the Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot have been utilized. Transparency is a priority of the Dan Gibbons Turkey Trot Foundation, and this report allows us to confirm that funds were used to help our neighbors in need.  Failure to comply will disqualify you from future grants.  

Thank you for applying. Our committee will give your application full consideration.

Grant Application

  • Your Information

  • Organization History, and Mission of the Organization:

  • Program Specifics including Participants:

  • Population Served:

  • New Program or Established Program:

  • Collaboration:

  • Board Giving and Participation:

  • Volunteerism:

  • Stories

  • Relevant Information:

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    • Along with the application, the following items must be included and submitted by the due date:

      • Organization budget
      • Program budget (showing how grant funds will be used)
      • Organization EIN
      • IRS 501c3 determination letter
      • Board members – employer/position, if retired, former profession
      • Demographics – Impact (Families served, Individuals served, Intake criteria, Length of time client served, Geographic area served (o you refer clients out of your service area to a pantry or basic needs organization to meet their immediate needs?)
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      • Required: Each organization applying for this grant must provide volunteers for our Annual Thanksgiving Day 5k Fun Run:

        • Volunteers are needed the Saturday and Sunday prior to Thanksgiving for our registration and packet pick-up site – the Knights of Columbus, Elmhurst, as well as Thanksgiving morning at Elmhurst University.
        • Volunteer criteria – 18 years or above. Minors are welcome if with parent/adult.
        • If your organization is selected as a beneficiary, your Volunteer Coordinator will work with our staff to fill time slots, generally these time slots are 3 hours in length. Your Volunteer Coordinator will register volunteers through our Volunteer Portal, which will be provided to you if your organization is accepted.
        • Course Marshals, stationed on the race course during the race, are always in high demand. Time commitment is 7:30am -10:30am, approximately. Must be 18 years old and must be prompt. It’s imperative to establish a safe race course for participants and spectators.
        • If your organization is unable to provide volunteers, you will not be eligible to apply for these grant funds.
        • If your organizations volunteers do not show up for their scheduled volunteer shift, this may disqualify you from receiving these funds.
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