Who may apply

To be eligible to apply for a Volusia County ECHO Program grant, an applicant must be one of the following:

• Be a Not-For-Profit Corporation, incorporated in the State of Florida, with its principal office located in the State of Florida with a local group within Volusia County.

OR

• Be a Not-For-Profit Foreign Corporation, registered to do business in the State of Florida, with a local group within Volusia County that can provide sufficient evidence of public service to Volusia County citizens for the five year period prior to the ECHO application deadline.
• The Not-For-Profit Corporation must be classified as 501(c)(3) tax exempt under Federal Internal Revenue Service regulations and designated in compliance with s. 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
• The Not-For-Profit Corporation, incorporated in the State of Florida, must possess a 501(c)(3) determination for a minimum of two years prior to the deadline of the ECHO application OR provide sufficient evidence of being incorporated in the State of Florida with its principal office within Volusia County for a minimum of 10 years and provide the organization’s most recent five years of audited annual financial statements with Management Letters. Foreign Corporations must demonstrate five years of 501(c)(3) status in the State of Incorporation.
• A municipality located within the boundaries of Volusia County, Florida
• A budgeted organization of Volusia County Government
• If the organization satisfies the eligibility requirements then it shall also comply with the following: The organization must be accessible to a broad range of the community. The organization’s members must be accepted on a non-discriminatory basis.
• The organization may not discriminate in the schedule of fees or terms of use of the facility of this application based on residential location of users who reside in Volusia County.