Quality of Life in Utah

The Rochester Area Community Foundation is offering the Bullis Grant, an "ACTIVE" grant program focused on improving the quality of life for residents of Wayne County, Utah. Specifically, the grant aims to benefit the Town of Macedon or areas served by the Palmyra-Macedon Central School District within Wayne County. The foundation's mission, as reflected by Miss Bullis's interest, emphasizes providing a "hand up" rather than a "hand out," aligning with a strategic priority to foster self-sufficiency and sustainable community development. The target beneficiaries are residents of southwest Wayne County, with a particular emphasis on Macedon and the Palmyra-Macedon Central School District. The impact goal is to make these areas significantly better, demonstrating a substantial community-wide impact. The foundation's theory of change appears to be that by supporting projects that require matching components and demonstrate ongoing stability, they can achieve lasting positive change rather than short-term fixes. The priorities and focuses for this grant include projects that show direct or indirect benefit to residents of southwest Wayne County, make the area significantly better, and have a significant community-wide impact. A key focus is on projects that secure matching or leveraged support, as Bullis Fund grants will not cover 100 percent of any project. This highlights the foundation's strategic priority to encourage shared investment and broader community engagement in funded initiatives. Expected outcomes include improved quality of life for residents and significant community-wide impact in southwest Wayne County. Measurable results are implicitly tied to the project's ability to demonstrate how it makes the area "significantly better" and its "significant community-wide impact." The foundation also prioritizes projects with ongoing stability and financial sustainability, indicating an expectation that funded initiatives will continue to thrive beyond the grant period. The grant explicitly states that it will not fund administrative overhead, general operating support, or projects that do not directly benefit the target residents, further defining its strategic priorities and the types of outcomes it seeks to achieve.