Barrington Area Community Foundation

Follow these 4 steps to create an account, complete your organization profile, and submit your grant application. You can download the create account/application instructions here: BACF Account-Profile-Apply

1. If this is the first time your organization is applying for a grant, Register to Create an account. Otherwis, proceed to step 2 and use the username and password that was used to enter your last application.
2. Log in. If this is your organization’s first time applying for a grant, you must Create a Profile for your organization. Otherwise, please verify the profile information currently on file.
3. Read about the Grant type you are applying for and gather up all the necessary documents.Please Note: Pursuant to Illinois statute, all charitable 501(c)(3) organizations who solicit donations are required to file an annual report with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. With your application documents, we will request that you upload copies of your previous 2 annual reports. If you have not filled this out before, you can print and fill it out, and label it as draft and with the date of submission on the top of the form. If you are less than 2 years old submit only the applicable years. Link to Illinois Charitable Organization Annual Report
4. Complete the online application.

If you have any questions, please contact us.