Whether you are a first-time or a repeat Pallottine grant partner, our team is committed to ensuring a smooth and efficient experience that supports your work in the most impactful way possible. To us, partnership means true collaboration before an application is submitted, during the application submittal process, and after a funding award is distributed.
Click on the tabs below to learn how the Foundation team will communicate with you throughout the grant period and ways to share news about your funding award and project.
During the grant performance period, you will receive various notifications from the Foundation team regarding your funding award. If you have questions at any time, please contact us.
The Foundation team understands that nonprofits operate with limited resources. We have provided some tips and templates below to help you spread the word about your work in the community and your grant award from the Foundation.
When communicating about a grant award from the Foundation, please use the following language: “[Project name] is supported by a funding award from the Pallottine Foundation of Huntington.”
If you would like to include some background information about the Foundation, please refer to the language below:
The Pallottine Foundation of Huntington was established in 2018 following the sale of St. Mary’s Medical Center to continue the Pallottine Missionary Sisters’ legacy of caring for the spiritual, emotional and physical health of the community. The Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in 20 counties across West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio through the funding of projects and initiatives that focus on health and wellness, food insecurity, mental and behavioral health, substance use disorder, capacity building, and tobacco use prevention and cessation. For more information, visit www.pallottinehuntington.org.
One of the best ways to communicate with local media is by writing a press release about your program, award, event, or initiative. Press releases are written like short news stories that answer the who, what, where, when, and why questions about something that has happened or is going to happen.
To view a sample press release, click here.
This template can be adapted to fit your needs.
If you would like to include a statement from a Foundation team member in your press release, please send an email request to krprice@pallottinehuntington.org at least one week before your planned distribution date.
Tips for distributing press releases:
While press releases tell the whole story, media advisories are brief invitations that encourage media members to attend an event. They are short, to the point, and often include bulleted lists with the basic information describing who, what, where, when, and why. Media advisories are a call-to-action for media members only.
Advisories are typically sent twice — a few weeks before the event and again a couple days before. They serve as notifications and reminders of events the media may want to cover. Like press releases, advisories should be limited to one page.
To view a sample media advisory, click here.
This template can be adapted to fit your needs.
If you have questions about any of the information above, or you would like to discuss additional ways to communicate about your organization’s grant or project, please contact Kim Price, Director of Communications, at 304-397-5955.
In the unlikely event that a project funded by our Foundation becomes tied to any controversy, please notify a member of our team as soon as possible.
While we make every effort to track coverage of the projects we fund, sometimes we miss the good news! We welcome you to share any articles, social media posts, or photos from your organization’s project with Kim Price, Director of Communications.
Please note that our Foundation may share photos we receive on social media, our website, or in communication pieces. We ask that you secure proper consent and address any concerns regarding confidentiality beforehand.
