ANDERSON — Applications from nonprofits for the city’s Quality of Life Fund grants are now being accepted at the Madison County Community Foundation. Applications are due by 4 p.m. Aug. 17, and awards will be announced in mid-September.

Eligible organizations are 501(c)(3) nonprofits within Anderson city limits. Grants typically will range from $1,000 to $10,000 and will not exceed $25,000 per agency.

The Quality of Life Fund encourages grants that:

— Propose practical and innovative solutions to community problems, needs or projects

— Promote cooperation among agencies without duplicating services

— Enhance or improve institutional or organizational self-sufficiency

— Encourage the participation of other contributions by using matching gifts, challenges or other grant techniques

— Closely coordinate, when possible, with the programs of other sources for funding, such as the government, other foundations and associations

— Show the greatest benefit per capita and per dollar granted

— Give the evidence of qualifications and stability of the organization applying

— Reach a broad segment of the community with needed services, which are presently not provided

— Set forth a work plan, which shows an ability to achieve the project’s goal

The application is available at cityofanderson.com and madisonccf.org. For more information, call the Madison County Community Foundation at 644-0002.