RFP : Request for Applications (RFA), Foundation Support Partners in United States

To All Offerors, Thank you in advance for your time!

The Learners Lab (TLL), is a volunteer public foundation that designs and operates a portfolio of Charitable & Fiscal Sponsorship programs. The Foundation has three focus areas: workforce training, organizational development for young 501(c) 3's, and supporting other charities.

Our mission is to develop, acquire and provide access to free and discounted professional development resources, help future tax exempt entities become established, and help young tax exempts launch & mobilize their operations.

You are cordinally invited to consider to this Request for Application (RFA) presented by The Learners Lab (TLL).

Our schedule of activities for this application process goes as follows:

ACTIVITY TIMELINEDATE/TIME
RFA Release DateMay 4, 2017
Q&A DeadlineMay 21, 2017
Applications DueJune 4, 2017
SelectionOngoing thru June 9, 2017
NotificationsOngoing thru June 15, 2017
Announcements PublishedJune 16, 2017
Project LaunchAs Dictated by Award/Program Needs
Selectee Conference CallFSPS PartnersDesired for the week of June 18th; To Be Finalized by Availability Questionnaire

Given we also rely heavily on many of the same support services as our Awardees and our mission activities are so repetitive, The Foundation will rarely if ever issue RFPS, RFAs, RFQs, and RFI's. To meet our own needs as well as the needs of our Awardees, Partners, Members, Program Patrons or other stakeholders more creative thinking is required.

Since the need for issuing solicitations will become virtually constant, those efforts would essentially create a production assembly line and that will be both counterproductive to our ability to develop cost and time effective programs and solutions for our stakeholders and a disservice to them as well.

Instead, we are establishing this dedicated pool of support partners who are willing assist The Foundation in its work of helping young tax exempts and individuals in the workforce. In doing so, they will come to rely on the products, services, and programs The Foundation will provide and place tremendous value on the partners who contribute to make that possible.

Thank you again for your time, interest in our request, and for your consideration of The Foundations work. We hope you find value in what we are trying to do, and look forward to hearing from you.

Warmest Regards