GRANTS
Early Childhood Education and Welfare – Jan 31
Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood Invites Letters of Intent
The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood supports development projects and promising research with the potential to significantly enhance the physical and mental health, safety, nutrition, play, social integration, and/or quality of life of children, from birth through seven years of age.
To that end, the foundation is inviting Letters of Intent in the following categories:
Early Childhood Welfare: According to the foundation, children can only reach their full potential when all aspects of their development — intellectual, emotional, and physical — are optimally supported. Providing a safe and nurturing environment is essential, as is imparting the skills of social living in a culturally diverse world. To that end, the foundation supports projects that aim to perfect child-rearing practices and identify models that can provide creative, caring environments in which all young children thrive.
Early Childhood Education and Play: Research shows that children need to be stimulated as well as nurtured early in life if they are to succeed in school, work, and life. That preparation relates to every aspect of a child’s development and everywhere a child learns — at home, in childcare settings, and in preschool. The foundation aims to improve the quality of both early childhood teaching and learning, through the development of innovative curricula and research-based pedagogical standards, and the design of imaginative play materials and learning environments.
Parenting Education: The foundation supports programs that teach parents about developmental psychology, cultural child-rearing differences, pedagogy, issues of health, and prenatal care and diet, and programs that provide both cognitive and emotional support to parents.
Letters of Intent must be received no later than January 31, 2022, and selected applicants will be invited to submit a full application.
For complete program guidelines and application procedures, see the Caplan Foundation website.
Deadline: January 31, 2022 (Letters of Intent)
Middle School Out-of-School Time Programs – Feb 1
In partnership with the D.C.-based Afterschool Alliance, the New York Life Foundation has issued a request for proposals for the Aim High grant program.
According to the foundation, the middle school years are critical in determining a young person’s long-term academic trajectory. Enriching OST programs — such as afterschool and summer learning programs — are an effective means of helping middle school students successfully transition from eighth to ninth grade. In addition, these programs provide students benefits that extend beyond academics, helping develop the whole young person — cognitively, socially, and emotionally. The New York Life Foundation’s educational enhancement grantmaking strategy aims to provide opportunities that help students in middle school thrive and become better prepared to complete high school and go on to college, providing them with a more solid financial future.
In 2022, grants will be awarded in the following categories:
One-Year Grants: Twenty grants of $15,000 each will be awarded in support of racial equity and social justice efforts. Organizations must have annual budgets of at least $150,000.
Two-Year Grants: Grants will be awarded in support of programs that enhance direct service activities, technical assistance, capacity building, and serving youth while facing the challenges of the pandemic and beyond.
Ten grants of $50,000 per year for two years will be awarded in support of afterschool and summer programs with annual program budgets of at least $250,000 and annual organizational budgets of $500,000 or more. Ten grants of $25,000 per year for two years will be awarded to organizations with annual organizational budgets of at least $250,000.
Applicants must be tax-exempt as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; serve middle school youth (sixth, seventh, and eighth graders); and serve at least seventy-five percent of low-income youth. For the purposes of this grant program, “low-income” is defined as students who qualify for the Federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch Program (FRPL).
Additional information, including the application form, eligibility requirements, and a list of previous winners, is available on the Afterschool Alliance website.
Deadline: February 1, 2022
Literacy Projects – Feb 1
Dr. Seuss Foundation Invites LOIs for Literacy Projects
The vision of the Dr. Seuss Foundation is a world in which all people, animals, and the environment are valued and thriving.
To that end, grants of at least $10,000 will be awarded to help improve literacy and learning, which are essential in the multi-layered worlds of the arts and humanities, health and well-being, animal welfare, and the environment.
While applicants need not be headquartered in California, the foundation focuses its support on projects in the state.
Letters of Intent may be submitted starting January 1 and are due February 1, 2022. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal by March 15, 2022.
Applicants must be a tax-exempt charitable organization in good standing, as defined in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Dr. Seuss Foundation website.
Deadline: February 1, 2022
Racial & Economic Justice Fund
Bread & Roses Community Fund’s Racial & Economic Justice Fund provides $10,000 grants to groups that use community organizing to promote racial and economic justice at the local, state, national, or international levels. For groups applying to this Fund, racial and economic justice must be central to their vision, to their understanding of the issue they seek to address, and to their strategy for social change.
The Racial & Economic Justice Fund makes grants to groups that:
- Meet all basic eligibility criteria
- Have a long-term vision for and engage strategies that promote racial and/or economic justice
- Are using community organizing to achieve their goals and create social change
- Are led by people most affected by injustice, and have broad membership and leadership bases that can survive when key leaders step down
- Understand power and can talk about how they are trying to challenge power imbalances within their organizations and in their communities as well as between community members and policy makers
- Have a plan, including short term and long term goals that are specific and achievable and promote racial and/or economic justice through changes in policies or practices at the neighborhood, city, state, or national level
- Are knowledgeable about other organizations working on the same issue, and are able to work collaboratively across movements, issues, and communities to amplify impact
- Are less likely to be funded by more traditional funders, because of their commitment to challenging power and prioritizing the leadership of marginalized people; therefore, a grant from Bread & Roses would be critical to seeding or sustaining their work
Note: Groups cannot receive grants from both the Racial & Economic Justice Fund and the Future Fund during the same year.
Entry to Program Stream Feb. 15
The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance in partnership with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts have launched a new grant program called Entry to Program Stream, which provides general operating support for nonprofit and fiscally-sponsored organizations in the 5-county Greater Philadelphia region. Organizations with budgets under $200,000 that conduct consistent arts programming or services are invited to apply.
Apply
Download the guidelines here and find more a tphilaculture.org/entryprogramstream.
Virtual Information Session
The Cultural Alliance is holding a virtual information session on Mon, December 13, 2021, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST for prospective applicants to learn about the application process. Click here to learn more and register.
Apply to serve on a volunteer grant review panel
Additionally, Entry to Program Stream applications will be adjudicated by a volunteer grant review panel. Anyone who lives or works in the 5-county region and has experience or interest in the arts can apply to serve as a panelist. Panel participation offers panelists a chance to support the communities in which they live/work and a unique look at the grantmaking process. Panels will be held in April 2022. Interested panelists should fill out this short interest form or learn more about the opportunity here.
TTN Philadelphia Giving Circle Request for Proposal 2022 General Operating Support Feb 25
TTN Philadelphia Giving Circle, the philanthropic arm of the Philadelphia Chapter of The Transition Network (TTN), and a Philadelphia Foundation Donor Advised Fund, is pleased to announce that it is now accepting grant applications from Philadelphia nonprofit organizations which serve the needs of women and children in Philadelphia. We will award three grants this year, each $22,000. The grants are unrestricted and may be used for general operating support.
TTN Philadelphia Giving Circle is committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion and identity. We are looking for organizations who share this commitment.
TTN Philadelphia Giving Circle Mission:
The mission of TTN Philadelphia Giving Circle is to improve the lives of women and children in Philadelphia. Giving Circle members pool dollars, make grants to nonprofit organizations and conduct educational programs and other initiatives to raise awareness of the significant needs in our city. We are passionate about making a difference, nurturing relationships with the organizations we support and engaging with our members to build a better community.
Criteria:
Applicant organizations must meet the following criteria:
• Located in Philadelphia
• Serve Philadelphia women and/or children
• Have a 501(c)(3) public charity exempt status from the IRS
• Been in existence for a minimum of three years
• Have a general operating budget of $2 million or less
• Have not received a grant from TTN Philadelphia Giving Circle in the last 3 years
Exclusions:
The following are excluded from receiving TTN Philadelphia Giving Circle funds:
• Individuals
• Government agencies
• Organizations that promote a particular religious or political ideology
• The Transition Network, Inc. (TTN) or any of its chapters
• Endowment or capital projects or campaigns
• Speaker fees, galas or other fundraising events.
Deadlines and Important Dates:
Friday, February 25, 2022: Completed applications must be received by 5:00 pm.
• April 13 – 29, 2022: Site visits will be conducted.
• Wednesday, May 4, 2022: Finalists will be contacted.
• Thursday, May 19, 2022, evening: Finalists are required to give a brief presentation to TTN Philadelphia Giving Circle members, prior to voting.
• Friday, May 20, 2022: Grant recipients will be announced.
Please note that the grant recipients will be asked to speak at a few TTN Philadelphia Giving Circle events throughout the year.
Note: A Grant Writing Workshop for potential grant applicants will be held on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 10 am. Offering grant writing assistance, this session will explain our process, review expectations and present you with an overview of our grant application. We hope you will join us. To sign up, please email your contact information to ttnphlgivingcirclegrants@gmail.com by Friday, January 28, 2022.
VNA Foundation INCLUSION GRANTS March 1
Inspired by the health access inequities exposed (or exacerbated) by the “dual pandemics” of COVID-19 and racial injustice, and in response to numerous one-on-one conversations with their grantee partners, the VNA Foundation’s Inclusion Grants are for specific projects designed to increase access to health and human services for under-resourced people of color, immigrants & refugees, and/or English Language Learners in the North Penn region.
Inclusion grants will provide up to $30,000 per organization in multi-year project funding, with additional Research Grants available for up to $2,500. The process is intentionally flexible with no hard deadlines. Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis from July 1, 2021 through March 1, 2022. If applicants have limited English proficiency and wish to schedule a session to communicate project goals via phone or Zoom with the use of a translator (rather than in written form online), the VNA Foundation would gladly accommodate those requests.
For a downloadable copy of the questions on the Letter of Intent form, click here. (Note: VNA asks that submissions take place through their online portal unless other accommodations have been discussed.)
Click here for additional information and/or contact Diana Doherty at ddoherty@npvnafoundation.org with questions or to discuss project idea(s) before submission.
PCCD – 2021/22 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Local Initiatives Funding March 31
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) is pleased to announce the availability of approximately $7 million in federal Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funds.
Under this solicitation, funds are being made available to support selected Goals, Objectives, and Activities identified in the PCCD 2021-2025 Strategic Framework. Funded projects will be in support of the following objectives:
- Work to identify and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities that impact fair and equitable treatment within the systems PCCD engages;
- Provide support for effective, community-led efforts to prevent gun violence;
- Increase the efficacy of state and local efforts to prevent crime and increase safety through interagency planning and collaboration;
- Increase utilization of evidence-based and evidence-informed programs and practices to improve outcomes for individuals and communities;
- Support healing-informed approaches to address the impacts of trauma and the needs of diverse populations;
- Improve coordination of and access to services for people with mental health, behavioral health, intellectual disabilities, and/or substance use disorders who encounter the systems engaged by PCCD;
- Increase availability of high-quality reentry programs and practices across the Commonwealth;
- Enhance the quality and availability of services for all victims of crime, including those most vulnerable and underserved;
- Increase the overall knowledge and skills among victim service providers, justice practitioners, and other related professions through increased access to high-quality training and professional development;
- Provide law enforcement with the appropriate tools, training, and technology to assist them in building trust and improving the safety of communities they serve; and
- Increase the quality, accuracy, and availability of data to inform state and local decision-making.
- Eligible applicants are local units of government and non-profit organizations.
Applications must be submitted in PCCD’s Egrants system no later than March 31, 2022.
RESOURCES
Virtual Intermediate Grant Writing
Intermediate Grant Writing is an interactive webinar that will build on the teachings of the first two parts of the Grant Writing Series. In this session, participants will learn and review aspects of a good grant proposal and practice reviewing actual grants. Bring your questions as there will be ample time to troubleshoot any challenges you’ve had in the past.Prior experience or familiarity with the grant writing process is recommended. If you are new to grant writing we encourage you to take Introduction to Finding Grants on January 11 and Introduction to Proposal Writing on January 18. If you cannot attend these programs please watch the webinar versions available on Candid Learning. However, we encourage all current and aspiring grant writers to attend! You will gain valuable knowledge and insight from the presenter and your fellow attendees.This program is presented by Brittany Campese, owner of Vision Driven Consulting, LLC., VDC supports the visionary work of artists, community groups, and not-for-profit organizations by providing consulting, facilitation, and training services.Advanced registration is required. Please click here to register. Note: this session will not be recorded. Please only register if you plan to attend the live session. Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email and meeting details from Zoom.Thursday, January 20 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Zoom
Virtual Ask a Nonprofit Expert: Grant Writing
VirtualHave questions about creating a stellar grant proposal? Looking to have a proposal reviewed? Then sign up for a session with a nonprofit expert!Please note: this month’s sessions are only open to established organizations with 501(c)3 status or those working with a fiscal sponsor. Additionally, these sessions are not for help with finding grant opportunities. The focus of your session should be on the grant writing process or a proposal you are working on.The Regional Foundation Center is pleased to offer Ask a Nonprofit Expert with Volunteer Executive Consultants (VEC) from RSVP. On the second Wednesday of each month, VECs will be available for 45-minute management one-on-one consulting sessions to assist you with a project or goal related to the month’s topic. This month’s topic: Grant Writing. Space is limited so register today!Three session times are available: 10:00am – 10:45am | 11:00am – 11:45am | 12:00pm – 12:45pm.For more information and to register please complete the registration form. A phone or a computer are required to participate via Zoom.
Grant research and planning tool
Grant research and planning tool available from Free Library
Set your organization up for fundraising success! The Regional Foundation Center at the Free Library of Philadelphia is pleased to share a grant research and planning tool to help you map out your fundraising strategy for the year.
This tool offers three sections:
- Grants Calendar: keep track of grant submissions, awards, and report deadlines
- Tasks: track who is responsible for specific tasks related to grant applications
- Grant Research Template: ensure all your research on grants and potential funders is in one place
Access the tool below. You have the option to download it as an Excel file or copy it to Google Drive.