GRANTS
Request for Proposals: Aim High: Supporting Out-of-School Time Programs Serving Middle School Youth – Dec 16
The New York Life Foundation is seeking applications from afterschool, summer, or expanded learning programs serving middle-school youth. In total, $1.8 million in grants will be awarded to programs all across the country. This is the sixth year of the Foundation’s Aim High grant competition, bringing the total amount awarded to $7.95 million. A total of 40 grant awards will be made nationwide—take a look to see which opportunity is a good fit for you and apply today!
- $100,000 Level: Ten (10) grants of $50,000 per year over the span of two years (for a total award of $100,000) will go to OST programs with annual program budgets of $250,000 or more and annual organizational budgets of $500,000 or more.
- $50,000 Level: Ten (10) grants of $25,000 per year over the span of two years (for a total award of $50,000) will go to OST programs with annual organizational budgets of $250,000 or more.
- $15,000 Level:Twenty (20) awards of $15,000 over one year will go to OST programs with annual organizational budgets of $150,000 or more with a focus on supporting programs in their efforts around advancing racial equity and social justice.
For all three tiers, grant funds may be used for technical assistance, enhancing direct service activities, and/or program expansion. Applicants will need to describe how programs support youth in the transition to the ninth grade and how they are continuing to serve youth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two-year grant applicants will need to demonstrate results around indicators of success such as on-time promotion; school attendance rates; improved behavior, grades and test scores; and/or the development of social and emotional skills. One-year grant applicants will need to describe how they intend to improve the supports they provide to youth related to social justice and racial equity efforts.
Join our webinar on December 16th at 2 p.m. ET to learn more about this opportunity.
Applications are due February 1, 2022 at 5 p.m. ET.
Learn more and access the RFP.
The Promise Jobs and Opportunities Community Challenge – Call for Proposals Dec 31
The Promise: The Philadelphia Poverty Action Fund is a movement to support 100,000 Philadelphians’ rise above the poverty line over the next five years.
The Promise is seeking partners for the Jobs and Opportunities Community Challenge, focused on record sealing and employment access. This is the second in a series of Community Challenges under a first-of-its-kind public-private anti-poverty program created to produce efficient, community-based, and scalable results.
The Jobs and Opportunity Community Challenge: Record Sealing and Employment Access will combat poverty by removing barriers to employment. The Challenge will specifically focus on partnerships with deep community reach and/or legal expertise. Community Hub grantees will collaborate on outreach and engagement and host record sealing and clearing clinics. Legal Services grantees will provide direct services such as awareness about Clean Slate laws, identifying records eligible for sealing or expungement, filing petitions to help seal or clear past records, and support for seeking and securing employment.
Grants in the range of $35,000-$55,000 will be made available to 15-30 Community Hub grantees. Grants in the range of $200,000-$400,000 will be made available to 2-5 Legal Services grantees. The Call for Proposals seeks leading organizations serving Philadelphia to implement strategies to scale and deliver evidence-based approaches to maximize resources and benefits for Philadelphia residents.
More information and instructions on how to apply available here.
Literary Arts Emergency Fund Opens for Second Round of Funding – Jan 5
The Academy of American Poets, Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), and National Book Foundation are welcoming applications for a second round of funding through the Literary Arts Emergency Fund. A total of $4.3 million is available for nonprofit literary arts organizations and publishers experiencing continued financial losses due to COVID-19. Regrants from this fund are made possible by a renewed grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The Literary Arts Emergency Fund will award one-time, unrestricted emergency grants from $5,000 to $50,000. Grant amounts will be determined by the following factors: financial need and projected loss due to COVID-19; budget size; diversity, equity, and inclusion as it relates to an organization’s staff and board; poets and writers contracted with; audiences served; geographic location; and an organization’s ability to continue offering programming. Grants will be awarded to organizations that promote poets and/or poetry; publishers (literary magazines and presses); and literary or writers’ centers, book festivals, Writers in the Schools programs, literary presenting organizations, and other literary organizations.
To be eligible, applicants must be literary arts organizations and publishers, and incorporated nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (or a fiscal agent); and based in the United States, U.S. territories, or Tribal lands. Because recent financial losses experienced by nonprofit literary arts organizations and publishers have been substantial and emergency relief is limited, libraries, museums, book arts organizations, humanities councils, centers for the book, residencies, playwriting organizations, author’s homes, and organizations devoted to championing the legacy of an individual writer are ineligible.
Application deadline: January 5, 2022
For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Academy of American Poets website.
Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures – Jan 14
“Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures” is a multi-year grant program supporting the recovery of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) cultural groups, artists, and organizations with exceptional significance to people in Greater Philadelphia. The program aims to create new opportunities for BIPOC artists, creatives, and culture-bearers and recognize their important and enduring contributions to Philadelphia and its residents.
“Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures” is the regional component of the Ford Foundation’s “America’s Cultural Treasures” initiative, and was made possible through the collaborative effort of five regional funders: The Barra Foundation, Neubauer Family Foundation, The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, William Penn Foundation, and Wyncote Foundation. In total, $10 million in grants will be awarded through the initiative as part of local philanthropy’s commitment to supporting a racially, economically, and socially just COVID-19 recovery.
In recognition of the historic racial inequity in funding opportunities and the unequal distribution of resources among BIPOC communities compounded by COVID-19, the Ford Foundation and area philanthropy are committed to a transparent, generous, and trusting grant process.
“Philadelphia Cultural Treasures” is organized as three funding opportunities:
- Multi-year general operating grants to organizations that are recognized as “Philadelphia Cultural Treasures” (Accepting Letters of Interest through January 14, 2022)
- Fellowship grants to BIPOC artists (Opportunity forthcoming in 2022)
- Project grants to emergent organizations or collectives critically valued in their communities (Opportunity forthcoming in 2022)
Follow this link to learn more.
Questions about the application process or submitting a Letter of Interest can be emailed to culturaltreasures@sadaoghosh.com.
RFP Posted for PHLConnectED School-Based Digital Supports Grants – Jan 12
Anew grant round for PHLConnectED to support school-based digital initiatives for pre-K-12 caregivers!
PHLConnectED is launching a grant cycle to foster and develop creative school-based digital support initiatives for pre-K-12 caregivers. This opportunity aims to better support pre-K-12 student households by providing funding for local education agencies, school/pre-K providers, school-based networks, and/or partnerships between schools/pre-K providers and community-based organizations to offer school-specific group and 1:1 digital support services to caregivers.
The deadline to submit a proposal is Wednesday, January 12th, 2022.
The grant opportunity is posted here.
Find the RFP and budget template documents on the PHLConnectED webpage here.
We will be hosting two virtual information sessions on this grant opportunity. The first one will take place Thursday, December 9th from 2 to 3 PM. Please see the grant guidelines for login information.
Increase Access to Mental Health Care for Children – Jan 13
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Issues RFP for Projects That Increase Access to Mental Health Care for Children
The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation seeks to encourage a meaningful, long-term contribution to the field of child and adolescent ADHD and depression.
To that end, the foundation has issued an RFP for its Addressing Access to Care initiative. Launched in 2015, the initiative aims to help parents access appropriate and high-quality care that addresses the challenging mental health needs of their children.
The foundation invites proposals for investigator-initiated projects that demonstrate the benefits of new healthcare delivery methods or prevention approaches. In particular, KTGF is most interested in improving access to mental health care for children through the use of novel models or approaches, including but not limited to expanding the number of professional and paraprofessional treatment personnel who are trained to deliver mental health services, delivering care in non-psychiatric settings (e.g., primary care, schools, home, or other novel settings), digital technology (e.g., the internet, apps for cell phones), and approaches that help parents access care for their children. KTGF is particularly interested in funding applications that build on promising pilot work that aims to develop larger demonstration projects. Two grants of up to $50,000 per year for up to two years will be awarded.
For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation website.
Deadline: January 13, 2022
The Fund for Women and Girls 2022 Core Grants Application – Jan 18
The Fund for Women and Girls leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have resources and opportunities to thrive.
Applications for the Fund’s 2022 Core Grants Program are now open. Beginning in 2020, all core grants awarded were two-year grants. The funding grant period is a 24-month period where funding for Year Two is dispersed after The Fund determines that the grantee continues to satisfy the grant requirements and funds remain available.
For technical assistance, please contact Brandon Szerenyi, Director of Operations: 484-356-0940 or bszerenyi@thefundcc.org.
To learn more about The Fund’s grantmaking, please contact Maeve Kelly, Communications and Program Associate, at mkelly@thefundcc.org.
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 at philaculture.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.