Grants
The 2021 TD Ready Challenge
The TD Ready Challenge is our annual North American initiative, which has $10 million CAD in grants available to organizations developing innovative, impactful and measurable solutions for a changing world. This signature program created by TD is a key component to delivering on the bank’s corporate citizenship platform, the TD Ready Commitment.
In its fourth year, to be as responsive as possible, non-profits and community organizations can apply for grants ranging from $375,000 CAD up to $1 million CAD for Canadian organizations or $325,000 USD to $1 million USD for US organizations.
Each year, the TD Ready Challenge invites eligible organizations to submit applications that offer solutions for a problem statement that is connected to one of the four drivers of change of the TD Ready Commitment: Financial Security, Vibrant Planet, Connected Communities and Better Health. The 2021 TD Ready Challenge Problem Statement is focused on addressing predicted learning loss in math and reading for disproportionately impacted students in grades K-12 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Webinars are being held on 7/27 and 8/10 at 2pm. Link to register is below. We’ll follow up with invites and logins as we get closer.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5RYTC9V
Positive Action for Women (PAFW) – Jul 23
ViiV Healthcare Issues RFP for Efforts to Advance Advocacy and Care of Women Impacted by HIV
ViiV Healthcare has issued a request for proposals for its Positive Action for Women (PAFW) initiative.
The initiative aims to support community collaborations that break down isolation and stigma, link women to prevention and care, and advance leadership and advocacy for cis and trans women of color living with, vulnerable to, or impacted by HIV. Applicants are encouraged to work in partnership, identify opportunities to expand their reach and networks, and forge collaborations critical to engaging more women. In addition, projects should reflect and respond to the unique and varied experiences of women of color. Organizations may apply for a three-year project grant, up to $100,000 per year, pending annual review and approval. From ten to twenty organizations will be awarded funding.
Art and Change Grants, Leeway Foundation – Aug 1
The Leeway Foundation believes that art is a vital tool for community building, self-expression, and individual and collective transformation and can bridge differences, center those who have been on the margins, and challenge and connect communities and individuals so they peacefully coexist. The foundation works to promote artistic expression that amplifies the voices of those on the margins, promotes sustainable and healthy communities, and helps advance movements for economic and social justice.
To that end, the foundation is accepting applications for its Art and Change Grant program, which will award grants of up to $2,500 to women and trans artists in the greater Philadelphia area in support of art for social change projects. Creating social change must be integral to the ideas, beliefs, and goals woven throughout the applicants’ art and process of creating and sharing art.
Wellness for All program – Aug 13
The Women’s Sports Foundation was established in 1974 and works to advance the lives of women and girls through sports and physical activity.
To that end, the foundation invites applications for its Wellness for All, a Power of She Fund grant program.
Grants of $10,000 will be awarded in support of women of color entrepreneurs and organizations committed to making wellness and fitness more accessible and inclusive to female BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) communities. Funds may be used for, but are not limited to, the purchase of new software, hardware, website, and email tools to implement their project vision; leasing of physical space for events, program operations, community gatherings; and marketing, communications, public relations, operational, and business expenses.
Resources
Event: Unrepresented: Black and Brown Talent in Construction Trades
Tue, July 20, 2021 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Did you know that for all skilled-worker hours completed for city construction projects, only 9% were completed by Black men, 8% by Latino men, and 1% by Native American men, Asian men and all women combined (Philadelphia Citizen, 2018). BIPOC workers are drastically underrepresented in the higher-paying construction jobs in Philadelphia.
The West Philadelphia Promise Zone’s Workforce and Economic Opportunity Committee is holding an in-person conversation centered around Black and Brown talent in the construction trades and connecting industries to opportunity.
Upcoming Events at the Philadelphia Public Library’s Regional Foundation Center
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m. Virtual Introduction to Finding Grants
Thursday, August 12, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m. Virtual Introduction to Proposal Writing
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m. Virtual Intermediate Grant Writing
I need help and resources for starting a nonprofit (e.g., Board of Directors, Nonprofit status, and initial start-up funding).