To help communities build capacity and advance evidence-based efforts to improve health in indoor home environments by reducing exposures to common indoor air contaminants including radon, mold and moisture, dust mites, environmental tobacco smoke (secondhand smoke), pests, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), combustion byproducts (e.g., CO and NO2), and other emerging indoor air quality (IAQ) issues, the National Center for Healthy Housing invites communities to apply for a bundled award of coaching and support over 18 months that includes on-call access to technical assistance from a network of national experts, opportunities to engage in peer learning, and a $15,000 grant...
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July 20, 2021
Satonya Fair
CEP’s latest research report, Persevering Through Crisis: The State of Nonprofits, provides further evidence of the devastating impact of 2020 on nonprofits — and how the crises of the past year hit some nonprofits much harder than others. While many nonprofits reported that their foundation funders were flexible, responsive, and communicative, this was not the experience for a great number of nonprofits that are led by women, that serve certain marginalized communities, and organizations for which both are true.
Consider these findings...https://cep.org/take-it-from-the-nonprofits/
Connecticut Humanities will be re-granting a total of $470,000 in CARES Act funding. Grant awards will range from $2,500 to $15,000 and no match is required (maximum amount of funding that can be requested is based upon an organization’s budget size). Grants may be used for general operating expenses only (such as salaries, rent, utilities, supplies, and equipment).
· Deadlines: Applications will be accepted starting Friday, May 15, 2020, and will be reviewed on a rolling basis until all program funds have been spent. At least three application reviews will be conducted for all applications received by 11:59 pm on June 1, June 15, and July 1, 2020, respectively. Award notifications are made approximately two weeks following a deadline.
· Eligibility: Includes being a Connecticut-based federally recognized tribe or being incorporated in the state of Connecticut for at least one year as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization governed by a board of directors (that meets regularly) and provides significant programs and/or services to the public on a regular basis, including open hours and special events; or functions as a professional service organization that supports humanities program providers.
· Other Requirements: As required by federal guidelines, a DUNS number is needed to receive funds. Apply for it early, as it can take two days to receive it. While not required to initially apply, funds cannot be dispersed without it.
· How to Apply: Applications must be submitted using Connecticut Humanities’ online grant portal. If you do not already have an account with our grants system, you will need to create one in order to be able to apply. The application should take approximately 30-60 minutes to complete.
Seeking funding for your environmental project? The Greater New Haven Green Fund (GNHGF) may be able to help!
The GNHGF's 2020 Request For Applications is now available for download from our website. We have made some changes this year. Please read the RFA carefully as we have changed the process and the questions. The deadline for submitting your application online is January 24, 2020 at 5:00 PM.
http://www.gnhgreenfund.org/small-and-large-grants.html
The Green Fund will hold an informational outreach session on January 11, 2020, to help answer any questions, give tools for measuring results, and provide hands-on guidance for how to use our new online application system. It will be held late morning - early afternoon on Saturday. Some members from our Board of Directors will be available to answer questions. The information session will be held on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University. Details TBA - please check the website for updates.
For the past decade, since the recession began in 2008, state funding that community nonprofits rely on to provide services to half a million people each year has been cut in every budget cycle, all while demand for their services has gone up and operational costs have risen.
THE "B" FOUNDATION
Now accepting grant applications from Internal Revenue Service qualified 501 (C) (3) organizations which seek assistance consistent with the goals of the "B" Foundation
to help feed, care, or educate society. The grants will range from $1,000 to $10,000 and will be awarded by the end of the calendar year.
Please submit your written requests only by:
November 15, 2018 to:
The "B" Foundation
P.O. Box 3709
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Last week, Ray and Barbara Dalio announced their $100 million donation to support education and economic development in Connecticut. It’s an impressive amount, almost impossible for our struggling state to reject.
But it comes with strings attached...
The Office of Policy and Management (OPM) is accepting applications for the Nonprofit Grant Program (NGP). OPM is also accepting applications for the remaining funds for the Nonprofit Collaboration Incentive Grant Program (NCIP). The application deadline for consideration for this current round of funding is not later than 4:00 p.m. on January 23, 2017. The NGP will award Grants-in-aid to selected private, nonprofit health and human service organizations that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) and receive funds from the State (including Medicaid) to provide direct health and human services to State agency clients. Applications involving a collaboration between two or more eligible nonprofit organizations may also be eligible for award for NGP or NCIP. Note: NCIP funds are for 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations currently providing services in Connecticut. NCIP funds do not require that organizations receive funds from the State to provide direct health and human services to State agency clients.
http://www.ct.gov/opm/cwp/view.asp?a=3006&Q=383284&opmNav_GID=1386
The Whitney Water Center is celebrating 25 years of environmental education this year. Those 25 years would not have been possible without the support of teachers. In recognition of your support, the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority is offering five $500 mini-grants to help support science teaching in our region.
This program is designed to provide mini-grants to teachers who have participated in Whitney Water Center programs:
- School programs at the Whitney Water Center
- Programs at your school
- Project WATER, and/or
- Water Science Loan Boxes.
The purpose of these small grants ($500 each) is to enable you to try out creative teaching techniques and buy enriching teaching materials not provided for in your school’s budget. The project must have a focus on environmental education, particularly about water. All grant recipients are expected to report on the expenditure of grant funds and results of the supported project within one year of the award.
To Apply
Click on the following link to obtain an application form:
Application Form
Eligibility
Teachers in the school districts and leaders of organized groups within the Regional Water Authority’s district are eligible to apply. You must have taken part in at least one of the Whitney Water Center’s educational offerings in the last 25 years.
Grant Amounts
There will be five $500 grants.
Timeline
- Application deadline: March 31, 2016
- Grants announced: April 4, 2015
- Grants payable to schools: Earth Week, April 18-22, 2016
- Project evaluation and reports due: April 2017
Mini Grants Criteria
A committee consisting of Regional Water Authority employees and others will review applications. The committee members will not know the identity of the teacher and school. Applications will be judged on the following criteria:
- Impact: Potential to improve student achievement; potential to enhance instructional skills
- Innovation: Creativity of project; innovative approach; academic objective with curriculum context
- Planning: Clear plan for project implementation
- Existing resources: Project cannot be achieved with existing school budget
Excluded Projects
Mini-grant applications will not be considered for:
- Renovation of facilities;
- Religious activities or teachings;
- Equipment that is not an integral part of the project;
- Non-academic projects;
- Trips out of this region; or
- Tuition for special classes
Grantees must provide a written report to the Regional Water Authority at the conclusion of their project. This report must include a financial statement and narrative describing the project and how it benefited students and the teacher.
Contact Information:
Kate Powell: kpowell@rwater.com
Lisa DiFrancesco: ldifrancesco@rwater.com
More people will be eligible for health insurance as of January 1, 2014 because of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Nonprofits, small businesses, faith organizations and others will be able to apply for funding to support the training of a staff member to help members of their communities learn about the new options and enroll in Medicaid and new subsidized insurance, as appropriate. This is part-time, temporary support intended to supplement an existing staff position.
The purpose of the program is to reach community members where they are most comfortable as health insurance is a very personal topic. You don't have to be a health-related organization to do this work. It is another way to provide value in the community.
In Person Assisters (IPAs) help people who wouldn’t be likely to sign themselves up for insurance online.
It is expected that hundreds of IPAs will be housed in community-based nonprofit organizations across the state or in small businesses that already focus on helping the community. There will be small grants of up to $6,000 to cover expenses for each IPA these organizations provide.
To help design the program, nonprofits are encouraged to complete the online survey, which will register them to receive the Request for Proposals (RFP). Organizations that do not wish to fill out the survey but want to receive the RFP should submit their contact information to kgervais@strategicmanagementconsulting.org
The Responsive Grants process is intended to be a source of flexible funding and is open to all requests from nonprofits serving the 20-town region of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven for projects and organizational support that meet the eligibility criteria. Grants awarded in this category range from over $5,000 to hundreds of thousands of dollars, depending on available funds and terms of grant. Any nonprofit that creates positive sustainable impact in the areas of: arts and culture, basic needs, civic vitality, economic success, quality education, the environment, health and wellness and children and youth is encouraged to apply. In 2012, more than $2 million in single and multi-year grants was awarded through the Responsive Grant process; deadline to apply is by 5:00 pm on April 1, 2013.
Other funding opportunities such as Event Sponsorships and Grants Under $5,000 available year-round; visit www.cfgnh.org/grants for more information.
Due to the extensive statewide weather-related power outages, the LOI deadline has been extended until Noon on November 18, 2011 for CHEFA’s Nonprofit Grant Program
CHEFA invites Connecticut nonprofits with a mission focus of meeting basic human needs’ to submit a Grant Letter of Interest to the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority byNovember 18, 2011.
Around November 28, CHEFA will invite selected organizations to submit a fullapplication for individual grants of up to $75,000 in programmatic funds from the FY 2012 NonprofitGrant Program.
Please review the full RFP materials carefully. Materials will also be available on their website: www.chefa.com/philanthropy.
Only those entities that address basic human needs of Connecticutresidents are eligible for this program.Elements of the Letter of Interest, with specific statutorily required undertakings, are located on the lastpage of the RFP.
Please contact CHEFA at 860-761-8428 if you have any questions regarding this opportunity.
Every month they give a $1,000 grant with no-strings-attached to a worthy and awesome project. Projects may touch upon any field – food, music, art, publishing, the environment, education (you name it!) and exist in any phase of development. http://www.awesomect.com/
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that is opened the application process for the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program. As part of the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, this fund is designed to support “community-oriented strategies to address neighborhood-level crime issues.” The application is available online here and due June 7.
The Department is offering two types of funding for the program:
- Category 1: Planning and implementation grants worth up to $1 million each for a 36-month project period.
- Category 2: Enhancement grants intended to enhance an existing community-based initiative and worth up to $600,000 for a 36-month project period.
The application suggests CrimeSolutions.gov as a resources for applicants on evidence-based approaches to this work, and also lists the Building Neighborhood Capacity Resource Center, which will go live in August. For more information, see the Grants.gov program page.
Postscript: Speaking of federal NRI work, look out for registration and updated program information for UNCA’s Neighborhood Revitalization Conference next week.
RFP Released, Proposals will be accepted through Oct. 31
The American Association of Museums's (AAM) Center for the Future of Museums, EmcArts and MetLife Foundation announce the launch of a major new initiative designed to enable selected museums to design, research and prototype innovations, testing novel approaches to field-wide challenges in a laboratory-like setting. The initiative is entitled the Innovation Lab for Museums, and is now accepting proposals at www.aam-us.org and www.EmcArts.org. The deadline for proposals is October 31, 2011.
The first round of the Innovation Lab for Museums is generously funded by a $500,000 grant from MetLife Foundation, a long-time supporter of the nation's museum community.
The Innovation Lab for Museums will be an 18 to 24-month program for each of the participating institutions, utilizing the expertise of CFM and the proven experience of EmcArts in incubating organizational innovations in the arts field. In this inaugural round of the Lab, three proposals will be accepted and preference will be given to projects focusing on innovation in the realms of:
- Youth Education: exploring how museums can play a key role in a rapidly changing educational landscape
- Demographic Transformation: how museums can close this gap and serve a broader, more representative sample of American society
- Participatory Experiences: how museums can meet the desire of audiences for participatory and social activities in museums.
Proposals will be judged on evidence that applicants have clearly defined a major challenge and begun to develop responses to that challenge, on each applicant's readiness for and ability to support innovative change, their current level of community engagement, the likely value of the innovation to the organization and the field, and the capacity of the applicant to share what they learn through participating in the Lab.
"The rapid pace of change in the 21st century makes it imperative that museums experiment with new ways of operating," said Elizabeth Merritt, director of the Center for the Future of Museums. "Historically, the museum field has encouraged organizations to stick to tried-and-true standards and best practices. AAM sees the Innovation Lab for Museums as a significant way to encourage and reward museums that are willing to take risks, try new things and pursue a new path for the rest of the field."
The Innovation Lab for Museums has four phases:
Phase 1 – Each museum identifies a dedicated Innovation Team, which then works with EmcArts to explore new approaches, define project goals and success measures, and conduct pertinent research over four months.
Phase 2 – Innovation Teams from all participating museums attend a 5-day Intensive Residential Retreat that serves as a "project accelerator," giving teams time to focus on key decisions about their projects.
Phase 3 – The Lab grants participants $40,000 in seed money to support the prototyping and evaluation of innovative strategies over six months, before full launch.
Phase 4 – The Innovation Team and each organization's leadership works to leverage lessons learned, embed them in the organization's ongoing approach, and share learning with the field.
The program will build on EmcArts' tested framework for fostering nonprofit innovation. Piloted in 2005 as the New Strategies Lab for Orchestras (funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation), EmcArts' flagship program grew into the Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts (supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation), which has now been in operation for four years. Reports from participants have confirmed the deep impact of the program, and external evaluation has established its unique value to the arts field.
CFM and EmcArts foresee similar success for the Innovation Lab for Museums.
"The Innovation Lab for Museums will benefit not only the organizations accepted into the program, but the museum field as a whole," notes Richard Evans, President of EmcArts. "Successful innovations developed by participants may go mainstream, becoming leading practices of the future. And the cumulative experience of Lab participants will help museums break down internal barriers to innovation, creating organizational cultures that are perpetually ready for adaptive change."
Results from the Innovation Lab for Museums will be documented, summarized and shared with the museum community, ensuring it can guide museum planning and inform the development of standards and new practices. The knowledge derived from this national program will benefit AAM members, the national museum community of over 17,500 museums, and the international museum community.
"MetLife Foundation has a longstanding commitment to promoting the vitality of our national museum community," said Dennis White, president and CEO of MetLife Foundation. "We are proud to partner with these two organizations to find innovative ways to bring young people and community members from all different demographics to the rich landscape that is American museums."
For questions or additional information, contact: Dewey Blanton, American Association of Museums, (202) 218.7704, DBlanton@aam-us.org; or Liz Dreyer, EmcArts, (212) 362.8541, LDreyer@EmcArts.org.
About EmcArts
Recognized as the leading not-for-profit provider of innovation services to the arts sector nationwide, EmcArts (www.EmcArts.org) serves as an intermediary partner for arts funders, and as a re-granting agency and service organization for the arts field around innovation. Our innovation programs support the development and implementation of mission-centered new strategies by arts organizations of all sizes. The programs range from directly incubating specific innovation projects to introductory programs that enable new thinking and build a culture of innovation across local arts communities. EmcArts is a 501(c)(3) organization.
About the Center for the Future of Museums
The Center for the Future of Museums (CFM) helps museums explore the cultural, political and economic challenges facing society and devise strategies to shape a better tomorrow. CFM is a think-tank and research and design lab for fostering creativity and helping museums transcend traditional boundaries to serve society in new ways. For more information, visit www.futureofmuseums.org.
About AAM
The American Association of Museums has been bringing museums together since 1906, helping to develop standards and best practices, gathering and sharing knowledge, and providing advocacy on issues of concern to the entire museum community. With more than 18,000 individual, 3,000 institutional and 300 corporate members, AAM is dedicated to ensuring that museums remain a vital part of the American landscape, connecting people with the greatest achievements of the human experience, past, present and future. For more information, visit www.aam-us.org.
About MetLife FoundationMetLife Foundation was established in 1976 to carry on MetLife's longstanding tradition of corporate contributions and community involvement.
The Foundation is committed to building a secure future for individuals and communities worldwide. Through programs focusing on empowering older adults, preparing young people and building livable communities, MetLife Foundation increases access and opportunities for people of all ages. Since it was established, MetLife Foundation has made more than $500 million in grants and $75 million in program related investments. For more information visit www.metlife.org
2011 Request for Proposals and Application:
