GrantStation Insider: January 5, 2023

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Special Funding Opportunities
Opportunities related to specific current issues

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National Funding
Opportunities throughout the U.S.

Grants Improve Quality of Life for Individuals Living With Spinal Cord Injury
Craig H. Neilsen Foundation: Creating Opportunity & Independence
The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation is dedicated to supporting programs and research to improve the quality of life for those affected by and living with spinal cord injury. Through Community Support Grants, the Foundation's Creating Opportunity & Independence portfolio supports nonprofit organizations and rehabilitation facilities in the U.S. and Canada that provide programs and services to enhance quality of life for individuals and families living with spinal cord injury. Areas of interest include arts, sports and recreation, assistive technology, education, employment, independent living, and rehabilitation. Grants range from $25,000 to $200,000 covering up to two years; the budget for any year cannot exceed $125,000. Letters of intent will be accepted from January 3 to January 30, 2023, and invited applications must be submitted by April 21, 2023. Visit the Foundation's website to download the application guide.

Support Available for Regional Theatre and Dance Projects
Tri-M Foundation: Performing Arts Grant Program
The mission of the Tri-M Foundation is to cultivate and promote the production and presentation of regional performing and media arts. The Foundation's Performing Arts Grant Program provides grants ranging from $3,000 to $10,000 for the development and presentation of innovative, high-quality performing arts projects, events, and festivals by regional nonprofit arts organizations. For 2023-2024, the Foundation will award grants in the disciplines of theatre and dance. Projects should represent a unique regional perspective, and projects that address sensitive topics, controversial politics, and uncomfortable subjects are welcome. Eligible applicants include nonprofit arts organizations with annual operating budgets of under $1,000,000, nonprofit umbrella arts organizations, and individual artists or small arts organizations without 501(c)(3) status who identify a nonprofit umbrella arts organization as a fiscal sponsor. The application deadline for projects scheduled from August 2023 to July 2024 is February 15, 2023. Application guidelines and forms are available on the Foundation's website.

Park Experiences for K-12 Students Funded
National Park Trust: Kids to Parks Day School Grants Program
In celebration of Kids to Parks Day on May 20, 2023, the National Park Trust is offering the Kids to Parks Day School Grants Program, which provides support to under-resourced U.S. schools to help students discover and explore parks, historic sites, public lands, and waters. Title I pre-K through 12 classrooms in the U.S and its territories are eligible to apply for grants of up to $500 for distance learning experiences or up to $1,000 for in-park experiences. All applications must include a stewardship element and a park-themed educational component that focuses on outdoor recreation and healthy lifestyles, environmental education/science, or history. Teachers can submit the application on behalf of their class, but direct student involvement in the application is required. Preference will be given to experiences that take place during May 2023, though exceptions for other spring 2023 dates will be considered. Funding must be used by June 30, 2023. The application deadline is February 17, 2023. Visit the National Park Trust's website to access more information and the online application.

Grants Aim to Advance Understanding of Democracy, Race, and Religion
Henry Luce Foundation: Religion and Theology Program
Through the Advancing Public Knowledge on Democracy, Race, and Religion in America grants, the Henry Luce Foundation's Religion and Theology Program seeks new ideas for projects that will deepen public understanding of—and promote more productive public discussions about—democracy, race, and religion in the United States. The Foundation aims to support collaborative and experimental initiatives that seek to deepen understanding of religion's complex and contested place in public life, to envision and cultivate new religious and democratic possibilities, and to promote more curious and more generous public conversations. Submissions are encouraged from a wide range of knowledge organizations, including community arts organizations, media outlets, museums, colleges and universities, independent seminaries, and other organizations committed to envisioning and building a more open, democratic, and equitable world through critical and creative engagement with religion and communities of faith. Grants ranging from $200,000 to $400,000 will typically fund work that can be completed in less than five years. Concept notes are due February 15, 2023. Visit the Foundation's website to read more about the program and to access the online application portal.

Regional Funding
Opportunities for specific geographic areas

Direct Services for Older People Supported in IL, IN, IA, KY, MO, WI, and FL
RRF Foundation for Aging: Direct Service Grants
RRF Foundation for Aging supports programs and research that significantly improve the quality of life for older people. The Foundation's Direct Service Grants seek to improve the availability and quality of community-based services and supports for people aged 60 and older in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Wisconsin, or Florida. Direct Service proposals are considered for projects that align with the Foundation's priority areas: caregiving, economic security in later life, housing, and social and intergenerational connectedness. Grants may enhance new direct service programs or significantly expand existing programs. The next deadline for letters of inquiry is February 1, 2023; invited applications will be due May 5, 2023. Application guidelines are available on the Foundation's website.

Requests for Proposals Target Economic Mobility in Bank Communities
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation supports nonprofit organizations addressing issues fundamental to economic mobility and social progress in low- and moderate-income communities in specific Bank of America markets. In 2023, the Foundation will issue two requests for proposals. The Economic Mobility Focused on Needs of Individuals and Families request for proposals will be open from January 23 to February 17, 2023. Support will be provided in the areas of basic needs, with a focus on health and economic recovery, and workforce development and education. The Economic Mobility Focused on Needs of Community request for proposals will be open from May 29 to June 23, 2023. Areas of interest include affordable housing, neighborhood revitalization, and small business resiliency. Visit the Bank of America website to learn more about the funding priorities and application procedures.

Funds Benefit Company Communities in California, Arizona, and Nevada
Smart & Final Charitable Foundation
The Smart & Final Charitable Foundation is committed to giving back, improving the quality of life, and nourishing the communities the company serves in California, Arizona, and Nevada. Giving is focused on the areas of health and wellness, education, hunger relief, team sports and youth development, and disaster relief. Nonprofit organizations located in communities served by Smart & Final are eligible to apply. Applications may be submitted throughout the year on the Smart & Final website.

Support Provided for Health Literacy Initiatives in Florida
Florida Health Literacy Initiative
The Florida Health Literacy Initiative, funded by the Florida Blue Foundation and managed by the Florida Literacy Coalition, provides training, resources, and funding to help Florida adult English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) programs and family literacy programs integrate health education into their instruction. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and government-based agencies (such as school districts and community colleges) that provide adult ESOL, literacy, and family literacy instruction in Florida via classes, small groups, or one-to-one tutoring. Approximately fourteen grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded in 2023. The application deadline is February 6, 2023. Visit the Florida Literacy Coalition website to access the guidelines, checklist, application, and FAQs.

Federal Funding
Opportunities from the U.S. government

Grants Available for Environmental Education
Department of Commerce
The Pacific Northwest Bay Watershed Education and Training program is an environmental education program that supports locally relevant, authentic experiential learning in the K-12 environment. Funded projects provide meaningful watershed educational experiences for students and related professional development for teachers and help to support regional education and environmental priorities in the Pacific Northwest. Applicants may be physically located in any U.S. state; however, education projects must target teachers or students in the Pacific Northwest region. The application deadline is February 7, 2023.

Arts Projects Supported
National Endowment for the Arts
The Grants for Arts Projects program supports public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of art, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life. The program funds arts projects in the following disciplines: artist communities, arts education, dance, design, folk and traditional arts, literary arts, local arts agencies, media arts, museums, music, musical theater, opera, presenting and multidisciplinary arts, theater, and visual arts. Applications are due to grants.gov by February 9, 2023. The deadline for submittals to the NEA applicant portal is February 21, 2023.

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Digital Assessment Tool
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How to Include Your Participants in Program Design
Funders often ask how your organization includes program participants in the development, design, or implementation of your programs. There's only one way to answer this question: You must actually engage your participants! Discussing how to set up and run your programs with your target population may seem like just an additional step to get funded. But it can actually save you time and resources in the long run because it helps you create meaningful programs that get to the root cause of people's needs. During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will show you how to solicit input from those you serve (or plan to serve) so that your programs are more impactful. The webinar will be held on Monday, January 9, 2023.

(FREE) How to Use QuickBooks for Donor Thank-You Letters
Do you struggle to send IRS-required thank-you letters out to your donors? Did you know that you can actually send IRS-compliant donor thank-you letters directly out of QuickBooks? You can either print or email them. It's very cool! You can even do it with one click at the same time you are recording the donation. We are very excited to have Gregg Bossen, a CPA specializing in auditing nonprofits and president of QuickBooks Made Easy for Nonprofits, present this one-of-a-kind and highly requested webinar! The webinar will be held on Thursday, January 12, 2023.

(FREE) Tour of the GrantStation Website
Curious to know exactly what resources are at your fingertips when you enter the GrantStation website? Join Jeremy Smith, Director of Communications Technology, and Kerry Glauser, Research Specialist, for a quick tour of the GrantStation website. Jeremy will demonstrate all of the GrantStation features including how to best use the searchable databases of private funders, how to navigate government funding sources, and how to set up and use your personal dashboard. This quick overview is a great way for current Members to ensure that they are getting the most out of their Membership, and for potential Members to see GrantStation in action! The webinar will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2023.

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