GrantStation Insider - January 31, 2019

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National Funding
Opportunities Throughout the U.S.

Support for Criminal Justice Reform and Workers’ Rights
Public Welfare Foundation
The Public Welfare Foundation supports efforts to advance justice and opportunity for people in need nationwide. The Foundation looks for strategic points where its funds can make a significant difference and improve lives through policy and system reform that results in transformative change. The Foundation's current funding priorities target the following issues: The Criminal Justice Program supports organizations that are working to end overincarceration of adult offenders while also aiming to reduce racial disparity. The Youth Justice Program focuses on organizations working to advance a fair and effective community-based vision of youth justice, with a focus on ending the criminalization and incarceration of youth of color. The Workers’ Rights Program supports policy and system reforms to improve the lives of low-wage working people, with a focus on securing their basic legal rights to safe, healthy, and fair conditions at work. Letters of inquiry may be submitted throughout the year. Detailed guidelines for each of the targeted grant programs are available on the Foundation’s website.

Programs for Children Affected by Domestic Violence Funded
Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation Children's Initiative
The Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation’s Children’s Initiative provides support to direct service programs throughout the United States that create and promote stability, resilience, and healing for children who have witnessed domestic violence. Eligible programs must provide direct, age-appropriate services to children up to 14 years of age who have witnessed domestic violence, include a plan for an outcome-based assessment of the program activities, enhance the relationship between the child and parent or primary caregiver, and be a new program (within the first year of development). The average grant size is $25,000 or less. The deadline for Stage One Applications is March 1, 2019; invited Stage Two Applications are due August 1, 2019. Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the funding guidelines and application process.

Grants Promote Organic Food and Cooperative Ideals
Blooming Prairie Foundation
The Blooming Prairie Foundation is dedicated to promoting innovative ideas and practices in the area of organic and natural foods in order to further the health of the people, the health of the environment, and cooperative ideals. The Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations nationwide that conduct any of the following activities: developmental, research, and educational efforts in the organic industry and the cooperative community; the development of organic and natural products; and cooperative development in the natural products industry. The application deadline is March 1, 2019. Visit the Foundation’s website to review the grant guidelines.

New Youth Theatre Initiatives Supported
Children’s Theatre Foundation of America: Aurand Harris Grants and Fellowship Fund
The Children’s Theatre Foundation of America’s grantmaking focus is on theatre for children and youth, the utilization of drama or theatre in education for children grades K-12, and development opportunities for theatre artists working in the area of children’s theatre in the United States. The Foundation’s Aurand Harris Grants and Fellowship Fund supports small and mid-sized nonprofit theatres that are engaged in a new initiative for a particular company or a new original play for children and youth. Professional theatre artists working in theatre for young audiences may also apply for support in the development of their artistic excellence. The Foundation will give preference to applicants working to address past and current injustices to groups that have been historically disadvantaged and socially, politically, and economically excluded. Grants range up to $2,000 and may be used for project expenses, equipment, or travel. The application deadline is March 4, 2019. Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the Aurand Harris Grants and Fellowship Fund.

Regional Funding
Opportunities for Specific Areas

Funds for Environmental Justice Efforts in California
As You Sow
The mission of As You Sow is to promote environmental and social corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy, coalition building, and innovative legal strategies. The As You Sow grant program supports nonprofit organizations throughout the state of California that address toxics reduction, environmental education, protection of communities, and enforcement. Priority is given to proposals in the following areas: enforcement of California state consumer- and environment-related laws; education of consumers about the risks of toxic exposure and their right to know what goes into consumer products; and toxics education, reduction, and protection in underrepresented and underserved communities. Grants generally range from $1,000 to $10,000. The application deadline is February 28, 2019. Visit the As You Sow website to learn more about the grant guidelines.

Grants Provide Training Opportunities for Organizations on the East Coast
TD Charitable Foundation: Non-Profit Training Resource Fund
The Non-Profit Training Resource Fund, an initiative of the TD Charitable Foundation, provides grants to charitable organizations for employees to attend approved classes and courses that will enhance job performance. Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to organizations within the TD Bank market area on the East Coast that focus on affordable housing, economic development, financial literacy, or after-school and extracurricular programming. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis in 2019 and will be reviewed monthly. Visit the TD Bank’s website to review the application guidelines.

Support for Innovative Programs Serving Colorado Seniors
NextFifty Initiative
NextFifty Initiative is dedicated to funding mission-driven, innovative programs that improve community services for those age 50 and older, including adults with disabilities, and their caretakers. The majority of funded programs will directly serve the people of Colorado. Grants are provided to nonprofit organizations and government agencies that are working to improve the lives of the current aging population and dedicated to crafting an exciting future for aging. NextFifty Initiative is also interested in projects that target the most vulnerable in the aging sector, including low-income individuals, ethnic and racial minorities, the homeless, and LGBT communities. The upcoming grant application deadline is February 28, 2019. Visit the NextFifty Initiative website to review the funding guidelines and submit an online application.

Community Organizing by People of Color in Minnesota Funded
Headwaters Foundation for Justice: New Majority Fund
The mission of the Headwaters Foundation for Justice is to amplify the power of community to advance equity and justice. The Foundation’s New Majority Fund supports organizations working in Minnesota that are led by and for communities of color and that use a community organizing approach to address root causes of injustice. Eligible organizations should have an organized constituency base, a clear analysis of structural causes behind the challenges their community faces, and concrete goals and strategies to build power and change systems. The Fund will award two-year general operating grants, totaling $20,000. Grantee partners will also be invited to nominate two to three leaders, staff members, or board members to participate in the Movement Leadership Project in the summer of 2020. The application deadline for the New Majority Fund is March 1, 2019. Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the funding criteria and application process.

Federal Funding
Opportunities from the U.S. Government

Program Promotes Access to Healthcare
Department of Health and Human Services
The New Access Points program provides operational support for new service delivery sites to improve the health of the nation’s underserved communities and vulnerable populations by expanding access to affordable, accessible, quality, and cost effective primary healthcare services. The application deadline is March 12, 2019.

Funds Available for Native American Libraries
Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Native American Library Services: Basic Grants program provides support for existing library operations and to maintain core library services. Support is also available to enhance efforts to recruit future professionals to the field of library and information services. The application deadline is April 1, 2019.

PathFinder: Featured Resource
A library of quality resources designed to help you develop your career path as a grants professional.

The Philanthropy Outlook 2019 & 2020
The giving environment in the U.S. is ever evolving. For the latest developments in this area, The Philanthropy Outlook 2019 & 2020 by Marts & Lundy and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy is a good place to start. This report examines the economic conditions and recent changes to federal tax policy that are expected to be the key forces shaping the environment for philanthropy.

Upcoming Online Education Trainings
Live Webinars

Unless otherwise noted, all Online Education Trainings are webinars,
are 90 minutes in duration, and are scheduled to begin at 2 PM Eastern Time.

Grantwriting 101
If you are new to grantwriting, this webinar is for you! During this 90-minute webinar, Alice Ruhnke, founder and owner of the Grant Advantage, will teach you how to use a Program Planning Framework to plan your grant applications so they tell a strong, consistent story. As we go through the Framework, each section of a typical grant application will be highlighted with information on what funders are looking for and tips on how to write that section. By the time the webinar is over, you will (1) understand what funders are looking for in grant applications; (2) be able to decipher confusing grant-related terminology; (3) have a usable system to connect all the pieces of an application together; and (4) have strategies to infuse your organization’s strengths in your proposal to make it strong and competitive. The webinar will be held on Thursday, February 7, 2019.

Online Workshop: Great Graphs - Tell Your Nonprofit’s Story with Data Visualization
Visualizing data through charts, tables, and diagrams helps you deliver bite-sized information that viewers will understand at a glance and retain for the long run. In this workshop, Ann K. Emery will walk you through a step-by-step design process so you can apply critical thinking skills to your own projects. First, you’ll learn how to customize your visualization for your audience. Second, you’ll learn how to choose the right chart for your message. You’ll see familiar friends like pie charts and bar charts as well as new options like waffle charts, Sankey diagrams, tree maps, social network maps, and visual timelines. Third, you’ll declutter your visuals, reinforce your branding with custom color palettes and typography, and increase accessibility by ensuring that your visuals are legible for people with color vision deficiencies. Finally, you’ll learn to tell a story through saturation and annotation. The webinar will be held on Thursday, February 14, 2019.

Online Workshop: QuickBooks Budgeting & Year End Donor Receipts (NEW) Desktop Version
Do you spend hours every month getting budget reports ready for your board meeting? Do you put time into reentering and then manipulating data in Excel to get that “challenging” board member the report he wants? Do you manually generate donor thank you letters in Word? Are you double entering donations in QuickBooks and then again in another donor database that you don’t really like or understand? If the answer to any of these questions is YES, then this workshop is for you! We are very excited to have Gregg Bossen, CPA and president of QuickBooks Made Easy, deliver one of his most popular webinars exclusively for GrantStation. In this workshop we will first explore how to enter budgets and generate budget reports in minutes for your organization right in QuickBooks. (No more fooling with Excel!) The webinar will be held on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.

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Editor: Julie Kaufman
Contributing Writer: Kevin Peters
Contributing Writer: Ashlyn Simmons