GrantStation Insider - February 7, 2019

Volume XVIII | Issue 5

National | Regional | Federal | Partner Depot | PathFinder | Online Education

 

National Funding
Opportunities Throughout the U.S.

Support for Organizations Aiding Veterans’ Recovery
Disabled Veterans National Foundation: Capacity Building Grant Program

The Disabled Veterans National Foundation provides critically needed support to disabled and at-risk veterans who leave the military wounded, physically or psychologically, after defending our safety and our freedom. The Foundation’s Capacity Building Grant Program is intended for nonprofit organizations throughout the country that offer support to veterans and disabled veterans alike. These grants of up to $25,000 are awarded to organizations that are addressing the mental and physical recovery of veterans in unique ways. Service dogs, equine therapy, yoga, art therapy, and recreational therapy are just a few of the innovative programs that the Foundation supports. The spring 2019 deadline for letters of intent is February 18; invited proposals will be due March 10. Visit the Foundation’s website to review the Capacity Building Grant Program guidelines.

Exemplary Economic Development Initiatives Recognized
United States Conference of Mayors: CommunityWINS Grant Program

The CommunityWINS (Working/Investing in Neighborhood Stabilization) Grant Program, administered by the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) and funded by Wells Fargo, supports local nonprofits in promoting long-term economic prosperity and quality of life for their community. The awards recognize outstanding mayoral-based initiatives that can assist their city in promoting economic growth and aim to share these best practices to assist other cities in developing local programs in their market. USCM members may nominate up to three programs run by nonprofit organizations that address one of the following categories: Neighborhood Stabilization, Economic Development, and Job Creation. Two awards in each of the following four population categories will be given in 2019: Metropolitan Cities (one $300,000 and one $100,000 award); Large Cities (one $200,000 and one $75,000 award); Medium Cities (one $150,000 and one $50,000 award); and Small Cities (one $75,000 and one $50,000 award). All programs must be initiated with the full support of the mayor to be eligible, including those developed and implemented in collaboration with the private sector, community groups, and other partners. The application deadline is March 22, 2019. Visit the USCM website to learn more about the program.

Nursing-Driven Approaches to Healthcare Funded
Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation: Hillman Innovations in Care Program

The goal of the Hillman Innovations in Care Program, an initiative of the Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation, is to advance leading-edge, nursing-driven models of care that will improve the health and healthcare of vulnerable populations. The program seeks to support patient- and family-centered approaches that challenge conventional strategies, improve health outcomes, lower costs, and show potential for national replicability. The Foundation specifically seeks proposals that address the healthcare needs of vulnerable populations in the following areas: Maternal and Child Health, Care of the Older Adult, and Chronic Illness Management. In 2019, at least two grants of up to $600,000 will be awarded to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, or faith-based organizations. The application deadline is March 4, 2019; invited full proposals will be due June 3, 2019. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the 2019 request for proposals.

Grants Promote Innovative Pre-K-12 Projects
Ezra Jack Keats Foundation: Mini-Grant Program

The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation offers Mini-Grants of up to $500 to public schools, public libraries, and public preschool and Head Start programs in the United States and its territories. The Foundation accepts proposals for creative, innovative projects that give teachers and librarians a unified, flexible way to meet Common Core goals as well as offer students a fun experience, a sense of achievement, and a source of pride. Ezra Jack Keats Mini-Grants have funded projects in all disciplines, at all grade levels, and of all sizes. Approximately 70 projects are funded each year. The application deadline is March 31, 2019. Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the application process.

 

 

Regional Funding
Opportunities for Specific Areas

Rural Arts and Environmental Programs Supported in Selected States
Laura Jane Musser Fund

The Laura Jane Musser Fund will begin accepting applications for the Rural Arts and Environmental Initiative grant programs in February. The Fund’s Rural Arts program assists arts organizations in targeted states that offer artistic opportunities for adults and children in the areas of literary, visual, music, and performing arts. Grants of up to $10,000 are provided to organizations in rural communities with a population of 20,000 or under throughout Colorado, Hawaii, and Wyoming, as well as rural communities in selected counties in Minnesota and Texas. The Fund’s Environmental Initiative program supports projects that enhance the ecological integrity of publicly owned open spaces, while encouraging compatible human activities. Organizations throughout Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, and Wyoming, as well as organizations in selected counties in Texas, are eligible to apply for planning grants up to $8,000 and implementation grants up to $35,000. Applications for the Rural Arts program must be submitted by March 12, 2019; applications for the Environmental Initiative program must be submitted by March 19, 2019. Visit the Fund’s website to review the application guidelines.

Funds for Initiatives Responding to Immigrant and Refugee Issues in Oregon
Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative

The purpose of the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, a joint initiative of the Collins Foundation, MRG Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, Pride Foundation, and the Oregon Community Foundation, is to create a coordinated funding approach to address urgent and emerging issues impacting immigrants and refugees in Oregon, and to support local organizations responding to these issues. Grants support projects that provide legal information, services, and representation for immigrants and refugees; outreach and education about policies, programs, services, and preparedness; information gathering, research, and analysis on immigration and refugee issues; basic human needs for immigrants and refugees; and community organizing, civic engagement, and advocacy. Most awards through the Collaborative are under $50,000 and decisions are generally made within four weeks; small requests of up to $4,000 with a one-week turnaround are also considered. Visit any of the participating funders’ websites to learn more about the Collaborative and to download the application form.

Grants Strengthen Programs for Jewish Seniors in the Carolinas
BJH Foundation for Senior Services

The BJH Foundation for Senior Services is dedicated to enhancing the lives of Jewish adults residing in North Carolina and South Carolina in accordance with Jewish values and beliefs. The Foundation supports new, innovative, community-based programs that address the following two priority categories: 1) Health and Wellness Programs, and 2) Socialization Programs. Grants generally range up to $10,000. (Grants of up to $50,000 will be considered in the Health and Wellness category.) The application deadline is March 8, 2019. Visit the Foundation’s website to review the grant guidelines and access the application form.

Funds for Breast Cancer Education Efforts in Florida
Florida Breast Cancer Foundation: Education Grants

The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in the state of Florida. The Foundation’s Education Grants provide support for nonprofit organizations that help to educate women to be proactive advocates for their own breast health. The current focus is on grants of up to $5,000 for projects in a single county and up to $10,000 for projects in multiple counties that offer breast cancer education in one-on-one or small group settings to reach as many people as possible. The application postmark deadline is March 15, 2019. Visit the Foundation’s website to review the 2019 priorities for Education Grants and download the request for applications.

 

 

Federal Funding
Opportunities from the U.S. Government

Tribal Suicide Prevention Efforts Supported
Department of Health and Human Services

The Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Grant Program supports states and tribes with implementing prevention and intervention strategies in schools, educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance use programs, mental health programs, foster care systems, and other child and youth-serving organizations. The application deadline is March 18, 2019.

Funds Available for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Strategies
Economic Development Administration

The Regional Innovation Strategies program provides support to build regional capacity to translate innovations into jobs through proof-of-concept and commercialization assistance to innovators and entrepreneurs and through operational support for organizations that provide essential early-stage risk capital to innovators and entrepreneurs. The application deadline is April 4, 2019.

 

 

Partner Depot

Budget Week! A 3-Part Webinar Series with Elevate
If you’ve ever had to put together a budget for your grant proposal, and felt a wave of panic wash over you—the team at Elevate knows how you feel.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a grant RFP that doesn’t ask you to submit a budget of some kind—be it an organizational budget, a grant budget, or a program budget. These documents can be overwhelming to create, especially when you aren’t sure which information to include or how much detail to provide.

Enter: Budget Week, a 3-part series to answer all your questions about the different types of budgets you’re bound to come across in your grantwriting career.

Save your seat!

 

 

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

Canada’s Charitable Sector: What to Expect in 2019
Do you work for a Canadian charity? Are you concerned about recent changes to the political and economic landscape, and how these might affect your organization? If so, a recent article in The Philanthropist entitled “Canada’s Charitable Sector: What to Expect in 2019” may help you navigate this evolving terrain. This article discusses four top-of-mind issues facing Canada’s charitable sector this year.

 

 

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.

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.

Logic Models: More Than Just Extra Work!
Logic models are not a passing fad. If you need to create a logic model for your program, but don’t know where to start, this webinar is for you! Using the Measuring Program Outcomes: A Practical Approach from the United Way of America, Alice Ruhnke will demonstrate why logic models are critical for program planning and evaluation. During this webinar, you will learn how to create and use a logic model to help you improve services and your impact on your community. Executive directors, program managers, and grantwriters from a broad range of human service organizations will benefit from this 90-minute presentation. The webinar will be held on Thursday, February 21, 2019.

 


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

National Funding Opportunities
Support for Organizations Aiding Veterans’ Recovery
Exemplary Economic Development Initiatives Recognized
Nursing-Driven Approaches to Healthcare Funded
Grants Promote Innovative Pre-K-12 Projects

Regional Funding Opportunities
Rural Arts and Environmental Programs Supported in Selected States
Funds for Initiatives Responding to Immigrant and Refugee Issues in Oregon
Grants Strengthen Programs for Jewish Seniors in the Carolinas 
Funds for Breast Cancer Education Efforts in Florida

Federal Funding Opportunities
Tribal Suicide Prevention Efforts Supported
Funds Available for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Strategies