GrantStation Insider: April 27, 2023

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Special Funding Opportunities 
Opportunities related to specific current issues

Current funding opportunities for COVID-19 and Ukraine are available to the public on our website.

National Funding 
Opportunities throughout the U.S.

Support Addresses Health Inequities Nationwide

Elevance Health Foundation

Application deadlines: 
Substance use disorder proposals: January 31, annually 
Food as medicine proposals: May 31, annually 
Maternal and child health proposals: August 31, annually 
Geographic scope: National programs and local programs in California, Georgia, Indiana, New York, Ohio, and Virginia 
Description: The Elevance Health Foundation, formerly the Anthem Foundation, strives to improve the health of humanity by addressing health inequalities and strengthening communities in the United States. The Foundation seeks to support partnerships and programs that address health inequities by demonstrating measurable and positive change in the areas of maternal and child health, food as medicine, and substance use disorder. Support is provided for national programs promoting scalable and sustainable systemic change as well as local programs in California, Georgia, Indiana, New York, Ohio, and Virginia that support socially vulnerable populations with relevant interventions. Priority is given to partnerships and programs that address racial inequities and health disparities.

Funder Profile   Available to Members of GrantStation 
 

Grants Totaling $5 Million Benefit Communities in the U.S. and Canada

Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards

Application deadline: June 1, 2023 
Geographic scope: United States, including Puerto Rico, and Canada 
Grant amount: A total of $5 million in grants ranging from $30,000 to $350,000 will be provided. 
Description: Chick-fil-A’s True Inspiration Awards support nonprofit organizations making an impact in their local communities in the United States, including Puerto Rico, and Canada. Organizations will be awarded for their work in the following areas: caring for people, with a focus on educational initiatives fostering character and leadership development, academic excellence, and community involvement in underserved youth; caring through food, including programs or projects addressing hunger and food insecurity facing children and their families; community, with a focus on programs or projects providing housing and other direct services to support young people and their families; and caring for our planet, including programs or projects that care for the environment and the planet. Nonprofit organizations based in the U.S. or Puerto Rico and equivalent Canadian charitable organizations are eligible to apply.

Funder Profile   Available to Members of GrantStation 
 

Recorded Sound Preservation Projects and Music-Related Research Funded

GRAMMY Museum Grants Program

Application deadline: Applications will be accepted from May 1 to June 2, 2023. 
Geographic scope: United States and Canada 
Grant amount: Preservation implementation grants and scientific research grants range up to $20,000; assistance, assessment, and consultation grants range up to $5,000. 
Description: The GRAMMY Museum Grants Program provides support to organizations and individuals for efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of North America, and research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition. Preservation grants support projects that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the U.S. and Canada in two funding categories: preservation implementation grants of up to $20,000 and assistance, assessment, and consultation grants of up to $5,000. Scientific research grants of up to $20,000 support research in the U.S. and Canada on the impact of music on the human condition, including the study of the effects of music on mood, cognition, and healing, as well as the medical and occupational well-being of music professionals and the creative process underlying music.

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Micro Grants Promote Unconventional Learning Environments

VELA Education Fund: Micro Grants

Application deadline: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through October 6, 2023, and reviewed after the following deadlines: June 16, August 11, and October 6, 2023. 
Grant amount: $2,500 to $10,000 
Description: VELA Education Fund aims to support entrepreneurs who are reimagining education. Through the 2023 Micro Grant program, the Fund is providing grants of $2,500 or $10,000 to everyday entrepreneurs—students, parents, educators, and community leaders—who are building unconventional learning ecosystems within their communities. Priority is on the following out-of-system models and supports: unconventional learning environments for out-of-system learners not enrolled in public, charter, or traditional private schools, including micro schools, learning pods, homeschool co-ops, unschools, or other settings; ecosystem builders who offer content, infrastructure supports, resource platforms, and other programming utilized in unconventional, out-of-system learning environments; and community catalysts, including entrepreneurs providing resources, support, and guidance to families participating in out-of-system learning, or contributing to knowledge sharing and collaboration among entrepreneurs in the out-of-system space.

Funder Profile   Available to Members of GrantStation 
 

Regional Funding 
Opportunities for specific geographic areas

Funds Available for Oklahoma Organizations Offering Legal Services

Oklahoma Bar Foundation

Application deadlines: Applications for IOLTA Grants will be accepted through June 5, 2023; applications for Mortgage Foreclosure and Community Redevelopment Grants will be accepted from August 28 to October 2, 2023. 
Geographic scope: Oklahoma 
Description: The Oklahoma Bar Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations aiding Oklahoma's most legally vulnerable citizens with the aim of improving fair and equal access to the justice system for everyone. The Foundation’s IOLTA Grants support law-related 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in Oklahoma with program funding to provide legal services, law-related education, and improvements to the administration of justice. In addition, the Mortgage Foreclosure and Community Redevelopment Grants support entities that provide mortgage foreclosure defense services to underprivileged Oklahomans as well as programs that serve to revitalize Oklahoma communities.

Funder Profile   Available to Members of GrantStation 
 

Efforts Improving Healthcare Access Supported in DE, MD, PA, and DC

AstraZeneca Foundation: Together for CHANGE Program

Application deadline: Applications will be accepted from May 10 to May 31, 2023, at 5 PM Eastern Time. 
Geographic scope: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC 
Grant amount: $200,000 to $250,000 
Description: The AstraZeneca Foundation’s new signature program, Together for CHANGE (Changing Health Access for Next Generation Equity), aims to advance health equity and improve access to quality healthcare for people experiencing disadvantages due to their race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and more. Together for CHANGE will support organizations serving communities in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, that are providing culturally responsive services to help improve access to quality healthcare. This may include, but is not limited to, providing access to care services and coordination of care, mitigating barriers that impact access to care services, and improving cultural responsiveness of organizations. Preference will be given to organizations promoting screenings, early detection, treatment, and/or continuity of care for cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, or immunologic diseases, and/or cancers.

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Small Grants Aid Public School Music and Arts Programs in 44 States

California Casualty Music & Arts Grant

Application deadline: July 2, 2023 
Geographic scope: Throughout the U.S., except AK, HI, MA, MI, NY, and WI 
Grant amount: $250 
Description: The California Casualty Music & Arts Grant provides support for K-12 public schools negatively impacted by reduced budgets whose music and arts programs are in jeopardy or in great need of funding. Requests will also be considered for individual classrooms wishing to integrate music and arts projects within the school curriculum. Grants of $250 are available in all states except AK, HI, MA, MI, NY, and WI. Applications must be submitted by an active employee of the public K-12 school for which the grant is being requested, and the applicant must be a current member of the state NEA affiliate or one of the other participating educator associations, including ACSA, CASE, COSA, KASA, NASA, UASSP, and UAESP.

Funder Profile   Available to Members of GrantStation 
 

Maine Children’s Health Initiatives Funded

Sadie and Harry Davis Foundation

Application deadline: May 31, 2023 
Geographic scope: Maine 
Grant amount: $3,000 to $15,000 
Description: The Sadie and Harry Davis Foundation seeks to improve the health of Maine’s children. The Foundation’s Patricia D. Klingenstein Grants Program provides grants to organizations that focus on the health needs of Maine’s children, especially those from low-income families and under-resourced communities, or other marginalized populations that may have limited supports and resources. Types of support considered include general operating, program, capacity building, and challenge and matching grants. (Capital grants are not provided.) Preference is given to organizations with budgets under $5 million.

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Federal Funding 
Opportunities from the U.S. government

Support Provided for Humanities Material Preservation and Dissemination

National Endowment for the Humanities

Application deadline: 
Optional drafts: June 6, 2023 
Applications: July 18, 2023 
Description: The Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program supports projects that provide an essential underpinning for scholarship, education, and public engagement in the humanities. The program strengthens efforts to extend the reach of humanities collections (collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and material culture, and digital objects) and make their intellectual content widely accessible, often through the use of digital technology. Awards are also made to create various reference resources that facilitate use of cultural materials, from works that provide basic information quickly to tools that synthesize and codify knowledge of a subject for in-depth investigation.

Funder Profile   Available to Members of GrantStation 
 

Program Helps Refugees

Department of Health and Human Services

Application deadline: June 9, 2023 
Description: The Ethnic Community Self Help Program seeks to provide refugee populations with critical services to assist them in becoming integrated members of American society. Objectives include strengthening ethnic community-based organizations' (ECBOs) provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate services to refugees, supporting ECBOs' organizational development and engagement in capacity building by encouraging their collaboration with established refugee service providers and mainstream organizations, and supporting ECBOs in promoting community building and civic engagement.

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

2023 501(c)onference

Are you a nonprofit leader looking to gather with like-minded individuals on the West Coast? If so, you may want to attend this year’s 2023 501(c)onference, which will explore the importance of fueling nonprofit resilience. Hosted by the Center for Nonprofit Management, this conference will discuss practical strategies and successful approaches that can help communities not only survive, but thrive. The conference will take place on May 9, 2023, at The California Endowment in Los Angeles, CA, and on May 10, 2023, virtually.

Upcoming Online Education Trainings 
Live Webinars

How to Secure Matching Funds

Webinar date: May 1, 2023, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time 
Description: It’s always a good idea to have matching funds for your projects or programs—even if a funder doesn’t require it. When you include matching funds, it demonstrates to funders that they are not the only one with “skin in the game.” It shows you already have support from other stakeholders. Fortunately, with the right documentation all nonprofit organizations should be able to identify in-kind support. During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will show you how to secure matching funds to increase your success in securing grant awards. 
 

The Future of Nonprofit Compensation: Are You Ready?

Webinar date: May 3, 2023, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time 
Description: If you’re like many nonprofit organizations, you may struggle to offer competitive raises in the face of historic inflation. This can lead to massive turnover in your organization, which will make it difficult to serve your community. During this webinar, Stephanie Sample will address how the role of compensation packages and salaries has changed in recent years and explore tools and strategies for executive and board leadership to increase nonprofit staff compensation, address pay equity, and design growth budgets. 
 

Jump Start Your Federal Proposal Writing

Webinar date: May 4, 2023, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time 
Description: Every year the federal government releases millions of dollars to help nonprofit organizations serve their communities. While now is the best time to consider applying for federal grants, as more federal money has become available through the American Rescue Plan, these grants are extremely competitive, and the application process is cumbersome and often requires a high level of work investment. During this webinar, Alice Ruhnke will show you how to research federal funding opportunities and develop the initial strategies needed to craft competitive federal grant applications.

GrantStation Announcements 
The latest updates from GrantStation

Don't Take It for Granted: Grant Writing Best Practices in 2023

GrantStation President Alice Ruhnke will be speaking on the upcoming panel hosted by NXUnite called, “Don't Take It for Granted: Grant Writing Best Practices in 2023.”

• May 2, 2023
• 3:00 PM ET
• Register here!

She is thrilled to have the opportunity to share her expertise and hear from fellow industry experts. Check out the other panelists here.

During this panel you will hear about:

• strategies for finding and getting to know potential funders;
• grant crafting tips and what you should not miss;
• resources to help you through your grantseeking journey;
• and more! 
   

Funding Spotlights

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