GrantStation Insider: May 18, 2023

Application deadline: July 14, 2023
Grant amount: Five grants of $100,000 are awarded.
Description: The Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children's Mental Health Innovation Awards aim to identify and fund mental healthcare solutions for children and young adults across the U.S. Support is provided to direct-service organizations for new or piloted projects that will address the challenges of stress, anxiety, depression, or other mental health issues in children and young adults on a national or local level. Projects must tackle specific issues and address unmet needs, with a goal of reducing stigma, increasing access to care, improving equity in mental health, enabling early identification and prevention, and enhancing intervention, especially among disadvantaged and vulnerable populations. The focus is primarily on nonprofit organizations with an annual total revenue under $10 million. The five selected winners receive a grant of $100,000 and additional support through publicity, fundraising opportunities, and consultation with industry professionals. In response to the high volume of applications in previous years, the Alliance is expanding the Innovation Awards to support more charities. Through a capacity building platform, selected applicants will be invited to join expert-led and peer learning sessions, as well as networking opportunities, aimed to benefit small to mid-sized organizations.

Application deadlines: The remaining 2023 deadlines are June 30, September 30, and December 15.
Description: The Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative’s mission is to support efforts in the United States that promote safe and responsible use of off-highway vehicles, educate the public on proper recreational land use and wildlife conservation practices, and protect appropriate and sustainable access to public lands. Support is provided to nonprofit and tax-exempt groups, including clubs and associations, public riding areas, outdoor enthusiast associations, land conservation organizations, and communities with an interest in protecting, improving, expanding, and maintaining access for safe, responsible, and sustainable use by motorized off-road vehicles. Examples of funded projects include trail development and maintenance, stage area renovation and facilities, protecting environmentally sensitive areas from illegal or inadvertent off-highway vehicle use, safety and education, and wildlife and land management projects.

Application deadline: June 30, 2023, for letters of inquiry
Description: The United States-Japan Foundation is committed to promoting stronger ties between Americans and Japanese by supporting projects that foster mutual knowledge and education, deepen understanding, create effective channels of communication, and address common concerns. The Foundation’s Pre-College Education grant program supports innovative K-12 education projects that help young Americans and Japanese learn about each other’s society, culture, and country as well as learn to work together on issues of common concern. Areas of interest include teacher professional development projects that train U.S. teachers to teach about Japan and Japanese teachers to teach about the U.S., projects that work directly with students, projects that develop quality curriculum materials on America or Japan for educational audiences in the other country, projects that connect schools and classrooms in the U.S. and Japan, and projects that develop and improve instruction in Japanese language.

Application deadline: Applications will be accepted from May 22 to July 7, 2023.
Geographic scope: United States and U.S. territories
Grant amount: $30,000 to $200,000
Description: Community Care Corps supports local organizations across the United States for programs in which volunteers provide nonmedical assistance to family caregivers, adults age 60 and older, or adults with disabilities in order to maintain their independence. The 2023-2025 request for proposals will provide 18-month grants to establish, enhance, or grow model volunteer programs in home or community-based settings. Applications will also be accepted for programs providing volunteer chaperone assistance to non-emergency medical appointments and outpatient procedures. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, local communities, state and local governments, and Indian tribal governments and organizations. One optional informational webinar will be held on June 6, 2023, at 2:00 PM ET. 

Application deadline: July 3, 2023
Geographic scope: California
Grant amount: $5,000 grants for individuals and $12,500 grants for organizations and other groups
Description: The Alliance for California Traditional Arts’ Living Cultures Grant seeks to sustain and strengthen traditional arts in the state of California. The focus is on nurturing cultural continuity through the learning and practice of traditional arts, sustaining cultural practices with needed purchases and services, and engaging communities and others through public programs. Projects involving any genre of traditional arts—including but not limited to dance, music, foodways, material arts, and oral traditions—are welcome. Individual artists and culture bearers may apply for $5,000 grants and California-based nonprofits and tribal nations, as well as other organizations and community groups who work with fiscal sponsors, may apply for $12,500 grants. Approximately 75 to 100 grants will be awarded from a total pool of $850,000.

Application deadline: Expressions of interest for the fall 2023 grant cycle are due July 1, 2023.
Geographic scope: Appalachia, with emphasis on Virginia and West Virginia
Description: The Appalachian Stewardship Foundation (ASF) seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect freshwater streams and tributaries against the effects of pollution from energy development and use in Appalachia. ASF’s grant program supports Appalachian-based projects focused on greenhouse gas reduction and stream and fishery restoration, with preference on projects and programs benefiting Virginia and West Virginia. ASF encourages applications for public outreach and education about aquatic habitats or greenhouse gas mitigation benefits, carbon sequestration projects and research, “on the ground” or “in the stream” projects that produce greenhouse gas mitigation or stream restoration results, and pilot projects and demonstration projects that establish the feasibility of innovative greenhouse gas mitigation projects and stream restoration technologies and practices and advance their transfer to widespread use. Information on the application process and schedule is available on the ASF website.

Application deadline: None
Geographic scope: Iowa and Wisconsin
Description: The Alliant Energy Foundation provides support to improve the quality of life of communities served by Alliant Energy in Iowa and Wisconsin. The Foundation’s Giving for Good program provides support for events, programs, and initiatives in the following areas of interest: hunger and housing, workforce readiness, environmental stewardship, and community safety and engagement. Projects and outcomes that focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion are of particular interest.

Application deadline: None
Geographic scope: New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Grant amount: $5,000 to $20,000
Description: The Carl C. Anderson Sr. and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation funds nonprofit organizations in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Grants are provided for services supporting low-income and vulnerable populations or individuals, including essential needs of children and youth, and programs that improve or enhance the quality of life for seniors and people with disabilities. Examples of funded efforts include supplemental food, emergency and transitional housing and shelter, medical and dental care, therapeutic services, transportation, day services for seniors and people with disabilities, respite care, and early childhood intervention and development. Preference is given to nonprofits serving rural counties in all three states. (Funding is not currently provided in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and the Houston area.)

Application deadline: June 20, 2023
Description: The Community Connect Grant Program offers financial assistance to provide broadband service to all premises in rural, economically challenged communities where broadband service does not exist. Applicants are encouraged to consider projects that provide measurable results in helping rural communities build robust and sustainable economies through strategic investments in infrastructure, partnerships, and innovation. Key strategies include achieving e-connectivity for rural America, developing the rural economy, harnessing technological innovation, supporting a rural workforce, and improving quality of life.

Application deadline: June 20, 2023
Description: The Street Outreach Program supports prevention and intervention services to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, and severe forms of trafficking in persons. The program seeks to build relationships between street outreach workers and runaway, homeless, and street youth to move youth into safe and stable housing and prepare them for independence.

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Webinar date: May 23, 2023, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time  
Description: Getting meaningful feedback on your proposals from grantmakers can be frustrating. How do you get it? How do you make sense of it? And what do you do with it? In this all-new session, veteran grantmaker Maryn Boess puts on her grantmaker hat and shares some straight talk about asking for, getting, and making sense of funder feedback.

Webinar date: May 24, 2023, 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern Time  
Description: Finding the funds needed to fulfill your mission is a never-ending challenge for all nonprofits. Whether you’re part of an established nonprofit constantly searching for new funding to expand your programs, or you’re a one-person development office, which means you need to do it all, GrantStation can work for you because it is designed to help nonprofit organizations of all sizes get funded. During this live demo and Q&A session, Jeremy Smith, Director of Communications Technology, and Kerry Glauser, Senior Research Specialist, will show you how you can use GrantStation to complete your grant research quickly and get high-quality results.

Webinar date: May 31, 2023, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time  
Description: Are you new to proposal writing? Do you find yourself writing too many proposals that get rejected? For most nonprofits, there’s a consistent need to secure funding through grants. This leads to concerns about the potential consequences for your organization if too many of your proposals are rejected. Fortunately, there’s a proven path to success. During this fast-paced session, Amanda Pearce of Funding for Good will provide an introduction of the steps proposal-writing “pros” take in order to see long-term grants success. She’ll review the questions you need to answer prior to searching and applying for grant funds, outline the seven basic elements of most proposals, and show you how to match your needs to a funder’s specific priorities.

Learn more about funding searches with GrantStation. Watch any of these short mission-based videos for tips and techniques. This video features an example of a search for a nonprofit organization that is looking to expand hiking and biking trails in a county-owned recreational area.