GrantStation Insider: December 1, 2022

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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.

Grassroots Climate Solutions Funded
Fund for Frontline Power
Fund for Frontline Power, housed at The Solutions Project, is a grassroots-governed fund supporting grassroots-led climate solutions. The Fund seeks to move resources to frontline communities who are implementing climate solutions that are inclusive, regenerative, replicable, and scalable, including solutions that cut emissions, facilitate resilience, strengthen local regenerative economies, and build power on the front lines of the climate crisis. Unrestricted, general operating grants will be provided to organizations that have majority Black, Indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC) leadership; are grassroots-based and serving BIPOC communities as a priority; are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or can be fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit; demonstrate community work and partnerships; and have an annual budget of no more than $1.5 million. Grants between $25,000 and $250,000 will be made, depending on the applicant's annual organizational budget. (Outside the U.S., Climate Justice Alliance members working in the Global South can apply for support for international projects.) The application deadline is January 15, 2023. Visit the Fund for Frontline Power website to read the FAQs and apply online.

Opportunity Advances Mental Health Equity
New Profit: Mental Health Equity Catalyze Cohort
In early December, New Profit will be accepting applications from organizations working at the intersection of health equity and mental health across the United States for its upcoming Mental Health Equity Catalyze cohort. Through this cohort, New Profit seeks to support a range of cross-cutting systems-change approaches (e.g., narrative change, ecosystem development, advocacy, movement building) at the intersection of mental health and well-being and the social drivers of health. New Profit especially seeks to invest in organizations that are focused on creating change through behavioral and mental healthcare and services, as well as programs that intentionally focus their efforts on non-medical drivers of behavioral and mental health. $100,000 in unrestricted funding and cohort-based capacity-building programming will be provided to up to 16 innovative systems-change leaders and nonprofit organizations. Priority will be given to racially and ethnically diverse leaders, with an emphasis on Black, Latinx, and Indigenous leaders. Eligible applicants must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations or organizations with a fiscal sponsor, be led by a social entrepreneur, have been in operation at least two years, and be early-stage, but not seed-stage. New Profit will accept calls for interest through December 7, 2022, from organizations seeking to confirm their eligibility or to learn more about this opportunity. Applications will be accepted from December 8, 2022, through January 13, 2023. Visit the New Profit website to read more.

Grants Promote African American Cultural Heritage Preservation
National Trust for Historic Preservation: African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund
The National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund provides support to advance ongoing preservation activities for historic places representing African American cultural heritage, such as sites, museums, theaters, sports venues, churches, schools, universities, and landscapes. Grants ranging from $50,000 to $150,000 are made in the following categories: capital projects, including restoration, rehabilitation, stabilization, and preservation of historic assets and buildings; organizational capacity building; project planning; and programming and interpretation. Public agencies and nonprofit organizations, including state and local preservation organizations, churches, private colleges or universities, historic sites, museums, historical societies, and genealogical associations, are eligible to apply. Letters of intent are due December 19, 2022; the deadline for invited applications is April 7, 2023. Visit the Trust's Preservation Leadership Forum website for details on the 2023 program.

Support Provided for Veteran Mental and Physical Wellness Programs
Disabled Veterans National Foundation: Capacity Building Grants
The Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) seeks to support disabled and at-risk veterans who leave the military wounded, physically or psychologically. DVNF's Capacity Building Grants support nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. who provide mental and physical health services directly to veterans and disabled veterans. Grants of up to $25,000 support programs including, but not limited to, service dogs, equine therapy, yoga, art therapy, recreational therapy, housing, and capacity building for employment. Letters of intent will be accepted from December 1 to December 31, 2022. Visit the DVNF website to review the application guidelines and access the online application process.

Regional Funding
Opportunities for specific geographic areas

Grants Enhance Learning Opportunities for Massachusetts Youth
Amelia Peabody Foundation
The Amelia Peabody Foundation aims to increase the number, range, and depth of positive learning experiences available to materially disadvantaged young people living in the cities and towns of Massachusetts. Grants are provided to nonprofit organizations, including neighborhood and community centers, youth centers, charter schools, out of school time and sport programs, YMCAs and YWCAs, and Boys & Girls Clubs, for projects and programs that are carried out in Massachusetts, especially in areas outside Boston. Examples of programs supported include work preparedness, education persistence and enrichment, mentoring and youth guidance, increased opportunities and deeper benefits for youth, facility and technology improvements, and expansions in the number of youth or communities served. Support is provided for programs, operations, and capital projects. Applications are reviewed four times a year; the upcoming deadline is January 3, 2023. Visit the Foundation's website to read the application information and access the online application.

Funding Available for Nonprofit Organizations Serving Kentucky
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels: Good Works Program
The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels' Good Works Program aims to support needy Kentucky charities and worthy organizations that stand ready to help all Kentuckians in having a boundless future. Grantmaking areas include community enhancement and support, education, health and rehabilitation, life skills, historic preservation, homelessness, youth services, veterans services and military, and services for low-income populations and those in crisis. Funding is generally limited to items that can be seen or touched. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that have been in existence for at least one year are eligible to apply. Large applications are due January 13, and medium applications are due January 27, 2023. Small applications and applications for organizations who have been in existence for one to five years are due February 10, 2023. Visit the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels website to download the 2023 guidelines.

Support Benefits Youth and the Environment in Hawai'i and Oregon
The Healy Foundation
The Healy Foundation provides support in Hawai'i and Oregon, with a focus on youth, the environment, and community. Unrestricted funding of up to $50,000 is provided to nonprofit organizations working in the areas of youth, including youth education, youth advocacy, and childhood poverty reduction, and the environment, including ecosystems protection and climate change mitigation. In addition, a small number of grants are made for community efforts, typically in response to an acute need. Letters of inquiry are accepted throughout the year and applications are reviewed quarterly. The upcoming application deadline is January 22, 2023. Visit the Foundation's website for more information on applying for a grant.

Nebraska Nonprofit Organizations Funded
Ethel S. Abbott Charitable Foundation
The Ethel S. Abbott Charitable Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations within the state of Nebraska that are trying to make a difference in people's lives. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, education, the arts, the environment, the disadvantaged, human services, sports, and wellness programs. Grant interest forms are accepted throughout the year. Visit the Foundation's website to access the online form.

Federal Funding
Opportunities from the U.S. government

Program Raises Awareness of Affordable Broadband
Federal Communications Commission
The Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program seeks to increase awareness of and participation in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which helps ensure that qualifying low-income households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare, and more through the provision of discounts for service. The Program seeks to enlist and empower trusted community messengers to develop innovative outreach strategies to reach historically underserved and unserved communities. This includes providing those partners with the funding and resources needed to increase participation among eligible low-income households in need of affordable internet. The application deadline is January 9, 2023. There will be separate notices of funding opportunity for the ACP Outreach Grant Program – Pilot Programs, including the Your Home, Your Internet Outreach Grants and the ACP Navigator Pilot Program Outreach Grants.

Grants Available for Recycling Education and Outreach
Environmental Protection Agency
The Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program is seeking to support projects that will improve consumer recycling education, with the goal of achieving separate collection of recycled material across the nation, maximizing the efficient reuse of materials, and identifying strategies that otherwise result in an increase in volume of recyclable materials. In addition, the Program is seeking applications for recycling education and outreach projects that address environmental justice concerns and focus predominantly on addressing the disproportionate and adverse human health, environmental, climate-related, and other cumulative impacts, as well as the accompanying economic challenges of such impacts, resulting from industrial, governmental, commercial, or other actions that have affected or currently affect people and communities of color, and low-income, tribal, Indigenous, and other vulnerable populations. The application deadline is January 16, 2023.

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Education Webinar: How to Conquer Year-End Stress and Start the New Year Strong

As a nonprofit professional, you're no stranger to stress, and you probably have experienced how our stress levels spike as we close out the year. But it doesn't have to be this way. Mindfulness can be a powerful tool to bring more focus to your life and work.

Join Foundant Technologies and certified mindfulness teacher Meico Marquette Whitlock for an informal meditation session. We'll do a brief practice together and talk about what mindfulness is and how it can help combat the stressors that arise as we close out the year.

Learn more and register for this free webinar on Thursday, December 15, 2022, at 10 AM MT/12 PM ET.

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

Giving Big: The Impact of Large, Unrestricted Gifts on Nonprofits
In late July 2020, MacKenzie Scott shocked the philanthropic and nonprofit worlds with the announcement that she had given $1.7 billion to 116 nonprofit organizations. The gifts came in the form of massive, unrestricted grants, with a significant proportion targeted to organizations focused on issues of equity. What impact have these grants had on the recipient organizations? A new report by The Center for Effective Philanthropy called Giving Big: The Impact of Large, Unrestricted Gifts on Nonprofits reveals the results from year one of a three-year study of MacKenzie Scott's giving.

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.

Evidence-Based Practices for Your Programs and Projects
Donors and funders naturally want to support programs "that work." So how can you build vital credibility with funders and donors? Demonstrate that your organization's approach to a problem is guided by research. During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will help you learn how to identify and select evidence-based practices that can be effective for your programs and projects and ultimately lead to more funding. You will have the opportunity to ask Alice questions about evidence-based practices so you walk away with a working knowledge of the varying levels of research that define different practices and the resources needed to find them independently. The webinar will be held on Monday, December 5, 2022.

Inside the Grantmaker's Black Box
If you're like 98% of grantseekers, you've never seen the entire grants review and decision-making process in action, from start to finish. Which means you probably don't understand what really goes on after a proposal vanishes inside the grantmaker's black box. But what if you could hop inside a real-life grantmaker's decision-making process and get an up-close look at what goes on? What if you had an insider's view of the in-the-trenches challenges, stresses, frustrations, surprises, internal timelines, and twists and turns the grantmaking team experiences at each step of the way, as it works hard to invest this year's grant dollars wisely and well? Can you imagine how the insights and takeaways from this experience might give you an edge in your own grants success? During this webinar, Maryn Boess will take you through an actual grants review and decision-making process which awarded a total of $600,000. The webinar will be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2022.

(FREE) Polish Your Grant Applications for 2023
With the competitive nature of proposal writing, nonprofit organizations often ask, "How can I make my grant applications stand out in a crowded field?" This is a great question as your time is valuable, and you want to maximize your efforts in putting strong proposals together. During this 60-minute webinar, Alice Ruhnke, President of GrantStation, will pull apart ten concepts that you can incorporate into your proposal development and writing strategies that will make your grant applications get positive attention from funders. We will also have time to answer some of your burning questions—you don't want to miss out on this free event! The webinar will be held on Monday, December 12, 2022.

GrantStation Announcements
The latest updates from GrantStation

An Introduction to Our Member Service Representative, Nancy Vargo

I began working for GrantStation in 2020 as the Member Service Representative. I had recently retired after working for a large corporate company for 30 years, managing projects and executive metric reporting. The incredible opportunity to work at GrantStation ended my short-lived retirement.

You may have heard from me after you sent us an email or called our number. I'm happy to answer any questions you have about using GrantStation or attending our webinars. I also help with administering our Membership programs. When I have extra time, I assist the research team with reviewing funder profiles. If you have any questions, please contact us at 877-784-7268 or info@grantstation.com.

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