GrantStation Insider: December 15, 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.

Grants Enhance Out-of-School Time Programs for Middle Schoolers
New York Life Foundation: Aim High
The Aim High grant program, funded by the New York Life Foundation and administered by the Afterschool Alliance, provides support nationwide for out-of-school time programs serving middle school youth. The aim is to bolster the ability of after-school and summer learning programs to prepare middle school students for success in high school, college, and life. For this year's cycle, 20 one-year grants of $15,000 each will be awarded: ten for programs' efforts around racial equity and social justice and ten for programs' efforts around youth well-being. Twenty two-year grants of either $50,000 per year or $25,000 per year will focus on supporting programs in enhancing direct service activities, technical assistance, capacity building, and their efforts in continuing to serve youth while facing the challenges of the pandemic and beyond. Funded programs must serve a high percentage—at least 75 percent—of low-income youth. Applications are due February 1, 2023. Visit the Afterschool Alliance website to download the request for proposals and submit an online proposal.

Fellowship Supports Racial Justice Leaders
Soros Equality Fellowship
The Soros Equality Fellowship, offered by the Open Society Foundations, seeks to support individual leaders influencing the racial justice field in the United States. Through this Fellowship, Open Society aims to provide a network of leaders, representing the diversity of experiences, with the resources to address racial inequality and the space they need to imagine a more equitable future. Each fellow's project should identify a challenge and propose a critical intervention that will address the systems that reinforce inequities and discrimination in the United States. Fellows typically receive a stipend of around $130,000 over 18 months to support expenses related to the project as well as the fellow's living expenses. Applications are also being accepted for the Foundations' Soros Justice Fellowship, which funds outstanding individuals to undertake projects that advance reform, spur debate, and catalyze change on a range of issues facing the U.S. criminal justice system. The application deadline for both programs is January 31, 2023. Visit the Foundations' website for more information on both programs.

Programs for People with Parkinson's Disease Funded
Parkinson's Foundation: Community Grants
The Parkinson's Foundation's Community Grants aim to further the health, wellness, and education of people with Parkinson's disease (PD) across the U.S. The current focus is on programs that educate and deliver exercise programs specifically designed for people with PD, address the intersection of mental health and PD, and reach and support care partners of individuals with PD. Applications are accepted from nonprofit organizations, healthcare facilities, and for-profit organizations for programs offered at no cost. Eligible applicants must operate on the local level or be an affiliate or chapter of a larger organization that operates locally. The application deadline is January 31, 2023. Application guidelines and the online grants application system are available on the Foundation's website.

Prize Recognizes Older Nonprofit Founders
AARP Purpose Prize
The AARP Purpose Prize honors extraordinary people ages 50 and older throughout the United States who are using their life experience to make a difference and build a better future for all. Individual founders or co-founders of a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization based in the fifty U.S. states or the District of Columbia that use innovative approaches to an existing or emerging problem are eligible to enter. Applicants must currently be age 50 or older and have begun the work they are doing at the age of 40 or older. (There is no limit on the type of social impact issues considered.) Up to five Purpose Prize winners will be awarded $50,000 for their nonprofit organization, while up to ten Purpose Prize fellows will receive $10,000 for their organization. In addition, both winners and fellows will have access to a number of technical assistance resources to help broaden their organizations' impact. The call for applications is open through February 28, 2023. Visit the Purpose Prize website to read the official rules and FAQs and to access the application form.

Regional Funding
Opportunities for specific geographic areas

Support Available for Texas Organizations Serving the Elderly
Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust
The Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust supports nonprofit organizations throughout the state of Texas that provide services to the elderly. Types of programs considered for funding include health centers, recreation programs, retirement services, Alzheimer's initiatives, meal delivery programs, nursing facilities, etc. Support is also provided for primary caregiver education programs focusing on the elderly and nursing scholarships for students specializing in gerontology. Grants generally range from $5,000 to $50,000. Grant funds must be used within the state of Texas for the benefit of those 60 years of age and above or those born with Down's syndrome age 47 years and above. All application forms and supporting documents must be received in the office by no later than January 31, 2023, to be considered. Early submission is recommended to avoid any issues with the mail and, should something be missing, to give the Trust time to call and request it. Application guidelines and forms are available on the Trust's website, including a list of required supporting documents. The staff of the Trust encourages telephone calls prior to submission to discuss request ideas.

Grants Advance Public Policy Work in New Jersey
The Fund for New Jersey
The Fund for New Jersey works to improve the quality of public policy decision-making on the most significant issues affecting the people of New Jersey and the region. The Fund's grantmaking advances systemic and sustainable solutions to public problems through the work of policy, advocacy, analysis, and organizing. (Support is rarely provided for local activities or direct services unless these projects are designed to support systemic change.) Letters of inquiry are accepted throughout the year and reviewed quarterly. Visit the Fund's website for instructions on submitting a letter of inquiry.

Funding Benefits Rural Communities in Idaho, Montana, and Appalachian Kentucky
The Steele-Reese Foundation
The Steele-Reese Foundation is committed to supporting rural communities in Idaho, Montana, the Native nations that share the geography, and Appalachian Kentucky. Areas of interest for the Idaho and Montana Grant Program, serving rural Idaho and Montana as well as the Native nations within these states, include rural education, rural health, rural human and social services, rural arts and humanities, and rural conservation or preservation. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and governmental entities or agencies such as schools, fire departments, and libraries are eligible to apply. The 2023 letter of inquiry (LOI) process opens on January 16, 2023, and closes once 100 LOIs have been received, or on January 31, 2023, whichever occurs first. (Potential applicants are encouraged to contact Linda Tracy, Western Director, to discuss their proposal before submitting a letter of inquiry.) The Foundation's Appalachian Kentucky Grant Program supports rural education projects in Appalachian Kentucky. The application deadline for this program is March 1, 2023. Visit the Foundation's website for more information on both grant programs.

STEM Education Supported in CT, FL, NY, and DC
Glenn W. Bailey Foundation
The Glenn W. Bailey Foundation's mission is to foster pathways to success in globally competitive STEM careers for students. Support is provided to nonprofit organizations operating in and primarily benefiting Connecticut, Florida, New York, and Washington, D.C. Funding is provided for projects and programs that give students and educators more resources for developing and participating in STEM-based, hands-on learning. Additional interests include entrepreneurial programs that teach business, money management, marketing, leadership, strategy, financing, and startup skills; innovative environmental projects that utilize interdisciplinary research to identify and address critical environmental problems with innovative solutions; and projects that contribute to advancements in biomedical research and innovation to accelerate the progress in medical research and drug treatment development for high-mortality, under-funded areas of need. Grants typically average between $20,000 and $35,000. Letters of inquiry are reviewed on a rolling basis. Visit the Foundation's website to read the FAQs and access the letter of inquiry form.

Federal Funding
Opportunities from the U.S. government

Program Supports Career Development for Seniors
AmeriCorps
The AmeriCorps Seniors Workforce Development Senior Demonstration Program seeks to engage adults ages 55 and older using service opportunities, certification, training, and mentoring as the avenue to skilled, professional, or para-professional career employment. Additionally, funding is available through a partnership with Public Health AmeriCorps for projects that address the public health needs of local communities, advance health equity, and create pathways to public health careers for older adults. The application deadline is February 1, 2023.

Low-Income Housing Grants Available
Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) awards grants to eligible national and regional nonprofit organizations and consortia to purchase home sites and develop or improve the infrastructure needed to set the stage for sweat equity and volunteer-based homeownership programs for low-income persons and families. Land acquisition, infrastructure improvements, and reasonable and necessary planning and administration costs are eligible. The application deadline is January 23, 2023.

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Non Profit Checklist: Ten Things to Do Before Year End
The end of 2022 is approaching. Have you done everything necessary to keep your nonprofit running smoothly in the coming year? The article "Non Profit Checklist: Ten Things to Do Before Year End" can help you ensure that nothing slips through the cracks. Published by Caritas Law Group on the Charity Lawyer Blog, this article outlines ten things all nonprofits should do by the end of the year to ensure certain responsibilities are met.

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Enhance Your Funding Success Through Partnerships
Effective partnerships can make your applications even more appealing to funders. That's why connectedness has never been so important. But successful partnerships rarely "just happen." They usually require strategic steps and resources in order to reach their highest potential. Therefore, you need to think about both setting up collaborations and managing them. During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will give you details about the different collaborative models your nonprofit can engage in so that you can increase the odds of getting funded. The webinar will be held on Monday, December 19, 2022.

How to Include Your Participants in Program Design
Funders often ask how your organization includes program participants in the development, design, or implementation of your programs. There's only one way to actually answer this question: You must actually engage your participants! Discussing how to set up and run your programs with your target population may seem like just an additional step to get funded. But it can actually save you time and resources in the long run because it helps you create meaningful programs that get to the root cause of people's needs. During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will show you how to solicit input from those you serve (or plan to serve) so that your programs are more impactful. The webinar will be held on Monday, January 9, 2023.

(FREE) How to Use QuickBooks for Donor Thank-You Letters
Do you struggle to send IRS-required thank-you letters out to your donors? Did you know that you can actually send IRS-compliant donor thank-you letters directly out of QuickBooks? You can either print or email them. It's very cool! You can even do it with one click at the same time you are recording the donation. We are very excited to have Gregg Bossen, a CPA specializing in auditing nonprofits and president of QuickBooks Made Easy for Nonprofits, present this one-of-a-kind and highly requested webinar! The webinar will be held on Thursday, January 12, 2023.

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An Introduction to Our U.S. Research Specialist, Jasmine Foster

I took the long way around to becoming GrantStation's newest researcher. With a pre-vet degree in animal science, I raised baby racehorses, then added an education degree and became the lone science teacher at a tiny school in northern Quebec. After that, I spent two years as a medical writer for a genomics startup and bought a small farm with three of my friends. With the farm (and the friends) came ambitions of a nonprofit organization of our own, and soon I was training feral mustangs during my off hours.

Now, I'm part of the team that maintains GrantStation's U.S. database of funder profiles. In my day to day, you're just as likely to find me wrapped in a blanket researching funders as saddling up and putting the first ride on a formerly wild horse. Because I run my own nonprofit organization, I know all too well how important it is (and how difficult it can be) to find support for your mission. That's the context I try to bring to my research.

GrantStation is such a cool place to work because everyone cares a lot, and everyone gets what it means to put your heart and soul into something that matters to you. That's why I'm so excited to be here!

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