GrantStation Insider - March 9, 2017

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National Funding
Opportunities Throughout the U.S.

Support for Collaborations to Promote Child-Centered Communities
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Raising Places: Building Child-Centered Communities
The Raising Places: Building Child-Centered Communities initiative, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will engage diverse partners to catalyze local momentum in building healthier communities where all children and their families can thrive. Through Raising Places, Greater Good Studio will offer a catalytic process to help communities throughout the U.S. explore both symptoms and root causes of local challenges, identify leverage points, and create tangible solutions that address these challenges at different levels and types of impact. Up to six grants of $60,000 will be awarded to communities from across the country to participate in a nine-month, lab-based process, designed and facilitated by Greater Good Studio. The specific outcomes of the work will vary in each community, based on the local interpretation of “healthy, child-centered community” and the challenges they want to prioritize. The letter of intent deadline is March 31, 2017; full proposals will be due May 5, 2017. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the Funding Opportunity Brochure.

Programs Serving Seniors' Needs Funded
AARP Foundation: Identifying Evidence-Based Solutions for Vulnerable Older Adults
The AARP Foundation works to ensure that older adults have nutritious food, safe housing, a steady income, and strong and sustaining social bonds. Through the Identifying Evidence-Based Solutions for Vulnerable Older Adults grant competition, the Foundation will fund programs serving low-income and vulnerable older adults that align with the following four impact areas: food security, income, housing, and isolation. Grants will range from $50,000 to $300,00 depending on the level of evidence and maturity of the program. Eligible organizations include institutions of higher education, public entities, and nonprofit organizations. The pre-application deadline is April 7, 2017; invited full applications will be due on May 19, 2017. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the Request for Applications.

Grants Enhance Early Childhood Oral Health
ADA Foundation: Samuel D. Harris Fund for Children’s Dental Health
The American Dental Association (ADA) Foundation works to improve the public's oral health through a variety of grants, scholarships, and awards that support oral health education programs. The Foundation’s Samuel D. Harris Fund for Children’s Dental Health provides grants of up to $5,000 to nonprofit organizations and government agencies that sponsor early childhood caries prevention education programs for caregivers of preschool-aged children in the United States and its territories. Priority will be given to programs that support intervention at or before the eruption of the primary teeth, and programs that teach caregivers how to clean infants’ teeth between 12 and 30 months of age. The application deadline is April 14, 2017. Visit the ADA Foundation’s website to download the application worksheet and to submit an online application.

Time for Reflection Provided to Christian Pastors
Lilly Endowment National Clergy Renewal Program
The Lilly Endowment National Clergy Renewal Program, administered by the Christian Theological Seminary, seeks to strengthen Christian congregations by providing opportunities for pastors to step away briefly from the obligations of daily parish life and to engage in a period of renewal and reflection. In 2017 the program will provide grants of up to $50,000 to congregations for the support of a renewal program for their pastor. Up to $15,000 of the grant may be used to help the congregation fulfill pastoral duties during the pastor’s absence and to support activities that enable the congregation as a whole to be renewed in its ministry. Christian congregations whose ordained pastors have a Master of Divinity degree from an accredited theological school are eligible to apply. Congregations in any of 49 states may apply. (The Endowment offers a separate program for Indiana congregations.) Applications must be submitted online or postmarked by April 21, 2017. Visit the Christian Theological Seminary’s website to download the Request for Proposals.

Regional Funding
Opportunities for Specific Areas

Neighborhood Projects in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Supported
Wells Fargo Regional Foundation
The Wells Fargo Regional Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life for children and families living in low-income neighborhoods in Delaware, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania. The Foundation offers the following two competitive grant programs: Neighborhood Planning Grants of $25,000 to $100,000 support intensive 12 to 24 month resident-driven neighborhood planning processes. The application deadline for this program is September 1, 2017. Neighborhood Implementation Grants of $100,000 to $1,250,000 over five years support comprehensive community development projects that target specific neighborhoods. Funded projects must be based on a current resident-driven neighborhood plan. The application deadlines for this program are April 7 and October 20, 2017. Visit the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation website to learn more about both grant programs and to take the eligibility quiz.

Funds for Broadband Technology Initiatives in Rural Minnesota
Blandin Foundation: Broadband Innovation Grant Program
The Blandin Foundation partners with community-focused organizations throughout rural Minnesota to foster resilient, vibrant rural communities. The Foundation’s Broadband Innovation Grant Program provides matching funds to nonprofit organizations and public agencies in rural Minnesota communities for projects that promote access, adoption, and use of broadband technologies. Access strategies are designed to improve a community’s access to broadband services, either communitywide or in targeted locations. Adoption strategies are designed to overcome barriers to the use of broadband technologies within the community, with a focus on end-user devices, broadband services, and training. Use strategies are designed to stimulate more active use of available technologies for healthcare, education, business, and government. Requests are reviewed quarterly; the remaining deadlines for 2017 are April 7, June 23, and September 22. Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the program.

Grants Strengthen Native Communities in the Pacific Northwest
Potlatch Fund: Community Building
The Potlatch Fund acknowledges that whether residing on a rural reservation or within a large metropolitan area, nurturing a sense of community is essential to Native people and their identity. Through the Community Building grants program, the Fund provides support to Tribes, Tribal nonprofits, and Native nonprofits based in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The program focuses on initiatives that address the root causes of social, economic, environmental, and racial injustice, with the belief that communities inherently have a wealth of knowledge to address their own issues, given adequate resources. Ideally, this program is envisioned to increase the capacity of individuals and organizations, and enhance the well-being of a community as a whole. The application deadline is April 5, 2017. Visit the Potlatch Fund’s website to learn more about the Community Building grants program.

Support for Health Initiatives in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
COPIC Medical Foundation
The COPIC Medical Foundation supports health-related nonprofit organizations in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, and Oklahoma that address patient safety and quality improvement. Grants are provided to organizations that focus on quality of care, improving patient safety, reducing medical errors, and improving disease management and transitions in care. The Foundation supports activities that are centered on education and training of healthcare professionals; pilot programs that are designed to improve medicine; and development, implementation, or changes in healthcare-related systems, tools, and processes that improve outcomes. Letters of intent may be submitted throughout the year. The first application deadline for 2017 is April 1. Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the application process.

Federal Funding
Opportunities from the U.S. Government

Program Restores and Protects the Great Lakes
Forest Service
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative supports projects that restore, protect, and maintain the Great Lakes ecosystem. The application deadline is April 13, 2017. 

Funding Available to Help the Homeless
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Grants for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals program supports the integration of behavioral health treatment and services for substance use disorders, permanent housing, and other critical services for families and individuals (including youth) experiencing homelessness. The application deadline is April 25, 2017.

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