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New Census Project Grants
While participation is mandatory, a number of populations – such as persons with limited English proficiency, new immigrant communities, the elderly; those with disabilities, the homeless, disconnected youth, and neighborhoods/buildings with high concentrations of low-income residents — traditionally have been undercounted, often due to isolation and concerns about privacy. As a result, the jurisdictions they live in often don’t receive the full benefit of federal representation and funding available to them.
Recently, The Community Foundation awarded a $35,000 grant to the Census Project, which supports outreach and public awareness activities that will help ensure a complete and thorough census count across the Washington, DC metropolitan region. The Project awards “mini grants” ranging in size from $1,500 to $3,000 to nonprofit organizations that will work in timely and culturally sensitive ways to make sure that “hard to count” residents complete and return their Census forms.
For more information, contact Angela Jones Hackley, Vice President, Community Investment, at (202) 263-4766 or ajoneshackley@cfncr.org.
A Neighbor In Need is a Neighbor Indeed
grant range is up to $25,000
Grants will be awarded to nonprofit direct service organizations whose primary purpose is to help low-income and disadvantaged adults and children meet basic needs for food, shelter, clothing, emergency financial assistance, prescriptions and foreclosure prevention. Priority will be given to organizations experiencing an increase in demand for service (within the past 12-24 months) as a result of the economic crisis.
Eligible Requests
– The organization’s primary purpose and the purpose of the request is to provide direct services to meet one or more of the following basic needs of low-income people: food, shelter, clothing, emergency financial assistance, prescriptions and foreclosure prevention.— Emergency financial assistance programs that provide support for rent/mortgage/basic utilities, prescriptions, and emergency medical or dental care
— Nonprofit pharmacy programs
— Pharmacy/prescription programs of non-Federally Qualified Health Clinics (non-FQHC’s) in Washington, DC, Montgomery County, MD, and Northern Virginia (Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William; and the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park)
— Pharmacy/prescription programs of FQHC’s in Prince George’s County, Maryland
— Case management/counseling services are eligible as long as they are an integral part of providing one or more of the “eligible” direct services listed above
— Emergency services (food, shelter, clothing, emergency financial assistance) for victims of domestic violence (adults and children) and victims of child abuse and neglect
— Foreclosure prevention programs are eligible as long as the goal of the service is to prevent homelessness. Funding for foreclosure prevention programs may include, for example, support for foreclosure intervention and prevention counseling, legal advice, representation or referral to help homeowners retain their homes, avoid foreclosure rescue scams or transition out of ownership without becoming homeless; and/or prevent homelessness for tenants at risk of eviction due to foreclosure
— The program has measurable outcomes; and can demonstrate quantitative and/or qualitative impact
— The organization serves residents of the greater Washington region which includes Washington, DC; Montgomery County and Prince George’s County in Maryland; and the following counties in Northern Virginia: Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William; and the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park
Previous applicants to and grantees of The Neighbors in Need Fund are eligible to apply.
Grantseeker Information Session
A conference call will be held on March 17, 2010 from 2:00-3:30pm for organizations specifically interested in this Safety-Net Services RFP and applying to The Neighbors in Need Fund for the March 31, 2010 deadline.Download all the materials here
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