Grants

 

∫  Dollar General Literacy Foundation ∫ Scattergood Foundation  ∫ Erie Insurance Group

∫ TD Bank Foundation ∫ Foundation for Financial Planning ∫ Yield Giving Open Call

Dollar General Literacy Foundation
April 27, 2023
https://www.dgliteracy.org

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is accepting applications to its Youth Literacy Grants program. This program provides funding to schools, public libraries, and nonprofit organizations to help students who are below grade level or experiencing difficulty reading.

Grant funding is provided to assist in the following areas:

  • Implementing new or expanding existing literacy programs
  • Purchasing new technology or equipment to support literacy initiatives
  • Purchasing books, materials or software for literacy programs

Applicant must provide direct service and reside within a state in which Dollar General operates, and be located within 15 miles of a Dollar General store. A store locator can be found here: https://www.dollargeneral.com/store-locator.html

Scattergood Foundation
April 28, 2023
https://www.scattergoodfoundation.org

The Scattergood Foundation is accepting letters of inquiry to their Mental Health initiative. The Foundation funds organizations and projects which disrupt the current behavioral health space and create impact at the individual, organizational, and societal levels.

Proposals should be for a pilot project, the early adoption of a program, or a novel policy and/or advocacy effort. The Foundation has made a conscious decision to prioritize innovative strategies.

Funding Priorities

  • Build a stronger, more effective, compassionate, and inclusive society where behavioral health is central
  • Recognize and challenge the historic and systemic inequalities that disadvantage and marginalize individuals, organizations, and communities
  • Share power responsibly
  • Listen to and elevate the voice of those who are often unheard
  • Bring together diverse agents of change
  • Accelerate improvement in programs, organizations, and systems by building skills in community

Eligibility

Applicants must be:

  • A 501(c)(3) organization
  • Behavioral Health Focused (focusing on mental health and/or substance abuse issues)
  • The proposed program should serve Greater Philadelphia or have national impact. The Foundation prioritizes funding in the Greater Philadelphia area but has the flexibility to fund organizations outside of the area, if the program has national implications.

Erie Insurance Group
April 1, 2023
https://www.erieinsurance.com

The Erie Insurance Group is accepting grant applications.

Erie Insurance considers charitable contributions to:

  • Nonprofit, tax exempt organizations under Section 501(c)3 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
  • Accredited educational institutions.

Guidelines for contributions and funding:

  • Erie Insurance will accept one request annually from any qualified organization.
  • National organizations will be funded at the local level.
  • Requests should support one of the community areas of focus: Safety, Community Building and Environmental Responsibility.
  • Requests will be directed to the ERIE office closest to the requesting organization.
  • Non-profit 501(c)3 organizations requesting funds should be located in the areas served by Erie Insurance.

You can submit a funding request under $10,000 for consideration at any time. The deadlines to submit funding requests of $10,000 or more are:

  • April 28, 2023

TD Foundation
April 28, 2023
https://www.td.com/us/en/about-us/communities/ready-commitment/funding-opportunities

TD Charitable Foundation supports and helps the communities it serves. The foundation partners with area nonprofit and public institutions to create meaningful change and improvement in communities.

The foundation focuses on the following areas of giving:

Financial Security

  • Early Learning: Provide programs that improve reading and math abilities in children Grades K – 6th
  • Income Stability: Create and prepare people who are in their midcareer for the jobs of tomorrow by investing in training, entrepreneurship and small business.
  • Financial Literacy: Increase financial literacy in a digital age.
  • Affordable Housing: Increase access to and supply of affordable housing by providing, building and/or refurbishing affordable housing units

Vibrant Planet

  • Green space: Enhance and activate green spaces to build stronger communities.
  • Low-carbon Economy: Target $100 billion (CDN) by 2030 to support the low carbon economy.

Connected Communities

  • Shared experiences: Increase opportunities to participate in events and activities that bring diverse people together
  • Arts & Culture: Support and create dialogues in art and culture that are reflective of all voices.
  • Local Needs: Help groups vulnerable to social isolation build connections in their community

Better Health

  • Innovative Solutions: Innovative Solutions: Improve access to care for all via programs that focus on early detection and intervention, aimed at reducing the development and severity of chronic diseases

Applications are only accepted from nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, public schools, and qualified state or local governmental entities.

2023 Deadlines

April 28
June 30
August 25
October 27

Foundation for Financial Planning
April 30, 2023
https://ffpprobono.org/our-work/grants/

The Foundation for Financial Planning (FFP) provides annual grants to community-based and national nonprofit organizations for programs linking volunteer financial planners to people in need. Eligible programs must engage Certified Financial Planner™ professionals as volunteers, include one-on-one engagements between financial planner volunteers and pro bono clients, and help people in need of financial guidance or in a financial crisis who are underserved by the market and couldn’t ordinarily access quality, ethical advice. U.S.-based nonprofits that share FFP’s commitment to helping underserved people achieve better financial stability and capability are eligible to apply.

Grants generally range from $5,000 to $40,000. The application deadline is April 30, 2023.

Visit the FFP website to access the online application portal.

Yield Giving Open Call
May 5, 2023
https://www.leverforchange.org/challenges/explore-challenges/yieldgivingopencall/

Yield Giving Open Call is an initiative focused on elevating organizations working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States: communities, individuals, and families with access to the fewest foundational resources and opportunities.

This initiative seeks community-led, community-focused organizations whose explicit purpose is to advance the voices and opportunities of individuals and families of meager or modest means, and groups who have met with discrimination and other systemic obstacles. Organizations best suited to this initiative will enable individuals and families to achieve substantive improvement in their well-being through foundational resources. This includes, for instance, organizations providing access to health care, stable and affordable housing, education and job training, support for sustained employment, asset ownership, civic engagement, and other pathways. They may also be engaged in data collection and communication to amplify the voices of people and communities struggling against inequities.

Community-led, community-focused nonprofit organizations from across the United States and U.S. Territories are invited to apply and share the impact they have had on the abilities of individuals and families in their communities to achieve substantive improvement in their well-being.

Interested organizations must register to apply before 4 p.m. U.S. Central Time on Friday, May 5, 2023. Complete applications are due before 4 p.m. U.S. Central Time on Monday, June 12, 2023. Organizations must have an annual operating budget of at least $1 million and no more than $5 million for at least two of the last four fiscal years to be eligible to apply.

The Yield Giving Open Call is being managed by Lever for Change, a nonprofit that leverages its networks to find and fund solutions to the world’s greatest challenges, including racial inequity, gender inequality, lack of economic development, and climate change.

After applications are submitted, they will undergo Administrative Review and Participatory Review by other applicants. In the Fall of 2023, up to 1,000 applicants top-rated by their peers will advance to the Evaluation Panel Review by a panel recruited for experience relevant to this initiative. The donor team will select from among the organizations recommended by their peers and this external evaluation panel and announce 250 awardees in early 2024. Each awardee will receive an unrestricted operating gift of $1 million.