ALLSTATE FOUNDATION http://www.allstate.com/foundation/funding-guidelines.aspx
Grants for national & local programs for: 1) Safe & vital communities; 2) Economic empowerment; & 3) Tolerance, inclusion & diversity.
Pets & Women's Shelters Program (PAWS)
AMERICA HUMANE 703-836-PETS
http://www.americanhumane.org/human-animal-bond/programs/pets-and-womens-shelters/
Technical assistance & grants to encourage domestic & family violence emergency housing shelters allow residents to bring their pets with them.
Caring Attitudes, ARTHUR VINING DAVIS FOUNDATIONS
Dr. Jonathan Howe 904-359-0670
http://www.avdf.org/programs-healthcare.htm
Grants to $200K for efforts to encourage caring attitudes in the delivery of patient care. Projects should have the potential for widespread practical application & be of interest to other groups.
BEN & JERRY’S FOUNDATION
802-846-1543 X7485
http://www.benjerry.com/company/foundation/success-stories/
Generally give $1.1M annually in grants to $15K for grassroots organizations fomenting progressive social change by addressing the underlying conditions of societal or environmental problems.
Community Grants Program,
BRISTOL MEYERS SQUIBB http://www.bms.com/responsibility/building_our_communities/apply_for_community_grants/Pages/default.aspx
Grants for programs/ organizations that improve public health, help children succeed in school, and assist people in communities where employees live & work - in particular, to address unmet medical needs, reduce health disparities, improve education in schools & provide essential services to people in need through community programs.
CAMPBELL FOUNDATION
http://www.campbellfoundation.net/index.html
954-493-8822 / Fax-8801
campfound@aol.com
Grants to $60K focusing on alternative, nontraditional avenues of research that will have direct clinical impact/relevancy to the HIV care/research community 5-7 years.
CARNAGIE HERO FUND COMMISSION
http://www.carnegiehero.org/
800-447-8900 Fax 412-281-5751
Founded in 1904, the fund honor civilians who perform acts of heroism in civilian life in the US & Canada, & provides financial assistance for those disabled & the dependants of those killed helping others including one-time grants, scholarship aid, death benefits, & continuing assistance. About 20% of the medals are awarded posthumously.
Healthy Living Grant (Letter of inquiry)
CHARLES LAFITTE FOUNDATION
http://www.charleslafitte.org/applications.html
Small foundation supporting innovative & effective ways for people to help themselves & others around them lead healthy & satisfying lives with in the areas of education, youth advocacy, & medical research.
Family Assistance Program: Emergency Fund
CHILDREN AFFECTED BY AIDS FOUNDATION
http://www.caaf.org/
(Go to “Initiatives” at the top, then “Family Assistance” on the left of that page)
Angelica Valenzuela 310-258-0850 x 11
Grants to $2,000 per family per year are available to nonprofits for specific children (0-13) & their families; depending on the availability of funds.
CIGNA Community Grant
THE CIGNA FOUNDATION
http://www.cigna.com/about_us/community/giving.html
Grants to projects that focus their efforts on priority areas including: 1) the health of women, children & families, 2) obesity awareness & prevention, 3) patient/doctor communications & health literacy, 4) elimination of gender & ethnic disparities with health care, & 5) maintenance of healthy minds/bodies.
Charitable Grants
CITIZENS BANK GRANT FOUNDATION
http://www.citizensbank.com/community/corporate/grants.aspx
Grants to 1) promote affordable housing; 2) encourage the development of innovative responses to basic human needs; 3) encourage community-based services targeted to low & moderate-income families & individuals; and 4) promote new ways to address issues of economic self-sufficiency.
Helping Children in Urban Poverty Grants
MICHAEL & SUSAN DELL FOUNDATION
http://www.msdf.org/Grants/Grant_Application/default.aspx
Fax 512-600-5501 / info@msdf.org
Grants to support / initiate programs that directly serve the needs of children living in urban poverty in 5 essential focus areas: education, health, safety, youth development, & early childhood care.
FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK
http://www.fcny.org/fcny/about/
212-925-6675 / 5675
While not accepting letters of inquiry or unsolicited proposals at this time, Short-term Loans ($5K to $40K) are available to nonprofits whose funding is delayed as well as an Incubator/ Partner Project Program to provide support to start-up organizations so they can concentrate their energy & resources on program & fundraising, and the Jericho Faith-Based Assistance Project provides an opportunity for faith-based institutions to increase & enhance their youth programming & management capacity.
HEARST FOUNDATIONS
http://hearstfdn.org
212-586-5404 / Fax-1917
In 2009 granted over $25M under the broad priorities of Education, Culture, Health, & Social Service. While most grants are to large organizations, some grants go to CBOs.
Children Welfare Grant Program
HECKSCHER FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN http://www.heckscherfoundation.org/guidelines/grant_guidelines/index.html
212-744-0190 / Fax-2761
Grants for program support, capacity-building, capital projects & general operating support.
Each month on the 15th - Helping Hands Fund, ALL STARS HELPING KIDS
http://adjix.com/ir5d
Grants to $3.5K to promote a safe, healthy & rigorous learning environment for disadvantaged children in low-income communities.
Giving
JP MORGAN CHASE
http://www.jpmorganchase.com/cm/cs?pagename=Chase/Href&urlname=jpmc/community/grants
Contacts for:
Manhattan (South of 96th Street) - Kim Jasmin: kim.l.jasmin@chase.com
Bronx / Manhattan (96th Street & North) - Gale Jennings O’Bryne: gayle.jenning@jpmorgan.com Brooklyn / Staten Island - Seth Edwards: seth.edwards@chase.com
Queens / Long Island - Vinford Mentar: vinford.mentar@chase.com
Applications require internet access & can be made in the following areas: Community development through Resident-focused programming that addresses workforce development; asset building,& financial literacy including: Continuing Education Courses, Adult Literacy Outreach, Job Training, Money Management Basics, Credit Repair, EITC (Earned Income Tax Credits) Workshops, Homeownership/ Homebuyer Workshops, Foreclosure Prevention Community-focused programming that addresses economic development and affordable housing: Economic Planning, Small Business Technical Assistance & Financing, Job Creation, Affordable Housing Development & Preservation; Education through Development of instructional leaders, Implementation of innovative curricula, Deepening teacher content knowledge, Strengthening of instructional strategies, Strengthening district capacity to support innovation, Extending learning opportunities, College access initiatives, & Dissemination of best practices; ; and Arts & Culture through Arts programs in schools/after school, Building capacity of community-based arts institutions, Broadening access to artistic excellence & diversity by partnering with major arts & culture groups.
KRESGE FOUNDATION
http://www.kresge.org/
248-643-9630 / Fax-0588
Gave grants of nearly $205M in 2008 primarily in matching funds for capital projects in health, the environment, arts & culture, human services & community development. New Green Building Initiative provides planning grants to advance environmental sustainability, & new & evolving Health & Environmental Programs go way beyond the traditional Kresge challenge grants. Relief Loan Fund (following) for Human Service Agencies responding to the Effects of the Economic Crisis, & newly implemented Caring Community Grants.
MERCK FAMILY FUND
http://www.merckff.org/grantguidelines.html
301-270-2970 / Fax-2973
Grants averaging $20K in 2 broad areas: protecting the natural environment & addressing the root causes of problems faced by socially & economically disadvantaged people focusing on urban community-building & meeting the needs of disadvantaged youth.
Non-Parent Caregiver Grant (the Child-Only Grant)
New York State Kinship Navigator,
NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES
http://nysnavigator.org/
877-454-6463
navigator@nysnavigator.org
Grants to $400 per month in financial assistance for grandparents raising grandchildren or other relative caregivers if caring for 1 child ($525 for 2 children & $650 for 3 children). Only the Child’s income & resources are considered, the caregivers’ income is not requested. Legal custody or guardianship is not required though caregivers must be caring for the child full-time without a parent in the home.
Until March 31, 2014
Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance,
Bureau of Refugee & Immigrant Assistance (BRIA),
NY STATE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY & DISABILITY ASSISTANCE (OTDA)
Thomas Keenan 518-402-3022 or thomas.keenan@otda.state.ny.us
For NYC health care providers to administer initial refugee medical screening & immunization services to newly arriving refugees & other eligible populations at a per capita medical screening rate of $346.39 for two office visits. Applicants must demonstrate appropriate clinical & staffing capacity as well as linkage to refugee resettlement agencies & ancillary care. Applicants must also meet the requirements of NYC Executive Order 120, a citywide policy on language access to ensure the effective delivery of city services to individuals that may have limited-English proficiency.
Rapid Response Grants,
NORTHSTAR FUND
http://northstarfund.org/grants/grant-categories-new.php
212-620-9110
Grants to $2K are available to CBOs responding quickly to unexpected political, social or economic events to organize strategic events or initiatives that could not have been anticipated in their regular program work. This fund does not support travel expenses for individual speakers or conference participants or fundraising events such as galas and walk-a-thons.
Letters of Inquiry - Education, Community & Medicine/Health Grants -
RGK FOUNDATION
http://www.rgkfoundation.org/public/guidelines#programs
512-474-9298/ Fax -7281
Gave nearly $9M nationally in 2008 in grants averaging $25K to nonprofits providing services in the areas of Community, Education & Medicine/Health, more specifically for children & family services, early childhood development, parenting education, after-school educational enrichment programs, promotion of the health & well-being of children, & programs that promote access to health services. Few grants to NYC!
Health Impact Project,
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON & PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20921
202-540-6012
Up to 15 grants to $150K (over 24 months) to encourage the use of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to help decision-makers better assess proposed policies, projects, & programs with respect to their impact on health so that they may avoid adverse health consequences & costs and improve health.
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION
http://www.robinhood.org/
212-227-6601
Grants to $200K for general/operating support, program development & seed money as well as technical assistance to organizations serving very low income NYC residents in Early Childhood & Youth, Education, Jobs & Economic Security, & Survival.
SELF DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLE
http://www.pcusa.org/sdop
888-728-7228 X 5782 / Fax (502) 569-8963
Small committee of Presbyterian Church (though grantees need have no religious affiliation) providing grants internationally to grassroots groups run by the people who benefit from their organizations' work, addressing the impact & structure of historic patterns of oppression, marginalization, racism, & poverty.
Mix It Up Grants –
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
http://www.tolerance.org/teens/grants.jsp
$500 grants for youth ages (13 & older) who serve as decision-makers in a project focusing on identifying, crossing & challenging social boundaries in schools & communities.
Shared Planet Youth Action Grants,
STARBUCKS FOUNDATION
http://www.starbucksfoundation.com/index.cfm?objectid=525D51E7-1D09-317F-BBF9A860BE884D22
Grants to $25K for organizations that provide young people (6 to 24) with a continuum of service opportunities in social entrepreneurship.
UNION SQUARE AWARDS
http://www.unionsquareawards.org/
Grants to $30K for grassroots organizations in NYC. In spring awards for Arts Organizations working with youth & families in low-income communities in ongoing, innovative, & creative ways, & in the fall for organizations working in the areas of homelessness & hunger; HIV/AIDS prevention, education and treatment; youth leadership & organizing; family & community development; economic self-sufficiency and conflict resolution.
UNITED HEALTHCARE CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION http://www.uhccf.org/pdfs/UHCCF_General_Brochure2008.pdf
Grants to $5K to help pay for children’s health care services such as speech & physical therapy, occupational therapy sessions, prescriptions, & medical equipment such as wheelchairs, orthotics, & eyeglasses. Families of children 16 & younger must meet economic guidelines, reside in the US, & be covered by a commercial health benefit plan.
Helping Outreach Programs to Expand Hope (HOPE) Grants,
US OFFICE FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/expandingoutreach/welcome.html
202-307-5983 / F 202-514-6383
Grants of $5K for grassroots community/faith-based victim service organizations/ coalitions to improve outreach/ services through support of program development, networking, coalition building, development of program literature, training advocates; newsletters, victim outreach efforts, & recruiting volunteers.
Community Needs,
WACHOVIA FOUNDATION
Deborah Smith 212-214-4390
https://www.wachovia.com/foundation/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=93b85ef43a0aa110VgnVCM1000004b0d1872RCRD&vgnextfmt=default
Grants to support organizations working to improve communities with low-to moderate-income with the priorities of improving education,
Charitable Giving Grants,
WALGREENS
http://diversity.walgreens.com/ourcommunity/corporate_giving.html
Grants available to organizations that focus on improving community access to health & wellness, civic & community outreach, & mentoring initiatives. Health is the major area of focus and will receive the largest share of the budget.
Good luck!!