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Legacy Foundation's 2024 Fall Transform Lake County Grant Application is Closing in 2 Weeks! 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 1 𝐚𝐭 5 𝐏𝐌 𝐂𝐒𝐓 To learn more and apply, visit: https://lnkd.in/dmVWYE2 Transform Lake County grants support Lake County, Indiana serving organizations. Eligible organizations can apply for one of two Transform Lake County grant categories: Programmatic: Supports programming that seeks to strengthen and empower nonprofits, neighborhoods, and residents in Lake County, Indiana. Grant awards range from $2,000 to $35,000. Capacity Building: Focus on improving organizations’ operating capacity so that they can provide essential services to the community. Grant awards range from $2,000 to $10,000.

Legacy Foundation's 2024 Fall Transform Lake County Grant Application is CLOSES TOMORROW! 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 1 𝐚𝐭 5 𝐏𝐌 𝐂𝐒𝐓 To learn more and apply, visit: https://lnkd.in/dmVWYE2 Transform Lake County grants support Lake County, Indiana serving organizations. Eligible organizations can apply for one of two Transform Lake County grant categories: Programmatic: Supports programming that seeks to strengthen and empower nonprofits, neighborhoods, and residents in Lake County, Indiana. Grant awards range from $2,000 to $35,000. Capacity Building: Focus on improving organizations’ operating capacity so that they can provide essential services to the community. Grant awards range from $2,000 to $10,000.

Most Americans support working with those holding different beliefs, and foundations are committing more of their resources to this work. That's the headline from a new Council on Foundations report we funded in partnership with Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE). Among the findings: ☑️  85% of foundations have funded connecting across differences within the past 10 years ☑️  Nearly a quarter allocated more than half of their grantmaking budget to this work. ☑️  More than 90% of those funding this work increased or maintained their investments between 2021 and 2022. Download the full report to learn more: https://lnkd.in/g5jK4t7Z

Our 2024 Spring Transform Lake County Grant applications are due at 5 PM Central TODAY! To learn more, visit: https://lnkd.in/dmVWYE2 Don't miss your opportunity to apply for one of two Transform Lake County grant categories: ▪️Programmatic: Supports programming that seeks to strengthen and empower nonprofits, neighborhoods, and residents in Lake County, Indiana. Grant awards range from $2,000 to $35,000. ▪️Capacity Building: Focus on improving organizations’ operating capacity so that they can provide essential services to the community. Grant awards range from $2,000 to $10,000.

For Racial Progress, Endowed Philanthropy Needs to Endow Its Grantees John H. Jackson and Susan Taylor Batten, Guest Contributors | February 01, 2024 Last November, school board candidates supporting honest and antiracist public education won the majority of elections across the country. This marked a watershed and encouraging moment for inclusive and comprehensive public education. It was an election proof of the power of grassroots movement building. For decades, organizers and leaders of color have been showing up at school board meetings. Participating in parent advisory groups. Organizing at state capitals. Registering voters. These activist students and parents are sustaining the fiber of our democracy and protecting our constitutional rights. Yet, as we found in our recent research with Candid, BIPOC-led organizations remain grossly underfunded, despite philanthropy’s stated commitments and interest in advancing racial justice. As the Schott Foundation will detail in a soon-to-be-released update of the #JusticeIsTheFoundation data project, the data still only shows 14% of all K-12 philanthropic dollars were invested in racial equity and justice in education between 2019 and 2021. Endowments are a long-term investment approach to change that. Grantees have told us what endowments could mean to them: a stable financial state, no longer dependent on the whims of philanthropy, and the freedom to plan for the long term. We endow museums, universities and hospitals, but we do not endow the infrastructure needed to keep our democracy working and advance racial justice, i.e., the grantees doing the work. It’s time to ask why that is, and what it would look like if that status quo were to change.

🎓 #Education nonprofits are vital in filling gaps in the system and helping pave the way for schools, educators, and students to achieve lasting success. Find out how grantmakers can amplify their impact by including #SkillsBasedVolunteering and other #CapacityBuilding approaches in their strategies to strengthen education nonprofits: https://hubs.la/Q02LlH3M0. Together, we create a brighter future for the next generation! 🌟 AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation, JerseySTEM, More Than Bootstraps #philanthropy

🚨 Grant Opportunities 🚨 ▶️ AAUW Community Action Grants provide up to $10k in funding to individuals and community-based nonprofits for general operating support and projects that promote STEM programs and equity for women and girls. Applications close November 15. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ewZ5xNiS ▶️ CREATE ACTION by Sony seeks to support local social justice organizations and the communities they serve. Organizations receive direct funding up to $100k, Sony Electronics products, and other opportunities for collaboration and marketing support. Applications close September 30. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gBFB_Zbb ▶️ AmeriCorps Seniors awards grants to programs that support older adults and their caregivers, reduce the number of unhoused people, or support local climate change or behavioral health initiatives. Applications close September 18. Learn more at 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eGicaF7s #Grants #GrantOpportunities #Funding #NonProfitFunding

Founded by Barbara Dalio, and led by co-CEOs Barbara Dalio and Andrew Ferguson, the team at Dalio Education works closely with educators, nonprofit leaders, and many others who serve young people who are disconnected or are at risk of becoming disconnected from education or the workforce. It is through this lens that our two premier initiatives are inspired and organized: Connecticut Opportunity Project (CTOP): A social investment fund that invests in and helps strengthen non-profit organizations in Connecticut serving young people who are severely off-track or disconnected from school and employment. https://lnkd.in/enP4sa64 Connecticut RISE Network: A nonprofit organization to facilitate improvement networks across schools and districts to ensure students graduate with a plan and the skills and confidence to achieve college and career success. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e24XCJ3e

According to a new report from Complete College America, a nonprofit whose goal it is to raise postsecondary attainment, states with college completion goals should adopt funding practices that give colleges and universities enough money upfront to meet those targets. The organization described this approach as “completion-goals funding,” which would link government money to the “actual cost of educating enough students to reach statewide completion goals.” Charles Ansell, Complete College America's vice president of research, policy and advocacy, suggested that outcomes-based funding can preserve inequities between public colleges. “If you are perpetuating an inequitable funding base to begin with, then what will happen is certain colleges that have more resources will be more adept at being able to meet the new student success targets that are being set forth, versus other colleges that may already be strapped for resources,” he said.

In the nonprofit sector, we often talk about the value and necessity of involving lived experience perspectives in our work. Yet, when it comes time to walk the walk of that work, we fall short. Next Thursday, I'll have the chance to share space with some fantastic friends and colleagues that work extensively in this arena with me. This is a great chance for funders, service providers, and nonprofit leaders to come and hear how two non-profits have approached this work, and how we've succeeded, the challenges we've faced, and where we can grow. Beyond just hearing from us, you'll also have a chance to engage directly in this issue from your own agency/foundation/organizational perspective, and leave with a clearer idea of how to support community and lived experience engagement in your own work.