The Greater Toledo Community Foundation created the Equity & Access Initiative Fund to proactively address the concerns raised by communities that are disproportionately impacted by inequity and lack of access in the Greater Toledo area.
Donor Name: Greater Toledo Community Foundation
State: Ohio and Michigan
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/02/2022
Details:
Greater Toledo Community Foundation seeks proposals that address a variety of areas including advocacy, economic development, employment and nonprofit capacity. Due to the complexity of these issues, only organizations with experience working within a proposal’s target geography will be considered. The Foundation seeks collaborative proposals that leverage multiple partners’ expertise. Applicants may submit stand-alone proposals during the initial application period; however projects which advance to the final application phase will be partnered with other projects to ensure a collaborative approach.
Priority Areas
Competitive proposals will address these priority areas:
- Actively respond to one or more of the focus areas:
- Advocacy: support action-oriented education on racism, implicit bias or other barriers that marginalize communities in the Greater Toledo area. Priority consideration will be given to projects that focus on the Black community.
- Employment: Provide access to living wage careers.
- Economic Development: Support best practices that expand the number of minority-owned businesses.
- Nonprofit Capacity: Elevate existing skill sets of boards and management staff, and address technical gaps of nonprofits that serve minority communities.
- Directly address current and legacy concerns of communities that are disproportionately impacted by inequity and lack of access.
- Promote coordination, cooperation and sharing among organizations.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of relevant community planning efforts and how the proposed project may correspond to and advance those efforts more efficiently.
- Propose a specific project rather than general operating support for organizations.
This Fund will not make grants to:
- Support the general operating budget or budget deficit of established organizations.
- Annual campaigns.
- Support sectarian activities of religious organizations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants will only be awarded to nonprofit, charitable organizations which have been designated as having tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service code.
- Funds may be used to expand existing established programs or pilot new collaborations.
- Applicant organizations must be located in and providing services for residents of northwest Ohio or southeast Michigan.
For more information, visit Greater Toledo Community Foundation.
