The William Penn Foundation’s Caregiver Supports objective supports all caregivers of young children in Philadelphia with a focus on traditionally marginalized communities.
Donor Name: William Penn Foundation
State: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/25/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Foundation seeks to support programming and strategies that improve outcomes for young children in grandfamilies or kinship families through expansion or improvement of services and access to resources. Funding will be limited to projects that will positively impact families with young children, ages 0-8.
Funding Information
WPF has $4 million available to advance this objective through this RFP. There is no minimum or maximum amount of funding that organizations may request. However, grant requests under $400,000 will be most competitive.
Grant Period
2 years.
Eligible Activities
Proposals can include the following activities. The most competitive proposals will include at least two of the following activities.
- Increase the number of grandfamilies being effectively served in needed programs and services.
- Develop adults’ ability to support their children’s development (e.g., adult-only workshops, trainings, seminars)
- Offer ongoing, interactive, intergenerational programming and services that include an early learning component (social-emotional, STEM, math, literacy, etc.) for children ages 0 to 8.
- Strategies that enhance outreach and support to targeted families
- Peer-to-peer supports for adults in grandfamilies (e.g., support groups, mentoring)
- Provide resources, supports, and referrals for caregivers and families as needed
- Efforts focused on advocacy, system changes, or ecosystem development
- Other ideas not mentioned here that improve services, access to resources, and outcomes for children in grandfamilies and kindship families.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)3 public charities or operate under a public charity fiduciary. Public charities include community-based organizations, schools and educational institutions, and other types of public-serving groups. Government entities are also eligible to apply
- Proposed projects must occur in Philadelphia and serve families who are residents of Philadelphia.
For more information, visit WPF.
