The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation (CCFFF) awards grants to improve people’s lives through the arts, criminal justice, AYA cancer support, reproductive health, and environmental action.
Donor Name: Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation (CCFFF)
State: Ohio
County: Cuyahoga County (OH) and Lorain County (OH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Details:
Focus Areas
- The arts access and advocacy support
- Criminal justice education, advocacy and support
- Adolescent young adult (AYA) cancer support
- Reproductive health education and services support
- Environmental action, awareness, and advocacy
Organizations and projects most aligned with their priorities will:
- Demonstrate efforts to achieve inclusive and equitable programming in their work and within the organization.
- Include stakeholders in relevant aspects of their work and decision-making and elevate existing community assets whenever possible.
- Incorporate racial justice and equity in their day-to-day operations.
- Understand the importance of advocacy and policy change to take a systemic approach to promoting justice.
- Demonstrate the uniqueness of their specific organization’s work in light of the larger landscape. They welcome and prioritize innovation.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the intersectional nature of social problems in the area and take a root-causes approach to addressing them.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation supports tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organizations. The Foundation typically limits awarding of grants to one per 12 month period, per organization.
- To be eligible for support, an organization must be:
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt or operate under the fiscal sponsorship of a tax-exempt nonprofit
- Consistent with one or more of their grantmaking focus areas
- Operated and organized so that it does not discriminate in the hiring of staff or provision of services on the basis of race, religion, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin or disability.
What They Fund?
Day-to-day operations are vital to the programming that grantees deliver. Therefore, they encourage requests for general operating support to advance the work of your organization.
Although they encourage operating support grants, they recognize that you know best what types of funds you need. That being said, they award grants for all of the following purposes:
- Operating support (encouraged!)
- Programmatic support
- Advocacy
- Capacity building – for both staff and board
- Capital support – on a limited basis
They recognize that multi-year support allows organizations to better plan for their future and provides a level of long-term stability in their programming. Prior permission is not required to submit a multi-year request. Although their own budget may limit the number of multi-year grants they can approve each year, they will work with their grantees to find a grant structure that works for both of them. They consider this a partnership and they want to work together for the benefit of community.
For more information, visit CCFFF.
