The Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation is now accepting applications for 2022 Community Grants.
Donor Name: Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation
State: Illinois
County: Cook County (IN)
City: Selected Cities
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/07/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $15,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Grant priorities for 2022 are based on a participatory community needs assessment conducted by the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation over the period November 2021 to March 2022. Priority will be given to organizations that embrace and advance leadership of BIPOC with lived expertise in one or more of the thematic areas under the following priority areas:
- Education: Programming, advocacy and capacity building that seeks to:
- Teach history of minority and marginalized groups including Native Americans; African Americans; LatinX; Asian Americans
- Address the racial achievement gap in education
- Increase access to a pipeline of quality education from early childhood to college
- Establish equitable standards for disciplinary actions
- Build confidence, knowledge, skills, and collective leadership of young people, ages 25 and under, while addressing the root causes of injustice and inequity in their lives.
- Support youth engagement in and increased access to extracurricular programing that promotes a sense of belonging for all participants
- Health care and/or Mental health : Programming, advocacy and capacity building that seeks to:
- Provide culturally sensitive, wraparound services for BIPOC families with mental health challenges
- Address structural barriers to mental health services
- Increase access to grocery stores and green spaces
- Wealth and representation: Programming, advocacy and capacity building that seeks to support:
- Reparations focused on housing
- Increased access to banking/financial services
- Financial literacy and entrepreneurship training programs for youth and other community members
- Engagement of BIPOC community with valuable lived experience for critical decision making in all priority areas.
- Safety and housing: Programming, advocacy and capacity building that seeks to support:
- Violence protection, gang intervention and related youth development activities
- Youth engagement and leadership development that promotes a sense of purpose and belonging
- Systems change and advocacy to address housing instability and homelessness.
Funding Information
- Grant support up to $15,000 for one year.
- Grants are awarded for one year.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant organization is qualified as a 501(c) (3) public charity or the applicant organization is operating under the fiscal agency of an organization that is a qualified 501(c)(3) public charity.
- If a past grantee, is in good standing with the OPRF Community Foundation.
- Serves one or more of the following communities in West Cook County: Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, Austin, Galewood, Berwyn, Cicero, Elmwood Park, Melrose Park and Maywood.
For more information, visit OPRFCF.
