The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region is pleased to announce the Basic Needs Giving Partnership Grant Program to reduce the root causes of poverty.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
State: Wisconsin
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): Ongoing
Grant Size: $300,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The Basic Needs Giving Partnership’s purpose is to address the systemic, root causes of economic inequality by supporting and partnering with leaders, organizations, and regional networks who work to advance shared economic prosperity across NE Wisconsin.
Impact Areas
Consideration will be given to program proposals that address the outlined impact areas:
- Economic Stability: One component of achieving self-sufficiency is access to specialized education and/or training in an environment that provides pathways to employment opportunities, the ability to earn a living wage, and the capacity to create and build assets.
- Education: Providing every child with a high-quality education is among our most important responsibilities as a community. Educational attainment is an incredibly consequential factor in determining whether children will reach their full potential as healthy, self-sufficient adults.
- Health and Wellness: Healthy communities are strong communities. When residents are at their best health they are active community members free from physical and mental illness, chronic disease and injury. They are surrounded by opportunities to exercise, eat healthy and live and play in safe neighborhoods.
- Family Support and Social Connectedness: Social connectedness refers to an individual’s engagement in an interactive web of key relationships within a community. They envision a community in which all people are connected to the people, networks, processes and systems they need to live healthy, productive and meaningful lives. Strong formal relationships between organizations and support services can help better ensure that services are delivered and promote a client’s sense of well-being.
Types of Grants Available
- Single or multi-year grant funding is available, with multi-year grants typically up to $300,000 over three years.
- Initiative Grants: Support to help initiate, enhance or expand a specific innovative project or program with clear goals and measured outcomes.
- Research and Advocacy: Grants to nonprofits that conduct nonpartisan studies, engage in public awareness campaigns, and promote collaboration among nonprofit, public, and civic groups around critical community issues.
- Capacity Building: Grants that enhance agencies’ abilities to meet shared missions and goals or position an organization to increase an initiative’s scale and ability to meet community needs.
- Operational Needs: Grants that support general operating expenses.
- Planning Work: Initiatives working to explore or create a program or system change.
- Regional Collaborative Grants: Projects that serve more than one Community Foundation service area.
For more information, visit Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region.
