Black Student Success Capacity Building Grants are now accepting applications from Black led or Black serving organizations.
Donor Name: Oregon Community Foundation
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The educational challenges that are faced by marginalized Black children in Oregon are too great for one organization or group to tackle alone. Success requires strategic, ongoing collaboration. Within the past few years, the Black Student Success Initiative has used this lens to support the operation and programming of Black-led, Black-serving organizations across the state as part of the Black Student Success Network (BSSN). Through these efforts, OCF learned that many organizations within this target demographic needed additional support to continue serving Black children and their families – increasing the capacity of these organizations would surely increase the impact they are able to make in service of Black Student Success across Oregon.
Focus Area
In addition, all organizations applying should be providing at least one program related to the focus areas below for Black Students and must have a focus that falls within the scale of Birth through Pre-K, K-12 or post-secondary:
- Early learning programs
- Diversification of the educator workforce through recruitment, hiring, and retention efforts
- Transitions between early childhood-K-3 education; elementary to middle school; middle school to high school; high
- school to post-secondary education
- Newcomer programs and supports for African students
- Culturally responsive curriculum
- Literacy and numeracy outcomes for students in the K-12 system
- Disproportionate discipline
- Attendance and absenteeism
- Freshman on-track
- Graduation rates
- Post-secondary enrollment
- Credit acquisition (post-secondary)
- Completion of associates degree and/or bachelor’s degree (40-40-20 goal)
Funding Information
- Grants will be made for up to three (3) years with a maximum request of $50,000 per year totaling $150,000 across three (3) years.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations/coalitions eligible for this grant opportunity must meet the following criteria:
- Must have 501(c)(3) status as a public charity (not a private foundation), be a public entity, or have a qualified fiscal sponsor
- The staff and leadership reflect the African/Black community (or communities) that is served
- A significant number of clients/children/families served are from African/Black communities
- The organization/leadership has a track record of successful community engagement and involvement with African/ Black communities being served
- The community (or communities) being served recognizes the organization and as advancing the best interest of the community (or communities African/African Immigrant pan African)
- The organization can demonstrate an understanding of the unique needs of African/Black students
For more information, visit OCF.
