The Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona has announced the 2022 Competitive Grant Program to improve the quality of life in Sedona and the Verde Valley.
Donor Name: Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona
State: Arizona
City: Sedona
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/18/2022
Grant Size: $10,000
Details:
ACF of Sedona encourages and supports grant requests that:
- Have significant community impact
- Use funds efficiently
- Serve people from a variety of ethnic, economic and cultural backgrounds
- Include new or creative solutions to problems or issues
- Involve volunteers and in-kind gifts that demonstrate community involvement
- Foster cooperative efforts between organizations
- Support underserved and unrepresented populations
Grants will be made from the following funds. Proposed projects should directly align with one of the field of interests listed below.
- Animal Welfare (Sedona Animal Welfare Fund)
- Arts (Sedona Arts Fund)
- Supports efforts to enrich the cultural life of their community through art, performance, and arts education. Proposals may include, but are not limited to, the performing and fine arts as embodied by sculpture, painting, drawing, music, theatre, dance, film, poetry, and architecture.
- Diversity Education (Tolerance Learning Center Fund)
- Supports cultural diversity education and training, including programs designed to combat hate, prejudice, discrimination, stereotypes and violence, and to foster understanding, tolerance, inclusion, and mutual acceptance of religious, racial, ethnic and other differences.
- Social Welfare & Justice (Martinez Family Fund and the Glenys and Gerry Wilson Family Fund)
- Supports programs that assist the marginalized and the underserved populations of Sedona and the Verde Valley. Programs may address access to housing, emergency shelter, healthcare, education, employment, food, human services and other resources. Issues such as domestic violence, immigration, civil rights, and worker concerns are also supported.
- Environment (Greater Sedona Fund for the Environment)
- Supports organizations whose purpose is to sustain the local environment, as in preserving open spaces, protecting wildlife habitat, and helping solve environmental problems such as air, light, noise, and water pollution. This fund supports environmental services, research, education, and legislative efforts.
- Health Care (Sedona Health Care Fund)
- Supports programs that provide quality healthcare services to residents of Sedona and/or the Verde Valley.
- General Community Benefit (Sedona Community Fund)
- Supports a wide range of projects that benefit the residents of Sedona and the Verde Valley
Funding Information
Proposals may be submitted for a maximum of $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or be a public school, tribal entity, municipality or government agency. If an organization does not have 501(c)(3) status, it must use a fiscal agent to apply on its behalf. Fiscal agents must be a 501(c)(3) organization. A copy of the agreement between the fiscal sponsor and the sponsored organization is required.
- Organizations must demonstrate a non-discrimination policy regarding staff, employment, governing board and service delivery based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or national origin and provide evidence of the policy.
- Religious organizations may submit proposals for non-sectarian services.
- Organizations must be in good standing with the IRS at the time of review or else the submitted application(s) will be immediately declined.
- Incomplete applications will not be forwarded to review by the grant committee. This includes unanswered questions and incomplete budget.
For more information, visit Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona.
