The Alaska Community Foundation, in partnership with GCI, is proud to offer the GCI Suicide Prevention Grant Program, which will fund projects and organizations whose goal is to reduce the rates of suicide in Alaska and promote mental wellness through strengthened community and personal connections.
Donor Name: The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF)
State: Alaska
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/14/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $20,000
Details:
The goal of the GCI Suicide Prevention Fund is to make a lasting positive impact on reducing rates of suicide in Alaska and promoting mental wellness through strengthened community connections.
Organizations seeking project or operational support are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to projects located in rural Alaska or programs that reach rural communities in Alaska (defined as outside of Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau).
Key Considerations
- Empower Alaskans to work together to promote community wellness.
- Demonstrate measurable results, accountability, cultural sensitivity, and unify communities.
- Will impact communities that might not have easy access to suicide prevention support programs and;
- Focus on at least one of the following areas to decrease suicide in Alaska:
- Addressing generational trauma
- Veteran connectedness
- Means restriction /Gun safety
- Increased connectivity to treatment services
- Youth coalitions
- Primary prevention
- Support for those already doing this work in communities
- Building on past successes
- Support of needs assessments
- Community mobilization
- High-risk populations
Funding Information
Grant requests may be a minimum of $1,000 and up to $20,000; average award is approximately $7,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Your organization is eligible for funding through this grant opportunity if it is one of the following:
- 501(c)3 public charitable organization with 509(a)(1), 509(a)(2), or 509(a)(3) public charitable status as designated in your IRS Determination letter (including qualified faith-based organizations)
- Faith-based organization providing social services to the broader community
- Federally recognized Tribes or Tribal nonprofit organizations
- City governments or Boroughs
- K-12 Schools
The following are not eligible for grant funding:
- Individuals
- State or federal government agencies
- For-profit organizations or businesses
- Private nonprofit organizations (those not identified in their IRS determination letter as 509(a)(1), 509(a)(2), or 509(a)(3)
- Requests for support that do not fall within the funding guidelines outlined above
- Activities that improperly discriminate as to race, gender, marital status, sexual preference, age, disability, creed or ethnicity, or grants for religious indoctrination or other religious activities.
For more information, visit ACF.
