Through its Programs & Services grants, the Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation seeks to support projects or initiatives that are new to an organization or that enhance, expand, or adapt existing activities.
Donor Name: Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation
State: Massachusetts and New York
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/02/2023
Size of the Grant: $1.1 million
Details:
The Foundation is interested in funding requests that address the needs of young people affected by intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health challenges, and substance use disorders who also have intersecting identities as members of historically marginalized communities (e.g., Black/African-American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/Indigenous Peoples, disability, housing insecure, immigrant/refugee, LGBTQIA+).
Funding Information
- A total of $2.2 million is available, with $1.1 million awarded in each of two grant cycles
- The Tower Foundation is open to multi-year grants with budgets ranging from (but not limited to) $15,000 to $50,000 per year. The most competitive applications are likely to be no more than three years and fall at or below $150,000 in total
- The Tower Foundation allows organizations to apply an administrative overhead rate of 15% on grant requests over $100,000, and 20% for requests of $100,000 or less. The administrative overhead rate for colleges, universities, and affiliated organizations is capped at 10%.
Eligibility Criteria
- It’s easiest for them to accept grant applications from:
- Not-for-profit organizations with a 501(c)(3) designation that are not private foundations;
- Not-for-profit public benefit corporations
- Public or diocesan school districts; or
- Private or charter schools.
- They will be making grants to organizations currently providing services in one or more of these regions:
- Massachusetts: Barnstable County, Dukes County, Essex County, Nantucket County
- New York: Erie County, Niagara County
- At a minimum, grant partners currently provide prevention, treatment, and/or recovery services to people aged 26 years or younger from at least one of these populations:
- While organizations may have more than one active Programs & Services grant at any given time, the Foundation may give preference to organizations that have not received a grant award recently. If the Foundation declines a funding request, your organization may reapply as soon as the following cycle.
For more information, visit Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation.
