Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is seeking proposals from nonprofit organizations or community groups with a fiscal sponsor to engage residents in efforts to increase local civic participation the local participation of and in support of community wide change for the benefit of residents in Greater Hartford.
Donor Name: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
State: Connecticut
City: Hartford
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/08/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000 to $25,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
Resident engagement efforts might include activities such as: hosting community meetings, forums, conducting workshops, or retreats, informational outreach campaigns and volunteerism projects.
Efforts can focus on increasing racial/social justice issue awareness, increasing resident leadership on racial/social justice issues, increasing civic education/issue awareness. Projects can address issues such as housing, education, health care, the concerns of returning citizens, and issues affecting LGBTQIA+ persons among other things.
Funding Information
Grants will be awarded for work carried out from a year to a 24-month period and will range in size from $1,000 to $25,000, dependent on the scope of work outlined in the project. Few applications will be funded at the full $25,000 level, and the Foundation hopes to attract a variety of proposals at all levels of support.
Use of Funds:
Line items requested from the Foundation may include but are not limited to: materials, software or equipment, stipends for residents, payment for other professional services, organizational staffing and overhead. The Foundation will not support the hiring of new, permanent staffing with this funding opportunity.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications must be submitted by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Community groups can use an organization with a 501(c)(3) designation as a fiscal sponsor.
- A nonprofit or community group may only have one application under consideration at a time. Nonprofits, however, may serve as a fiscal agent for multiple projects.
- Must not be a current recipient of core support for community organizing programming from the Foundation.
For more information, visit Resident Engagement Grants.
