The Greater Lawrence Summer Fund (GLSF) focuses on closing the opportunity and achievement gaps for thousands of low-income youth in greater Lawrence each year by providing enrichment activities during out-of-school time.
Donor Name: Essex County Community Foundation
State: Massachusetts
City: Lawrence and Methuen
Town: Andover and North Andover
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000–$15,000
Detail:
For 30 years, this fund has supported high-quality summer programs that:
- Enhance social, academic and emotional abilities
- Discourage unhealthy behaviors by providing safe alternatives
- Reduce summer learning loss, which has been shown to widen the achievement gap between low-income youth and their more affluent peers
Funding Priorities
The Greater Lawrence Summer Fund (GLSF) supports enriching summer opportunities for inner-city school-aged children and teens in the Greater Lawrence communities by connecting donors with agencies in need of funding for such programs. GLSF seeks to achieve maximum impact of philanthropic dollars by supporting programs that:
- Respond to community needs with high quality summer programs for as many school-age youth as possible in Greater Lawrence.
- Provide young people with opportunities for skill development, personal growth and exposure to new experiences.
- Provide enriching educational opportunities that address summer learning loss and the opportunity gap often affecting youth in low-income communities.
- Promote and encourage interaction and communication among youth and staff from different ethnic and racial backgrounds and from different neighborhoods.
Funding Information
- $1,000 – $15,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have a 501(c) (3) tax status under the IRS tax code and serve residents of the designated communities of Lawrence, Andover, North Andover and Methuen.
- Agencies located outside the area are eligible to apply for funding but proposals must include details on the number of Greater Lawrence youth participating. Such programs should reserve the funds received from GLSF to youth from the designated communities. Transportation is a factor in approving such programs. Evaluation of these programs includes the response to the needs of urban youth.
- ECCF is committed to non-discrimination. They support organizations that use all reasonable efforts to recruit, hire, train, promote and serve persons without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law, except where such status is a bona fide qualification for the service being provided and is related to the organization’s mission.
Stand alone programs within umbrella organizations may be eligible if they meet the following criteria:
- The umbrella organization provides the 501(c) 3 status but not much more.
- The program has a separate budget and raises its own funds to cover this budget. Note: If the program has only a small amount of administrative costs covered by the umbrella organization, they are still eligible to apply.
- There is a letter of agreement/understanding between the program and the umbrella organization.
- The program is core to the mission of the umbrella organization and serves a substantial number of the core client population.
For more information, visit Greater Lawrence Summer Fund.
