The Michael J. Connell Foundation is a private foundation. They accept grant proposals only from qualified tax-exempt not-for-profit organizations.
Donor Name: Michael J. Connell Foundation
State: California, Montana and Texas
County: Selected Counties
City: Austin and Deer Lodge
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Size of the Grant: $25,000 and $100,000
Details:
Focus Areas
- Classical Music – its ability to enhance the area cultural experience
- The Environment – the maintenance, accessibility and preservation of their public resources
- Education – technology implementation, programs with impact in under served areas and upon minority constituencies and the implementation of modern technologies
- Medicine – allocating limited resources and addressing the needs of underserved constituencies in the Los Angeles Area
Funding Information
The average has ranged widely, but on an annual basis is between $25,000 and $100,000.
The Foundation funds
- The Michael J. Connell Foundation focuses on cultural, environmental, educational and medical needs. Grants are made only to qualified non-profit organizations.
- Most of their cultural funding has been to classical music programs, graphic arts programs and community theatre In each case, they have looked for programs that will address the needs of children and youth or will bring new audiences to the medium.
- Over the years, they have supported an eclectic list of environmental endeavors. These have ranged from gardens that test theories of food production without machinery or chemicals, to trail maintenance in state and national forests, to land restoration efforts in Montana. Their current focus, is on programs that provide environmentally sound public access to state, federal and local environmental resources or that enhance the public enjoyment of those resources without inflicting significant environmental damage.
- Their educational efforts have focused on bringing new technologies to the classroom or campus and on specific programs to address local needs, particularly those of minority or disadvantaged communities. Often, their educational programs overlap with our cultural programs.
- Recent medical support has gone almost entirely to mental health programs to assist at risk youth and persons in crisis. They are open, though, to other programs which assist new community efforts to organize innovative medical information and delivery programs, to test their viability and to attract long-term funding from traditional sources. They are not focused on any particular medical problem, but they prefer programs that will either address broad community needs or the problems of children and youth.
The Foundation doesn’t fund
- Fundraising events, dinners and mass mailings
- Direct aid to individuals
- Conferences, seminars, workshops or similar events
- Organizations that limit services to persons of a single religious sect or denomination
- Support for candidates for political office or to influence legislation
- Requests for regular, ongoing, operating support
- Organizations that address social or political problems outside the United States of America
- Aid to fraternal organizations, such as country clubs
- For profit business organizations
- Loans or program related investments.
For more information, visit Michael J. Connell Foundation.
