The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is now accepting applications for its Grief Reach Grant Program to support childhood bereavement services in the United States.
Donor Name: National Alliance for Children’s Grief
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Program Goals
This competitive funding opportunity has the following goals:
- Increase access to bereavement support services in local communities, especially diverse and marginalized communities
- Enhance the capacity of organizations providing bereavement support services
- Expand bereavement support services to address unmet needs
- Support communities dealing with grief and loss with tangible resources
They would like to invite any organization that currently serves young people who have experienced a death of a loved one to apply for this competitive grant opportunity to enhance access to and increase grief support for youth and their families.
Funding Information
There are two separate 2-year grant opportunities included in this RFP. Each program will only be eligible to apply to one of these grant opportunities, as explained below:
- $100,000 Over 2 years grants: grant award of $50,000 per year for two years. Only organizations with minimum annual organizational budgets of $250,000 will be eligible to apply for this grant level.
- $50,000 Over 2 years: grant award of $25,000 per year for two years. Only organizations with minimum annual organizational budgets of $125,000 will be eligible to apply for this grant level.
Uses of funds
These grant funds may be used to expand services to bereaved children, youth, and families. Must fall into one of the following categories:
- Geographic Expansion: expanding your services into a new geographic location
- Number Expansion: serving more children and families (unique) where you are already located
- Population Expansion: expanding to a new age or population group, such as preschool, LGBTQ, Opioid crisis, etc
- Program/Service Expansion: starting new programming or services to the new and/or same children and families, such as specific programming for suicide survivors; or an existing nonprofit that will start offering bereavement services to children.
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. based 501(c)3
- Provide 990 tax returns for the last two years
- Provide audited financials for the most recent full fiscal year
- Must provide a budget detailing specifically how requested funds will be used
- Must be the entity that will provide the children’s bereavement services
- Must have at least one paid staff person
- Request amount must not be greater than 20% of the organization’s most recent fiscal year actuals for Community Expansion grants
- The grant proposal must include cultural considerations of bereaved children based on the community you will be serving
- Evaluation of proposed programming. All proposed programs must include an evaluation tool that meets the minimum requirements outlined in the grant agreement. Guidance on best practices will be given if you do not currently have an evaluation tool
- If you are a part of a larger organization, for example, a hospice, hospital, university, etc., you will be required to submit your dedicated childhood bereavement program budget.
For more information, visit NACG.
